Happy Draft Day! Who are you angling for your favorite teams to take? The Lions have just paid a slightly steep price for Kerby Joseph, so I'm hoping that whoever they pick turns out to be good!
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NFL Thread: 2025-26 Season
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I won’t lie to you guys- I have absolutely no idea who my Seattle Seahawks should take. Our offense underperformed last year in large part because of the O-Line, and we also lost DK and Lockett in free agency. Conventional wisdom says we should try and address one of our offensive needs early, but at Pick #18, I think we’re in a tough spot where it doesn’t make sense to go for a positional need as the best distributions of talent are either right above or just below that Top 20 range. I wouldn’t be opposed to us trading back, given the lack of high-end talent that’s going to be available around that time, but we also have four Day 2 picks so is attempting to trade up the move? There’s a lot of holes here for a team that went 10-7, and I don’t quite know enough about guys like Grey Zabel that some mock drafts have us picking up. Trading up or picking a high-end receiver early both seem like risky calls, and we’re not really known for trading up anyways. Would it be smart to try and take someone like Jared Wilson way before his projections, given the lack of center depth in this class? Do we just say screw it and go defense in Round 1 for some reason? What even is this team!? I have so many questions.
You probably know a lot more about your Lions than I do, but purely based off of what I’m looking at I feel like the Lions getting younger in the trenches should be a high priority, though maybe not towards the end of Round 1. You’re currently holding Pick #28, so this is really going to come down to how confident your front office is with the remaining players in those “trench positions”. How are you guys on playmakers? You could try and look at the board and maybe consider taking a receiver early in Day 2 if you’re going run or pass support in Round 1.
What you guys need- I’m going to assume you’re a Patriots fan- is support for Drake Maye; whether that be in the form of playmakers, O-Line help, or something else entirely I’m not sure. In the off chance you guys want to go edge rusher but can’t land Abdul Carter, you could consider trading back a couple spots, see what you can get for Pick #4, and take a shot on someone like Mykel Williams. From what I’m gathering, Will Campbell will most likely be the pick at #4, even if I’m actually slightly higher on Armand Membou myself. What I really want to see the Patriots do is go O-Line (specifically tackle) at Pick #4, but then you trade back into the late parts of Round 1 to take a snipe at a running back or a wide receiver. Both positions should have a couple quality guys available within that Top 25-30 range, or slightly earlier depending on the strength of the trade package.
The offensive core (Goff, Sewell, St. Brown) is locked up, and we have one more year before Jameson Williams and Gibbs need to get paid, so I'm not worried about playmakers. Our offensive line is getting older, but they still performed admirably, and the best offensive linemen are probably going to be off the board by the time we can pick. This team's not one to reach for need, so it wouldn't be my first guess. My first guess would be the line on the other side of the ball: I anticipate that they'll go for a D-lineman in the hopes of getting a wrecking ball who can stand opposite Hutchinson. That said, they've also hosted some wide receivers and running backs, so maybe we will get another offensive playmaker. It's BPA, after all. Only time will tell.
Well, it's nice to be right every so often. For me, there are two big stories from this first round:
- The Jags traded the whole house to the Browns so they could take Travis Hunter. I get that he's a great prospect, but are the Jags really one piece away from being a great team? If this move is any indication, they think so, but they had better be right about what this kid can be for them. It's mockery and damnation if they aren't.
- Either something is seriously wrong with Shedeur Sanders, or the media has been overhyping him like crazy because of his connection to Deion, and he was never actually a serious consideration for teams. I mean, the Steelers are currently looking at a QB room of Mason Rudolph and maybe Aaron Rodgers, and they passed up on him. The Giants traded back into the first round to secure youth for their QB room, and they took fucking Jaxson Dart. Something's not right with this kid. I'll be very curious to see when he goes and who he goes to. By the way, fuck Mel Kiper for using Jaxson's draft announcement to hype up Shedeur and downplay him. Egomaniacal piece of shit.
Go birds
Tbh I didn’t know anything about Jihaad Campbell other than “Alabama linebacker” (which is good vibes) but apparently we got a steal that late in the first round. Pretty happy overall.
I am surprised that Shadeur dropped this far though, those interviews must have REALLY been something. I mean obviously he’s going to get taken by someone and I imagine this experience will put a chip on his shoulder so maybe whatever “attitude issues” he has will be fixed. That’s me looking on the bright side anyway. I have nothing against him and think he gets a lot more hate than he deserves.
Tbh I didn’t know anything about Jihaad Campbell other than “Alabama linebacker” (which is good vibes) but apparently we got a steal that late in the first round. Pretty happy overall.
I am surprised that Shadeur dropped this far though, those interviews must have REALLY been something. I mean obviously he’s going to get taken by someone and I imagine this experience will put a chip on his shoulder so maybe whatever “attitude issues” he has will be fixed. That’s me looking on the bright side anyway. I have nothing against him and think he gets a lot more hate than he deserves.
I think a big part of it is that NFL teams all evaluated him as a backup level player. That doesn't mesh well with the public's perception of him, and it would surely cause huge media issues every week, especially if he goes to a team without a really "established" starter.
I doubt Joe Flacco is a week 1 starter (and believe me I am Joe Flacco fan #1) he’s really a relief arm at this point. I’d imagine Kenny starts week 1 unless Gabriel or Sanders pull a rookie Russell Wilson and just have the best camp ever. Anything is possible in football but I’d say it’s unlikely.
I guess I just don't think of Kenny as a serious consideration. He's a meme legend, sure, but if you want the two rookies sitting behind a veteran arm for a season, Flacco has more experience and more pedigree, drained as his magic may be. It's not like they're going far with either of them.
With regards to Shedeur Sanders, this is going to be better for his career. Instead of being a first round draft pick and probable day one starter, now he's got something to prove to all the teams that let him drop to the 5th round, and hopefully he'll improve by necessity. People think that his father is irrelevant to the player he is, which is true, but also it shouldnt be ignored that its another force that could help drive his NFL carrer.
Shedeur obviously expected to go high, but hes going to reveal who he really is based on how he responds to his draft position and the QB situation in Cleveland
Shedeur obviously expected to go high, but hes going to reveal who he really is based on how he responds to his draft position and the QB situation in Cleveland