Elliott Kennel is starting to come around on trading down from 10 and still getting a starting Left (and possibly Right) Tackle in this year's OT-saturated draft class.
He's only about 4 weeks behind me on that (he doesn't steal my material like some other guys, see?). But he's still lagging, as he says "a few spots"--naming Josh Jones as one alternative to the "big 4".
In fact, there are a couple other OTs that legit experts have projected as good day 1 starters with great upsides.
You've got to do at least a little math to figure this out, ok?
1: There are only 32 slots per round. Is it even possible that 7 Offensive Tackles could be picked in the first round?
5 Quarterbacks, 1 Running Back, 6+ WRs, 2 DTs, 3+ EDGE guys, 3+corners, 2+safeties...well I suppose it's possible that 7 OTs could go in the first, but how 'bout in the top 25?
2: Which teams need new starting OTs, and of those teams, what else do they need? Are they going to take the Tackle instead of the stud skill player or DT, for example?
Elliott, 14 or so slots is not "a little", and that's how far they Berry could safely move down (*if I'm right about that list of 7, and if Berry indeed is willing to hand any of them over to Callahan*).
Even if Berry has only 6 Offensive Tackles he ranks together, he'll reassess once he's on the clock again post-trade-down. If 2 to 4 of them are still on the board, now he can move down exactly that many slots.
Kennel is an extremely smart guy already, and should be able to see all this stuff within the next 20 years or so.
New guy Frank Teriaka also has great upside as an analyst. This time, Frank tries to peg 3 Free Agents the Browns might sign.
I can tell, the kid did his home-work. I don't have a lot of time (or the resources) for player-by-player analysis, so I lean on guys like Frank (Frank, like Elliott, is one of my "go-to" guys already---except Frank is on probation due to his microscopic sample size)
(*They do make analytical mistakes sometimes, but only minor ones*)
Frank's 1st guess is EDGE Shaq Lawson (Bills).
Shaq is in his prime and was a 1st round draft pick. He never lived up to that, and is technically a bust.
But Frank points out that he got his 6.5 sacks and 17(?) tfl's in 2019 playing 47% of the snaps.
To supplement Frank's further reasoning, I wonder if Lawson has ever played opposite of a guy like Myles Garrett.
Lawson, due to his original draft status and the potential that still implies, will probably command moe munnah than Ogbah or Nassib, but...sigh ok...here is one of Shaq's pre-draft scouting reports.
Sounds like Olivier Vernon, in a lot of ways.
...which is pretty good, since Lawson isn't injured all the time.
Next, Frank likes Redskins LG Ereck Flowers(for the RG slot).
Flowers is another "bust" Left Tackle who turned into a pretty good guard and would fit the zone-blocking scheme.
Like most non-me's, Frank is ignoring Teller, Forbes, Callahan, and the new scheme, and assuming facts not in evidence as he ass umes that Right Guard is a primary need, but I do like Flowers, and he might be really cheap.
Nick Kwiatoski is a young, ascending MLB wit da Chicago Bearss who Frank tinks coot help replace Joe Schobert cheap.
I can't find anything wrong with this.
I do like Seone Takitaki as he enters year 2, and know that Mack Wilson can offset his deficiencies in coverage, but Kwiatoski does sound like Schobert (per Teriaca), and also...I just want to hear Doug Dieken try to pronounce his name, right?
Anyhoo thank you Frank Teriaki.
I'm glad that Tony Grossi has been reinstated, even though he is a hateful heightist monster (good grief) anyway you be careful, Tony!
Quit this Jason Peters crap! What tf is wrong with you people!?! Peters was a great Left Tackle for a long time, but as he's aged, he's suffered a lot of injuries and missed a lot of games.
Can't you comprehend that Peters isn't a Quarterback or kicker or coach? You think he's as good as he was before all those surgeries? You believe in the cartilage-fairy? He's THIRTY EIGHT YEARS OLD fcol!
Even the league minimum might be too much for Peters, because the player he kicks to the curb is probably better than he, in his decrepitude, is!
Another new writer (whose identity I am protecting because he is a dumbass) still thinks that Trent Williams is a great idea.
Well wtf a marxist is contending with other marxists to be the anti-Trump nominee so nothing shocks me anymore, but still...
At least a second round pick, and 18 mil/year for a 31 year old who missed over 20% of his games before his holdout? Ahead of possibly the best Left Tackle draft class in NFL history? For a team in transition, and in the same Division as the Baltimore Ravens...
With looming Brinks trucks, a new Head Coach, offensive and defensive systems...
18+ mil and a 2nd round pick on an oft-injured 31 year old now...
Last call. Just in time. I rest my case. Wow.
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