steve smith said kupp was the best receiver in this draft.

zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

but i don’t know that everett can be THAT.

Fair enough, but I will tell you what I like about him. The interview. It’s a few posts back. One thing I think I can say, even at this early stage, about McVay/Snead picks is that they come across as smart pro’s pros types. Now that in itself guarantees nothing and I am not predicting Everett will make it and justify a 2nd round selection. Maybe he will, I think he could, but it’s too soon. BUT I AM saying that listening to him in that interview had me on his side, and wanting him to make it. I am rooting for him, based on hearing what kind of kid he is.

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what i want to hear about everett. i want to hear the same things i’ve heard about reed and kupp. students of the game. tireless workers. that’s what impressed me about those two.

but you know what?

my bet is those things that impressed mcvay about reed and kupp. maybe those are the same things that drew mcvay to everett. i haven’t heard that yet, but i haven’t read the mcvay quotes about gerald.

PA Ram wrote:

This team does not appear to be thinking about the “star” receiver right now It seems more about roles.

some would argue that reed WAS the “star” receiver at washington in the mcvay offense. or that the passing game revolved around him.

but i don’t know that everett can be THAT. i think that guy was engram. we’ll see. everett does come across on tape as way more physical than engram.

jrry32 wrote: I think highly of Lamp. If he falls to us, take him. I think highly of Lamp. If he falls to us, take him. I think he’s the safest pick in this draft. However, I see all the WRs available, and I don’t feel any desperation to go get Lamp.

been thinking about it. yeah. lamp is my pick.

IF. and i don’t know if the rams worked him out or not. IF. he is able to line up at center.

he would solidify that oline.

i suspect he’ll be gone though.

other picks i wouldn’t mind are malik mcdowell, tyus bowser, kevin king, marcus williams, josh jones.

if they can’t get lamp in the second. get pocic in the third.

but they should be able to get a very good player with the 37th pick.

i’d take a real hard look at mcdowell.

tons of potential there. i think not being able to play one position hurt him.

could be a load at defensive end.

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Agamemnon wrote:

13 picks to go. Maybe one of these guys tomorrow.

it’s certainly looking that way.

i think sleepers are mcdowell. maybe watt or bowser.

Tyler and Pharoah, I’m afraid, are not destined to be known as sharp thinkers.

i don’t think intelligence was high on fisher’s list of priorities for player evaluation.

hopefully, mcvay places that near the top of his list.

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i will say this. again i don’t know how qualified he is if at all. but i know that he’d pour everything of himself into this job. he’d bring a competitive edge to this job unlike anything we’ve probably ever seen. his football iq is high, and he’d provide real leadership to this front office.

of course none of this means he would be good at running football operation for an entire organization. but i don’t know that i’d bet against him.

but yeah there’s great players who made good executives and plenty of great players who made horrendous football executives.

When he took over the Broncos the first time, they went from 27th to fourth in DVOA — defense-adjusted value over average, a measure of a team’s efficiency — in one season. The Bills went from 19th to 10th; the Falcons 26th to 12th; the Chargers 30th to 13th; the Texans 31st to sixth; the Broncos, a second time, fourth to first.

yeah i could see this defense becoming top 5.

especially if the offense can make any kind of improvement.

lots of guys in their prime years.

last night i had a dream that goff threw for 40 tds.

and i woke up at least twice cuz i was so annoyed that i had missed the entire season and tried to get on game pass, so i could watch the games only to quickly realize that the season hasn’t even started.

and then i got a little sad thinking that dream will most likely not be reality.

anyway…

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nittany ram wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

apparently this dr. dao is quite the feller.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/11/david-dao-doctor-dragged-off-united-flight-was-con/

Regardless, the only thing he was guilty of on that plane was not wanting to give up a seat he paid for. I know airlines reserve the right to unseat any passenger they see fit, but all this could have been avoided if they just offered more money after they asked for volunteers to give up their seats and didn’t get any takers. Somebody would have eventually given up their seat. No matter how much it cost it would have been much less than this little episode will cost them.

oh i don’t have sympathy for either side.

this is one glorious example of why i hate humanity.

both sides are unforgivable really.

apparently this dr. dao is quite the feller.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/11/david-dao-doctor-dragged-off-united-flight-was-con/

zn wrote:

Another team that runs a 1-gap 3/4 D with an ex-safety at ILB is Arizona, where 6’1″ 216 lb ex-safety Deone Bucannon has that role.

well my guess is we see a 1-gap 3-4 defense more similar to the cards defense than the broncos. at least in terms of the front seven.

wade himself has said he isn’t tied down to making players fit his system. he’ll tailor it to fit the players’ strengths. a lot of that will center around donald, but like you said, i think he’s got more athleticism in ogletree and barron than he did with his inside backers in denver. i’m interested in seeing what he does with those two.

as far as the inside backers go, i think wade will make adjustments to play to ogletree and barron’s strengths. it might be closer to the cardinals’ d than the broncos’. not sure. i guess we’ll see.

wade is known for being flexible from what i’ve read. and he will have to be because the personnel isn’t going to be exactly the same as what he had at denver. especially in the front seven.

i still say take engram if he’s there at #37.

he’s not an in line tight end? who cares? why would you even waste him as an in line blocker. he’s going to catch 90-100 passes in this offense.

if you need an in line tight end, you could just line him up as a receiver and bring in an in line blocker.

i’m going to compare his numbers to julio jones.

julio jones
6’3″ 220 pounds
33.75″ arms
9.75″ hands
40 yard dash – 4.39
vert – 38.5″
broad – 135″
3-cone – 6.66
20 yard ss – 4.25
60 yard ss – 11.07

evan engram
6’3″ 234 pounds
33.5″ arms
10″ hands
40 yard dash – 4.42
vert – 36″
broad – 125″
3-cone – 6.92
20 yard ss – 4.23
60 yard ss – 11.44 (pro day)

elite athlete. this guy could line up at any of the skill positions outsisde qb and rb. out wide. in the slot. h-back. joker tight end.
he’s even lined up in line at mississipi.

i think he’s got a chance to be the second best tight end out of this strong tight end class. someone’s going to overdraft njoku and hopefully engram falls down to the rams.