Jaybirds

Sorry guys. I saw that Veiled Psychosis had made his pick. I just forgot who chose after him. I'll stay online so we can make the turn around the corner faster.

With the 336th pick, the Squad of Pop selects.... WR Jermaine Kearse. Unless he's already taken. Then it'll be someone else.

Upvoting the Dorsett pick. I thought he was gone already.

It's tough to critique his methods if we can't find the articles that describe it. I just can't find that original article, and his own site wasn't working for me today if it still exists. But obviously something is different. The entire top 5 looks to be different.

Oh, okay. Yes I did see that. I just didn't think of it as the same thing. I'm wondering if there's something in the criteria that Joyner loves and PFF disregards, or vice versa. Cuz yeah, that's a big difference.

For what year? I didn't get to see their 2015 data for this.

Have to be an insider. Short version is the Bills are first, Dolphins 2nd, then New England, Denver, and SF. http://espn.go.com/fantasy/football/insider/story/_/id/9398418/fantasy-football-best-worst-run-blocking-teams-nfl

Uhhh... actually, the same metric had them ranked 2nd as a run blocking unit in 2015.

I don't think I've ever seen a website try so hard to get.... worse.

I'm having trouble finding it, but a couple of years ago KC Joyner wrote an article for ESPN about Good Blocking Yards Per Attempt. Basically, he tried to isolate the running attempts where the line helped out and where they didn't. It shed some light on who was doing the work, the running back or the line. When he wrote it, Lamar's yards per attempt were almost exactly the same as his good blocking yards per attempt. Maybe that's changed as Miller has aged. Maybe it doesn't really matter if he's always behind a good running line. But it's why I don't put him amongst the best at the position.

He shores up a lot of my weaknesses though, so I imagine I do have him higher than others. Jeremy Hill isn't the greatest receiver, so he gets some help. Bobby Massie's pass blocking could still be a work in progress, so there's some insurance. Cam and Hill will both want a run blocker, Juice can do that too. He may even have to carry the ball on a few plays. So basically I couldn't find a slot receiver who could power block, and I wasn't sure about the TEs left to carry the ball.

I'm not convinced Thomas would have passed the interview process with us. We probably had him lower on our boards than other teams.

I couldn't get a very good feel for Amaro. PFF didn't have a grade for him; Madden hates his hands. I like him, but I got the feeling I was wrong. I honestly wanted to go two tight ends. But when I made a list of everything I needed, Juice was a better fit than a second TE.

With the 579th pick, the Squad of Pop select.... Kyle Juszczyk fullback who is going to get overworked on this team.

With the 574th pick, the Squad of Pop select.... Brandon Fusco, the guy who has to make Bobby Massie's Sundays worth living. (RG)

I guess I'm being cynical. But it seems like a 37 year old WR that goes full-throttle game 1 probably isn't going to start 16 games. I have to agree with the everyone under 1,000 theory. Partly the offense, partly the depth, and partly the injury histories.

I was looking at him waaay back when I took Darian Stewart. I think he's great value this late in the draft. I think he and Mitchell make a great bang-for-the-buck combo.

I feel like we're confusing speed and acceleration here. The offense has had the most upgrades (well, at least updates) recently because they were so far behind. That doesn't necessarily mean our approach has changed, just that they needed more help. Besides, I think we'd all be a lot more worried if our primary focus, defense, needed that much of an overall.

I think in general we went defense first as well. Personally, I decided to start with guys you couldn't play around. I inherited Cam, but then sticking with the trenches and guys between the hashes seemed the best way to apply pressure on every down. WRs are a lower priority that way.

I was kinda taking the reverse approach with both Ebron and Fleener. I saw what Cam did with Olsen the past few years. Would either of those guys hold up in the same role? And I think they would. I know they HAVEN'T yet. But if you dropped either into Carolina's offense right now, I think we could expect Diet Olsen/Olsen light: most of the production with about half the draft investment.

I coin-flipped between Ebron and Fleener. So I like this pick here. I think both of them should have gone during that TE run, if not sooner.

I've heard he simply walked into Mordor. All the scouts who saw it said his pads were too high.

You're right. But considering the guys with abilities AND stats are pretty well gone by now, I'm okay with drafting based on capabilities. He's not going to get huge numbers with Tannenhill, I agree. But if he can stay around 14 to 16 yards per carry, then I think it makes my point. So far he's done that. And we've already started taking WRs with zero NFL snaps. So his numbers are bigger than some.

I'm surprised Kenny Stills lasted this long, considering less proven speedsters left the board a while ago. He's not going to get the volume to put up huge numbers in Miami. But he's a serious deep threat.

With the 515th pick, the Squad of Pop selects Kenny "16.3 avg" Stills, WR