People were complaining about increasing TE production, well that's bound to happen when TEs outnumber the rest of the roster
Macafee clearly did a few lines of booger sugar probably with Irsay before going up and announcing that pick
Texans don't even use their tight ends (except as extra linemen) Yeah, if it was Kubiak, yeah take Owen Daniels and James Casey and Anthony Hill and Garrett Graham and Dorin Dickerson.
Fells and Griffin won't make the team. Fells was signed on a 1 year contract.....no assurance he would make the team.
[Premium Post] Gaine's draft strategy this year has been to swing for the fences with high ceiling, low floor type players. Let's call is the Luis Valbuena (RIP) approach to drafting. Players who are relatively new to the position (Howard, Warring), from small schools (Howard, Scharping), or who haven't gotten a lot of reps so their learning curve is still developing and a lot of tread is on the tire (Jackson, Warring). What we haven't gone after are established studs with good track records (higher floor players). High upside, but bust potential is there. It's almost like he's building a venture capital portfolio -- expecting some to be amazing performers and others to not work out. If we get two above average starters from the first 4 picks, then that's probably an acceptable outcome. GOOD DAY
I have been saying it since last draft and I might have been alone; the only draft pick that Gaine has made that has been really impressive so far is Justin Reid. And that was an early first rounder that "fell into his lap". I thought Rankin was an odd pick as a G/C on a team with 3 other G/C players. I honestly didnt know who Akins was before he was drafted. He was not the best available TE. thought Coutee was too early. Jordan Thomas was also odd when they just drafted another TE in the 3rd. This year, I'm seeing the same thing. Picking earlier than projected, picking positions that are crowded, and leaving talent on the board. I know it is way too early to talk about how well a draft class does but I dont understand the people that say he has drafted well.
Round 3 65. Arizona Cardinals - Zach Allen, DE, Boston College 66. Pittsburgh Steelers - Diontae Johnson, WR, Toledo 67. San Francisco 49ers - Jalen Hurd, WR, Baylor 68. New York Jets - Jachai Polite, OLB, Florida 69. Jacksonville Jaguars - Josh Oliver, TE, San Jose State 70. Los Angeles Rams - Darrell Henderson, RB, Memphis 71. Denver Broncos - Dre'Mont Jones, DT, Ohio State 72. Cincinnati Bengals - Germaine Pratt, OLB, NC State 73. Chicago Bears - David Montgomery, RB, Iowa State 74. Buffalo Bills - Devin Singletary, RB, Florida Atlantic 75. Green Bay Packers - Jace Sternberger, TE, Texas A&M 76. Washington Redskins - Terry McLaurin, WR, Ohio State 77. New England Patriots - Chase Winovich, OLB, Michigan 78. Miami Dolphins - Michael Deiter, G, Wisconsin 79. Los Angeles Rams - David Long, CB, Michigan 80. Cleveland Browns - Sione Takitaki, ILB, BYU 81. Detroit Lions - Will Harris, S, Boston College 82. Tennessee Titans - Nate Davis, G, Charlotte 83. Pittsburgh Steelers - Justin Layne, CB, Michigan State 84. Kansas City Chiefs - Khalen Saunders, DT, Western Illinois 85. Baltimore Ravens - Jaylon Ferguson, DE, Louisiana Tech 86. Houston Texans - Kahale Warring, TE, San Diego State 87. New England Patriots - Damien Harris, RB, Alabama 88. Seattle Seahawks - Cody Barton, OLB, Utah 89. Indianapolis Colts - Bobby Okereke, ILB, Stanford 90. Dallas Cowboys - Connor McGovern, G, Penn State 91. Los Angeles Chargers - Trey Pipkins, OT, Sioux Falls 92. New York Jets - Chuma Edoga, OT, USC 93. Baltimore Ravens - Miles Boykin, WR, Notre Dame 94. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Jamel Dean, CB, Auburn 95. New York Giants - Oshane Ximines, DE, Old Dominion 96. Buffalo Bills - Dawson Knox, TE, Mississippi 97. Los Angeles Rams - Bobby Evans, OT, Oklahoma 98. Jacksonville Jaguars - Quincy Williams, Murray State 99. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Mike Edwards, S, Kentucky 100. Carolina Panthers - Will Grier, QB, West Virginia 101. New England Patriots - Yodny Cajuste, OT, West Virginia 102. Minnesota Vikings - Alexander Mattison, RB, Boise State
