I liked the Yale OT, Kiran Amegdijie. I would have taken one of the trade downs that Grier said he was offered and picked him instead of Paul. I find Paul to be an enigma. Hopefully he develops and this ends up being wrong but that’s what I would have done. Paul has that absurdly impressive wingspan which can cover up mistakes but he sure looks out of position a lot. So to me this reminds me of 2018 when they took Gesicki and his wingspan and measurables over Dallas Goeddert and I had that exact same thought now. One plus is that MM went to Yale so they surely were favorable towards him and they still went with Paul. That’s conviction.
Can’t complain as much in the first because the guy I wanted was Murphy. He was gone. I wanted Murphy plus Kiran A so let’s see how that pans out. But picking an electric edge makes sense. The issue with Chop is he has no moves. To avoid just getting swallowed up by NFL tackles that will be incumbent upon him to improve. Both he and Paul have excellent motors so hopefully they develop. Work ethic bodes well. Regarding Murphy, that’s too bad. I have to say I’m definitely concerned with our DT’s. They don’t seem to be, which is good. They want bodies rotating and then throw high end edges at you.
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agreed with the move to trade back into the fourth by using the 3rd rounder next year. I predicted that would happen. Loved the move. That fourth now is far more more valuable than the third next year when we had fewer draft picks this year and so many next year. Then, they got a top notch value there. It balanced the classes between this year and next. We actually ended up with a full complement of seven picks this year. We would have been light without making the move.
For the people who think we added redundancy, I could write an essay on why that’s wrong. But in short, we need to accentuate our team identity to make sure it’s there for the long haul. Last year when struggled late, we
lacked explosive athletes on both sides of the ball. Waddle was out. Hill was playing very hurt. Our two edges were out. We were exposed athletically without them. Our receivers couldn’t separate. Tua wouldn’t even throw to some of them. We needed the two edges, two receivers, and the electric Wright. MM doesn’t want a gassed, pedestrian team at the end of the year. He wants waves of athletes that keep coming. That’s our identity. When it was muted, we struggled. MM is playing chess.