12-16-2024, 01:40 PM
The last two games (Denver, at Pitt) are the toughest. If we lose both, we'll slide back down the standings a bit.
I believe we have gone from 10th to 13th with the two wins. Guys like Hunter (WR/CB), Graham (DT), Johnson (CB), and Carter (Edge) were always extremely unlikely to drop to 10th anyway.
Starks (S) might be the only real home run guy we play our way out of drafting if we continue to win, and even that is debatable.
The rest of the top 10-12 in my view are guys who:
1) Are not HR prospects (Williams, OLB)
2) At positions we probably won't use a pick on anyway. Sanders & Ward are QBs. McMillan at WR (assuming Tee is back). Banks is an OT. So is Campbell, but a position switch to G is possible, which makes him an iffier prospect.
That is 11 guys. We pick 13th currently. The guys in the next tier are pretty close talent wise, and we still we have close to the pick of the litter:
12. Walker, LB/Edge
13. Harmon, DT/Edge
14. Nolen, DT
15. Grant, DT/NT
16. Revel, CB
17. Warren, TE
18. Loveland, TE
19. Scourton, DE
For me, thise 8 guys are our target list. And always have been, barring a top guy (Starks, Graham, Johnson) falling into our laps. Unless you want to go LT and cut OBJ (saves $7 mil after 6/1).
I share your frustration at someclevel. But if we'd have lost to Dallas, we'd be 11th. Not a big difference.
And frankly, I don't want this team giving up until we are out. And we can still learn info about hiw to proceed next year on various guys from here. High paid vers like Rankins, Cappa, Stone, Hubbard, Pratt, Hilton, and Gesicki. Plus younger guys like Battle, Murphy, Newton, and Lee. Even other vets like ADG & Hudson, Ossai, & D. Sample.
Buffalo just gave up 40 points in back to back games, and they sit #2 in the conference.
I believe we have gone from 10th to 13th with the two wins. Guys like Hunter (WR/CB), Graham (DT), Johnson (CB), and Carter (Edge) were always extremely unlikely to drop to 10th anyway.
Starks (S) might be the only real home run guy we play our way out of drafting if we continue to win, and even that is debatable.
The rest of the top 10-12 in my view are guys who:
1) Are not HR prospects (Williams, OLB)
2) At positions we probably won't use a pick on anyway. Sanders & Ward are QBs. McMillan at WR (assuming Tee is back). Banks is an OT. So is Campbell, but a position switch to G is possible, which makes him an iffier prospect.
That is 11 guys. We pick 13th currently. The guys in the next tier are pretty close talent wise, and we still we have close to the pick of the litter:
12. Walker, LB/Edge
13. Harmon, DT/Edge
14. Nolen, DT
15. Grant, DT/NT
16. Revel, CB
17. Warren, TE
18. Loveland, TE
19. Scourton, DE
For me, thise 8 guys are our target list. And always have been, barring a top guy (Starks, Graham, Johnson) falling into our laps. Unless you want to go LT and cut OBJ (saves $7 mil after 6/1).
I share your frustration at someclevel. But if we'd have lost to Dallas, we'd be 11th. Not a big difference.
And frankly, I don't want this team giving up until we are out. And we can still learn info about hiw to proceed next year on various guys from here. High paid vers like Rankins, Cappa, Stone, Hubbard, Pratt, Hilton, and Gesicki. Plus younger guys like Battle, Murphy, Newton, and Lee. Even other vets like ADG & Hudson, Ossai, & D. Sample.
Buffalo just gave up 40 points in back to back games, and they sit #2 in the conference.
