(01-06-2025, 04:38 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(01-06-2025, 04:27 PM)Caldrac Wrote: McMillan put up good numbers over the past two years, this is with Arizona moving up into a more difficult conference this past year. I think when you look at his ability to track, his hands, his leaping ability and overall size? He's Mike Evans and A.J Green.

I just don't get this same sense with Mason Graham. He's not a Baalke guy anyway. Already cited it earlier today. One of Graham's knocks is his short arms. He doesn't have adequate length and Baalke is a size queen. This automatically makes him a no go on Baalke's draft board.

If I am taking a DT inside the top five? He has to be the second coming of Aaron Donald, it's not enough that you occupy space or eat up double teams, you have to have the ability to actually disrupt, penetrate, hurt the QB in the pocket. Graham is a shade behind in that regard. 

Again, he's not Aaron Donald. He's not Suh. He's not McCoy. Give me a good CB or WR with the 5th pick. Let me double dip at RG and OC in RD3. I would be looking at S in RD2. 

If you want a good DT that can make waves and disrupt, say, like that Allen kid up in Denver? Give me Notre Dames Mills. Give me Cincinatti's Corleone. We can get them much later in the draft to pair up with Maason Smith, Armstead (Who went on record today saying he's a DT in 2025), DaVon Hamilton now 2 full years removed from his injury and Jordan Jefferson, a 4th RD investment.

You really want to roll out into 2025 at WR with just BTJ to rely on? Kirk hasn't finished a full season for the second year in a row. Davis couldn't find himself in this offense last year and also couldn't finish the season out. We're putting the rest of our eggs in Washington's basket?

Just not enough on paper for me to believe this offense rebounds fast in 2025...

All valid arguments for WR at some point in the draft, perhaps even at 5.

If Baalke convinces Coen to come up from Tampa Bay or Joe Brady to come down from Buffalo? I 100% want another dynamic WR for this offense. Coen and Brady can cook some [BLEEP] up. I also feel confident that this draft is at least 5 rounds deep to snag offensive lineman. 

There's a lot of guys coming out from this class that can play multiple positions. Jack Nelson and Jonah Monheim to name a few. Who should test relatively well at the combine. WR is an interesting class. Outside of McMillan there's not really another tall, productive receiver that I like. Higgins out of Iowa St. is about it.

I like Restrepo and Harris out of Ole' Miss as well. RD2 is where I think we'll have a tough decision to make. Do you go for Tate Ratledge at Guard there? Or, do you say [BLEEP] it and get a little more splashy with a guy like Xavier Watts at safety? Or Mike Green at DE out of Marshall?

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