Just did a simulator and it fell nicely to the good guys.

18. Taliese Fuaga OT Beavers. Starter at RT day 1

49. Graham Barton OG Duke - challenge Volson for LG and be your swing tackle

80. T'Vondre Sweat DT Longhorns - Here in the simulator but probably not in real life so probably replace with FSU Fiske

116. Maason Smith DT LSU. If no injuries he'd be top 10 pick. Large athletic freak

148. Drake Nugent OC Michigan. Center from Champions, sure why not

175. Zion Tupuolo--Fetui Edge Washington. 3rd down pass rush specialists to push Ossai

196. Gabe Hall - DT Baylor. Insurance for Smith and his injuries

235. Renardo Green - CB FSU. Underated CB. Played lock down man on opposing best wr

252. Luke Reimer - LB Nebraska. Seemed like a good LB name


I'd be stoked if it fell like this. I may have went heavy at DT but Maason Smith has had some injuries but would've been a top 10 pick otherwise, so I grabbed insurance in a late pick

That's definitely a draft for the trenches. Couple of things to note, many have Barton playing Center in the NFL, Sweat there at 80 is an obvious anomaly, I really like Gabe Hall's scouting profile. If Hall develops into the pass rushing 3T freak that his profile describes he can be, he could truly be one of those late round gems.

I’m sure there is more for me to watch but I watch maasons bama tape and I about puked. Halls a potential freak but this draft is predicated on sweat at 80 and that won’t happen. Love the big men tho imo it’s how our drafts heavily favors every year

Would love to get Fuaga and Barton with our first 2 picks. Barton could play Center and we could move Karras to LG. Sweat is probably
gone before our 2nd round pick now as he is impressing at the Combine, so that pick ain't happening. Maason Smith will probably go much
earlier as well even with the injuries, has great length and is extremely versatile and can play all across the DL.

Nothing wrong with stocking up in the trenches, I love all the players I just find it really unrealistic that hardly any of these players will be
there where you have us taking them. Love Fetui and Gabe Hall. We need to draft at least 1 RB in this Draft though, gotta say.

It was a simulator... so if they were there, I took em.

Now my backup pick for Sweat is tearing up the combine. Braden Fiske ran a 4.78 and a 33" vertical. Wonder if the college football committee is gonna feel stupid when all my Noles get drafted

(02-28-2024, 11:41 PM)bonesaw Wrote: Just did a simulator and it fell nicely to the good guys.

18.  Taliese Fuaga OT Beavers.  Starter at RT day 1

49.  Graham Barton OG Duke - challenge Volson for LG and be your swing tackle

80.  T'Vondre Sweat DT Longhorns - Here in the simulator but probably not in real life so probably replace with FSU Fiske

116.  Maason Smith DT LSU.  If no injuries he'd be top 10 pick.  Large athletic freak

148.  Drake Nugent OC Michigan.  Center from Champions, sure why not

175.  Zion Tupuolo--Fetui Edge Washington.  3rd down pass rush specialists to push Ossai

196.  Gabe Hall - DT Baylor.  Insurance for Smith and his injuries

235.  Renardo Green - CB FSU.  Underated CB.  Played lock down man on opposing best wr

252.  Luke Reimer - LB Nebraska.  Seemed like a good LB name


I'd be stoked if it fell like this.  I may have went heavy at DT but Maason Smith has had some injuries but would've been a top 10 pick otherwise, so I grabbed insurance in a late pick

I'm a fan, I'm all for drafting the trenches this year. Load up while you can.

(02-29-2024, 09:10 PM)bonesaw Wrote: Now my backup pick for Sweat is tearing up the combine.  Braden Fiske ran a 4.78 and a 33" vertical.  Wonder if the college football committee is gonna feel stupid when all my Noles get drafted

But Sweat and Fiske aren't really guys who are going to play the same role in the NFL.  

As far as your draft, yeah, we have a lot of needs other than trenches.  We better pray that 2028 has a stacked DT class, because it looks like we'll be losing three and you usually only carry 4-5.  Mixon and Evans are in contract years and you don't draft a RB?  Same with Higgins and Irwin at WR.  And it's unrealistic to think that we will sign 3-4 FA TE's to fill out the depth chart.  And because of the current limits on padded practices, it takes longer to develop OL and DL prospects than it used to, do this probably won't yield positive dividends for a year or two, but we'll be too depleted at the skill positions to take advantage.  

(03-01-2024, 01:52 PM)Whatever Wrote: But Sweat and Fiske aren't really guys who are going to play the same role in the NFL.  

As far as your draft, yeah, we have a lot of needs other than trenches.  We better pray that 2028 has a stacked DT class, because it looks like we'll be losing three and you usually only carry 4-5.  Mixon and Evans are in contract years and you don't draft a RB?  Same with Higgins and Irwin at WR.  And it's unrealistic to think that we will sign 3-4 FA TE's to fill out the depth chart.  And because of the current limits on padded practices, it takes longer to develop OL and DL prospects than it used to, do this probably won't yield positive dividends for a year or two, but we'll be too depleted at the skill positions to take advantage.  

Yes, as dreamy as it seems to run a draft of mostly linemen, it's just not feasible in reality.