NYE Mock

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(01-02-2025, 12:07 PM)Whatever Wrote: I think most will be disappointed if we cut three players to get to $84 mil in cap space, lose Tee, and basically load up on B and C tier FA's.  Cutting Stone and then waiting to replace him in the draft is also kind of putting the cart before the horse.  

I can get behind Starks as a BPA pick in the first, but Ratledge is currently the #93 prospect on the Consensus Big Board.  The decision to double dip on OL with 2 of the first 4 picks in a bad OL class is kind of a head scratcher, especially with a big reach in the 2nd.  

Overall, massively downgrading at WR2 and bringing in a journeyman G in FA, drafting another G and hoping he can play at journeyman level, and never seriously addressing RB2 puts us in a "pray neither of the Chase's get hurt" situation on offense.  On defense, our biggest weakness is pass rush, and you bring in a couple of rotation level DL in FA and draft tweener DT who's more of a run stuffer in the 3rd.

Where are you getting this "Consensus Big Board"?

When I look at NFL Draft Buzz, the collection of boards they scan has Ratledge listed as average overall big board rank of 57.4, which would be late 2nd.

I think maybe where you and I have ended up having some debates around some prospects recently has been around the rankings/big boards we have looked at, which seem to have prospects ranked differently.

EDIT - And from everything I have researched up on Ratledge, he does sound like a 2nd rounder to me, so I felt the selection was not a reach, personally.