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It's this whole "leapfrog" mentality with QB deals. It basically operates outside the bounds of conventional logic and reason. It's distorted by the fact that if you ain't got a QB locked up to a contract, you're in desperation mode and a bad team. So guys who are completely "okay" tend to constantly leapfrog and "reset" the bar each time. People are going to be staggered by the the Tua and Lawrence deals, but that's just going to be following the trend. That's what happens. If you think you've got "The Guy" you pay them. A lot more than they're probably "worth" in some respects...but they're getting these deals because the value of having a guy that you believe in, even a little bit...is enormous to a franchise, compared to wandering around in a barren QB desert. I don't really think it's that unbelievable. The defense was wildly inconsistent, despite some pretty solid personnel. The offense had some annoying idiosyncrasies, but a large part of it was just personnel issues holding things back. The OLine was just a revolving door and never built any kind of chemistry or momentum...and had underperforming players on top of that. The receiving corps was super overrated on "name value" or whatever, but actually kind of ***. And Lawrence was still humming along somewhat well and the team was cruising to a high playoff seed...until the starting QB went down with multiple injuries that he tried to play through to various extent. But the wheels completely came off when Lawrence got broken. If you're an OC...there's only so much you can do with a broken Trevor Lawrence...or worse, a CJ Beathard.

Kincaid got his share last year but JSN had to be right up there?

I have to agree with a lot of this. Cooper's a guy who they'd just let loose within the scheme IMO; I could see him being the guy that cleans up just about every play and who will find tons of success on delayed blitzes. Hall is solid rotation you bring in on obvious passing downs. I'd love to see a package where he and Brooks are both on the field on one side of the even front with Clark and Wooden or Clark being moved to a 4i alignment with Slaton as the Nose. Nobody's having success against that line-up TBH. Booker is a developmental guy who can beat out Cox for that last EDGE spot whereas Wallace is a bit of a Cooper clone. Personally, I like Tylan Grable over Jennings as a late round OT flier.

Iowa fan here. I like Tracy a lot too, but I'm not sure he will last until the late rounds. I could see him going in the 4th. Iowa terribly misused him. He was arguably the best athlete on the team and only touched the ball a few times per game, and often those were dumbarse Brian Ferentz end around runs. The most receiving yards he had in a season was 589 as a soph (154 as JR, 106 as SR, and 22 as a FR). He also had like 93 yards total rushing at Iowa. Then, he went to Purdue and turned into a legit NFL draft pick (just like Charlie Jones after he left Iowa for Purdue). Takeaway #1 - Still learning to play RB, but has great potential and is a natural receiver. He averaged 4.4 YAC and was one of the most elusive players in college football. He improved at pass blocking a lot as the season progressed. He is also fast (4.48) and big (6'1", 210). He has some Deebo to him. Takeaway #2 - Brian Ferentz sucks. F that guy. Edit - Also worth noting that he will be 25 in November, so maybe that will lower his draft stock a bit. He wasn't used much in college, however, so he should have a lot of tread left.

Except we did in certain sub-packages where he blitzed off B-gap, which worked for exactly 3 games and then we never saw it again... I get it though...kind of annoying IMO. They were both hamstrung by crap "bend don't break" defenses with one or two guys who had to shoulder all the work. The 2011 team is part-n-parcel proof of this...

I can't help but think he injuries his XCL this year I hope you're right though; love the way he plays the game

I'd be pretty happy. Mims at #25 would feel like Green Bay saying they've earned the right to take the Ferrari out for a spin. They've turned lesser prospects into studs so now it's time to see what they can do with a guy with ridiculous upside. Cooper I don't know what to do with. I see a lot of what my old coaches would call titty bumpin' instead of solid tackling, but he's athletic as hell. I thought Hall would be better than he was at Ohio State but he seems to be impressing on the pre-draft rounds. Jones has long been one of my very favorite players in this class. If he bombs I'm gonna take a huge L. Boyd has looked really good in footage against guys who are apparently going to go in front of him. I would be psyched about Manu because he's such a crazy lottery pick. Stick him on the PS and maybe he ends up being awesome. I know nothing about Booker, Wallace, or Jennings.

Cannot wait to bet on the Bulls again on Friday night

Also don't understand the love for blue on blue. And I'm going to sound unAmerican but I hate red and blue together.

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