TexasAg1969

Well Carolina took the Xavier I liked a lot from SC. Wish he had still been there at 54.

And KC just got their replacement for pure speed WR after #10 left in 2022 for Miami.

Detroit just met highest need with BPA. Perfect pick.

Callahan gets his anchor just like Harbaugh did.

Well I felt this way in 2017 when we got #95 1st overall. Not so much today with zero picks until tomorrow night. 🥲

2 hours ago, Orion said:

With Jacob Phillips leaving perhaps they go that way early. (not that Phillips was much of a player for us)

Actually I think he's gone before our first pick. But ya never know.

And of course who doesn't like a good highlight reel?  LOL!

12 hours ago, Orion said:

Here's our 1st round pick 

 

The Cleveland Browns have signed free agent OL Germain Ifedi. The club also placed T Justin Murray on reserve/retired.

Ifedi (6-5. 325) is entering his ninth NFL season out of Texas A&M. Originally a first-round pick by Seattle in 2016, Ifedi has appeared in 102 career games with 83 starts with the Seahawks (2016-19), Bears (2020-21) and Falcons (2023). He has made 59 career starts at right tackle and 24 right guard. Last season, he spent most of the season on the Bills' active roster but did not appear in a game.

He's better at guard IMO.

I take it as a tip of the hat from each of the players. Well done Amigos.👍

So we trade away an OL and then we drop one in favor of a DE. Any bets on which OL we take 1st in the draft? I'm having to revise my DL take back to the inevitable OL, unless of course it's Ainias Smith.😘

2 hours ago, Flugel said:

Last year at this time, BYU had a WR entering the draft that was 6-1 208lbs and not very well known by NFL Draft enthusiasts.  His name is Puka Nacua and he was selected by the Rams in the 5th round (as their last of 4 picks in that round).  More specifically, he became their 8th pick.  Here's a written summary of the selection: Non-stop motor and aggressive attitude helped Nacua overachieve for the Cougars... Good hands and body control... Can be dangerous on reverses and sweeps... Not a deep threat... Will make it difficult for the Rams to cut him, but he's not a game-breaker...

In 2023, this rookie had 105 receptions 1486 yards 6 TDs 14.2 yards per catch.   Against the Browns he had 4 rec 105 yard 1 TD 26.3 ypc and 2 carries for 34 yards. Let's just say we got acquainted more than we wanted to.

Why all this?   There's really good prospects all over this country that aren't on national television every week.  These are the gems in rounds 5-7 that award the teams that put in the research and the GMs that trust that research.

Ainias Smith   LOL!

No good place to put this, but I thought it would be worth posting since it's baseball.

Baseball Conventional Wisdom at all levels tells you that you should never, ever under any circumstance intentionally put the winning run on base in the bottom of the 9th playing away from home in a tie game.

1 hour ago, Flugel said:

Do I dare say that could be one of the best things that happened to our 2024 draft?  And "with the 85th pick of the NFL Draft the Cleveland Browns select Defensive Tackle and Happy Hour Coordinator T'Vondre Sweat from the Texas Longhorns in conjunction with the Travis State Penitentiary." 

Once upon a time (1988) Al Davis drafted a DE Scott Davis 25th overall out of Illinois that was in jail during the draft.

Now where is cal to defend this guy? After all we had videos of a drunk Baker Mayfield with cops before we drafted him.

1 hour ago, Flugel said:

Understandable Aggies!   We could use another difference maker up front inside or on the edge so it'll be interesting.

Well I know you always love OLs and you know I say DL because Defense wins championships.  LOL!  Be funny if we got one of each those 1st two picks.

1 minute ago, tiamat63 said:

Cross off Sweat entirely, or at best drop him a couple rounds to high day 3. 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39895470/ex-texas-longhorns-dl-tvondre-sweat-arrested-dwi

 

Oh, come on now. JFF would be happy to pick him up and drive him to Cleveland. Kerrville is just a little ways away from Asstin ya know.🍻

2 hours ago, Flugel said:

Give it a shot - it's just for fun.  Try to make it someone projecting in the vicinity of the draft slot in round 2. I'll start with a slight reach (and I'm thinking we might even draft a RB in the next round).  Here's my selection for the Browns at Pick #54 in Round 2 (and if he head butts Rodger Goodell - I'll give him a $200 bonus):

LT Kiran Amegadjie - Yale, 6-5 321lbs 37 inch arms  - 2 time All Ivy League 1st Team Selection.  Strong, fast, fierce and agile.  Led his team to 2 Ivy League Championships.  In 2015, the Bucs drafted Division 3 OG Ali Marpet out of Hobart in the 61st slot overall and he eventually made the Pro Bowl.  1 Mock Draft in Athlon Sports Draft Mag has the KC Chiefs drafting Amegadjie at #63 overall to protect the blindside of Mahomes.  Right now LT is a glaring weakness on the blindside of QB the Browns have invested a lot of money in.  LTs go fast in the draft so it might be very well worth the reach.  

I like your pick but my bet is on the DL first. All depends on who is there, so no real pick other than positional for me.

18 hours ago, syd said:

I know, It is a beautiful thing. I saw it in 2017

My brother is here and has a T-shirt with both dates on it now from the 2017 drive up into Wyoming. We had a very clear break in the clouds from about 10 minutes before till 10 minutes after the total eclipse. I had seen the one in N.C. in 1970, so this was the second for wife and me as well. This one was far better with the NASA approved glasses which we could remove when it was in total eclipse. Had a red streak like a minute hand from the middle to 6 o'clock on the moon. It was awesome for just over 3 minutes in our back area clearing. Had our married Iraq/Afganistan veteran neighbors over for lunch before, during and after. I had to sit isolated outdoors due to current Covid 19 (which I am now recovering from thank goodness).

He's out for the year while the last player to make the Astros' team is a 30 y.o. with only 8 ML starts who throws a no hitter last week. Baseball is truly a strange game sometimes.

4 hours ago, ballpeen said:

In fairness, is fat bashing any different than gay bashing or racial bashing?

 

Just saying....??

Yeah, sumo wrestlers are pussies.😻

Clark is the 3 point maker from Steph Curry range. Fun to watch her just throw them in or make pinpoint passes if over covered.

2 hours ago, Dutch Oven said:

He used to be Gorka, until the ridicule of taking another man's name got a little too much to bear. 

You keep it up, and he'll be forced to change his handle again. 🤣

"As old and evil as he is, though, Gorka has grown arrogant and reckless, high on his own power: the classic prelude to the downfall of the great."

https://moviecomicswhoswho.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/gorka/

Leave Gorka the Great FY56 alone dutch.🤫

I have serious doubts we are even looking at LB for the draft. I look for linemen only most likely for the important 1st 2 or 3 picks. Should be interesting anyway.

EDIT: Unless of course we take Ainias Smith.😇

3 hours ago, tiamat63 said:

 

As expected - trench heavy. 

Yep. Exactly what I expected now that we signed some LBs.

8 hours ago, Orion said:

A friend of mine is a Miata guy (and a Mustang guy....usually has a couple of both).  Not much power...but not much car.  The Miata is a blast to drive around.  

I need you to convince my wife. Her argument against it is the high number of idiots around here with monster pickup trucks, often with huge steel deer catchers on the front. I keep telling her if one of those hits her larger Subaru Outback she'd be just as dead. And the Miata has a nice steel cage around you which is why it does so well in crash tests. I even tell her she can quickly get it away from those monsters with an agile car like that, but she remains stubbornly unconvinced.🥲

3 hours ago, Neo said:

You put the right tires on it and it would be a blast on the street.

Oh, I'm positive I could take out a guard rail or two.🏎️