The not too early 2019 Draft thread.

Yeah but you get a top 10 talent for 5 years after a heal up season on the cheap.

Jaylon Smith just gave @Crow a fist bump...

Willis McGahee would have raised a toast to me, but he got high.
 
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Looks better on paper than what I expect Gruden to pull out of his ass.

Pretty much this.

I mean we could all put a home run out there on paper for sure but this seems semi realistic and well thought out. He picked two or three guys I’ve got a chubber for which helps.

I absolutely expect worse.
 
Yeah i wouldn't hate that draft. Would like it better if we traded down and then got Burns or Ferrell though.

Good point.

You ever notice we all love the idea of the tradedown but we just never execute it the way our group here would hope?

My bungee hole tightens up every time “There has been a trade” with us on the clock...
 
Yeah i wouldn't hate that draft. Would like it better if we traded down and then got Burns or Ferrell though.
Agreed.

See excerpt from CNN SI. This is why I think the Raiders should trade down if the big 3 are gone. Very little difference in value of picks from 4 through rest of the 1st round.

From William Hronis (@WHronis): Will we see a lot of draft trades in 2019?

William, I’d tell you that while I think teams will be aggressive on the trade market in general, as I said earlier, this year’s draft class doesn’t lend itself to a ton of trading at the top. The quarterback class isn’t as good as last year’s, and probably isn’t as good as next year’s. And one thing you hear about the class in general is there might not be much difference between the fifth and No. 25 picks this year.

What could change things? The quarterbacks could get hot, like Jared Goff and Carson Wentz did in 2016, which was also presumed to be a mediocre year at the position early on. Or there could be runs on positions to seep the supply, juices the demand, and pressure teams into dealing up.

But right now, in mid-February, it looks like the kind of year where it’ll be tough for teams in the Top 10 to trade down.
 
Agreed.

See excerpt from CNN SI. This is why I think the Raiders should trade down if the big 3 are gone. Very little difference in value of picks from 4 through rest of the 1st round.

From William Hronis (@WHronis): Will we see a lot of draft trades in 2019?

William, I’d tell you that while I think teams will be aggressive on the trade market in general, as I said earlier, this year’s draft class doesn’t lend itself to a ton of trading at the top. The quarterback class isn’t as good as last year’s, and probably isn’t as good as next year’s. And one thing you hear about the class in general is there might not be much difference between the fifth and No. 25 picks this year.

What could change things? The quarterbacks could get hot, like Jared Goff and Carson Wentz did in 2016, which was also presumed to be a mediocre year at the position early on. Or there could be runs on positions to seep the supply, juices the demand, and pressure teams into dealing up.

But right now, in mid-February, it looks like the kind of year where it’ll be tough for teams in the Top 10 to trade down.

At least it's a good draft class this time. Same thing happened in 2013 but because most of the prospects sucked.
 
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