Italian Raven

9 minutes ago, BmoreBird22 said:

I can do it

14 minutes ago, Archeearl92 said:

I can take your board.

I'll lend you both my short list as I'm about to get OTC, then  I just need to add a few names in there first.

btw I really liked Billings as a prospect and I thought about him as a pure nose or 1t to rotate inside.

Too bad I have some other positions to address first. Nice pick

Crush won't be able to make picks on my behalf for some time, is there anybody willing to take me few guys left on board when needed?

other way I just go on autoskip and select one whenever I find some time for it. 

thanks guys. Since there isn't much left I couldn't pass on his potential. Also, he's a good complement to Funchess and M.Jones. 

5 minutes ago, Mt. Crushmore said:

Division 1 currently has Bill Belichick, Mike Zimmer and John Harbaugh as coaches

That would be one crazy competitive division.. not sure any actual NFL div has 3 coaches who are that good.

1 minute ago, rmw10 said:

Division 5 has rmw10 as a coach.

ahahah too bad I thought he had been selected already.. I'd have taken him ahead of Zimmer

25 minutes ago, ravensdan said:

The second one was Jim. 

I realized it only then and deleted the post but you were fast enough and I can't hide my mental [profanity deleted] no more

With the 594th pick, Those Funny Guys select:

Bryan Stork, C

ok guys..my bad.. as I said I hust woke up after less than 5 hours of sleep and my eyes were still half closed. The initial letters must have been the thing driving me wrong

wasn't Dixon selected by thieverycorporation like in round 7 or somewhere there? I'm on the mobile and half asleep..forgive me if I'm wrong..I'm not at the top of my condition

2 hours ago, 52520Andrew said:

Yeah being bad at one position won't kill you if the rest of the team is good enough to make up for it. I remember picking at 32 my first year and just getting Revis and Peterson at CB to make up for not having a good QB. My thought process was that If I wasn't going to be able to pass, then no one would against me. You just have to figure out what your team can do and support the weaker areas enough that you are able to win games whether it be 45-42 or 17-14.

exactly.. I rather get the top guys on board and build around such a unit, making it one of the very bests, rather than limit myself to a top15-20QB and go balanced.. we also have to consider that great Ds limits opponent points, but first and foremost help your O hit the field often enough to put up points, even if it's just FG. Ds basically control the clock..

One other approach if you're selecting in the mid-low tiers is also to build up a great Oline early, but if teams can cut through your Dline like a hot knife does with butter you're going to have some hard times.

8 hours ago, Mt. Crushmore said:

All 4 of us have playoff QBs, are strong in the trenches, have a RB and have 2 CBs right now and haven't invested that much in pass catchers.

I likely have the worst QB and O-line, but my D (particularly the front-7) makes up for those deficiensies.

Also, from the way I started to build my team, I didn't think I would end up with a decent receiving corp.. but after all it's a pretty competitive one.

Jones is a good mid and deep threat. Funchess will never be a top tier WR but has a high floor and will work well in the short routes as a possession target.

Gates is good both at blocking and catching.. I miss 1-2 pieces there but I'll be better than expected.

@allblackraven thanks

I know I won't get more than 1-2 years from Gates, but the same can be said for guys like Fitzgerald and S.Smith who went much earlier. My need for overall good players on that side of the football played a big part here, and Gates is still one of the best at his position, despite the age. Can't be said, given that he's been one of my top 5 targets for almost 2 rounds.

Fleener was definitely in conversation for my next pick. Nice pick.

19 minutes ago, ravensdan said:

Getting painfully slow!

19 picks in 3 days...nough said

Nothing too flashy, but Funchess isn't scared to run through the middle.. most (if not all) of his TD catches were posts or slants. There aren't many possession WRs left and he's young, so he would've time to build some chemstry with Cutler, if he doesn't get sacked in 0.5sec.

With the 495th pick, Those Funny Guys select:
Devin Funchess, WR

1 minute ago, allblackraven said:

Well, thank you kindly my friend. There's still a bit of a way to go, though and other GMs aren't helping by selecting good players

ehehe yea still some important rounds to go, but even then, I'm not sure I'll match your interior O-line by the end of the draft  I love Kelly and have close to no doubt he'll do crazy good in the pros as well. 

Just now, 52520Andrew said:

Yeah I didn't think the drop off at OL would be this bad. Edge Rusher is another position that isn't too deep right now

yup.. glad I ran on pass-rushers as early as I did. there's a significant drop off from round 5-6 on.. now there's basically nothing left.. only chance is to pull the trigger on some rookies or underperforming sophomores.

7 minutes ago, 52520Andrew said:

Thanks, really wanted to build in the trenches for the most part this year. Still some work for me to do obviously but still some rounds for me to get things in order so we will see how it goes

Yes I think there's enough valuable options left at ILB and WR.. sure not top tier players but serviceable ones.. both have better depth than CB and Oline atm

my fav teams at the moment are: @allblackraven and @52520Andrew because they're overall the most solid imo..
Half Moon Bay has a top 10 front 7, possibly a top 5 O-line (with the best LG-C-RG combo in Incognito-Kelly-Yanda), and likely the best TE duo in Olsen-Gillmore.
Space Broncos also have a very good O-line and two potential pro bowlers in Benjamin/D.Johnson. Sure the team's lacking options for Goff at the moment and LBs to help the run but how not to love the Poe-Donald duo. Secondary is above average, too.
@Deflated Football needs some help on the D-line because it might be too easy to run on that unit, but that's a pretty good O-line and the WR core represents a problems for any defense..

idk, maybe at the end of the season we might want to award the top 3 teams in each category (D-O) or unit.. don't know if you discussed it already..just a thought

@BOLDnPurPnBlacK, you're OTC.
@ALSKAN RAVEN FAN, me and @usmccharles are up next

19 minutes ago, ravensdan said:

Abdullah was near the top of my rankings. I think he's a great player with his best ahead. 

yeah I remember he was very popular around the forum but he was by far the worst blocker in the class and not much more than a 3rd down kind of back.. imo he's not that different from Dixon, with the main difference being the "price". Honestly I don't exactly remember Abdullah pros and cons in this moment..I think to remember he was a much better outside-the-Ts runner than inside; pretty good vision and quickness but with a lack of power and ability to break tackles.. I just have the feeling the Lions reached for him while we got one of the biggest draft steals (on paper). We'll see how the two picks pan out in the long run.

@NFLfan123 nice job man.. personally, I wouldn't have taken a second RB (especially Abdullah.. I didn't like him in the second round at all), but the rest looks very good imo. Hard to find decent starters at this point. btw I just added your picks to the big board

if we keep playing those bootlegs and ask him to run flats he's still a valuable option, especially in the red zone when teams tend to play man-coverage and blitz more often as he gains outside leverage. He's definitely a solid ST contributor. So he is the quintessential of 'versatility'.
From a market standpoint he has a small leverage. He's due to a decent 750k and, even though we did make cuts for few money in the past, I don't think this would be quite a reason here. Neither he had any serious injury to.
However, we might have Maxx lining up in different ways, even at FB on I-formation (given what he did at MinnU); thus I wouldn't really consider Juice unrepleacable.. we moved on from Trawick, a darn good ST tackler, and we ended up being more than fine.
Just like rmw I also think it's pretty unlikely to see him cut but, despite his versatility and relatively low cap number, the FB role is only marginal and the roster spot is far from being complacent.

4 minutes ago, NFLfan123 said:

I'm at work Rn, but I'll probably be done in a couple hours. Will have everything up. 

oh geez not another black friday style robbery like the last time.. couldn't you just wait until my pick is in?