🏈🏈🏈 OFFICIAL 2024 NFL DRAFT THREAD - LIVE FROM MOTOWN 🏈🏈🏈 (2 Viewers)

[IHEARTFF]

RB run

More good talent drafted to the bench immediately

 

[BobbyLayne]

Can't believe the Lions took Manu. lol
He's a monster. He is not a football player. He's a monster. Literally. I thought he'd be a fun udfa somewhere, but never thought he'd get drafted.

He's 6-9 350 with abs, no fat on him. He's a super athlete. He played in a tiny Canadian college league. The film is a riot. This monster blocking 6' 220 pound defensive ends. I laughed for ten minutes watching the youtube. Monster. Not a football player. Fun pick.

eta: the PFF draft guy who knows EVERYBODY on his 300 player big board was like: Manu? What who? Canada? Yeah, I didn't watch him, oh well. haha

He’s not in The Athletic’s “The Beast” (Dane Brugler) - that PDF is 400+ pages and covers almost 2000 players.

8.83 RAS

33.5” vert and 8’11” broad

 

[JohnnyU]

So, how many skill players left that are interesting? Vidal?

 

[JohnnyU]

Braelon Allen to the Jets, lol. Just like Abanikanda last year. Horrible spot. Worthless in fantasy without an injury. Even with an injury Abanikanda is probably still the back to own.

 

[Dez]

Last year "experts" on XM were saying to trade Breece Hall for whatever you could get when Cook signed there "Godwin for Breece straight up was 1 example of a trade they said to do in dynasty"
Love theme "experts"

 

[Chaos34]

So, how many skill players that are interesting? Vidal?

still several wrs

rbs, estime, tracey, dillon johnson

 

[Mister CIA]

Braelon Allen to the Jets, lol. Just like Abanikandi last year. Horrible spot.

Great handcuff for Abanikanda, right?

 

[BobbyLayne]

I love the Lions. Vaki. lol
He plays safety but was awesome at RB. Probably the best special teamer in the draft.

I almost simultaneously posted…

I knew Detroit loved Sione Vaki.

Ultimate grit player. Played Free Safety and RB at the same time. Special teams demon.

Goes off the board before Jaden Hicks lol

 

[JohnnyU]

Braelon Allen to the Jets, lol. Just like Abanikandi last year. Horrible spot.

Great handcuff for Abanikanda, right?

You are probably right

 

[BobbyLayne]

At this point I just presume Holmes & Campbell started doing shots at breakfast

You thought taking a U Sports athlete (first in 8 years*) was gonna make draft Twitter lose their minds? Watch this…I’m taking a three-way RB-FS-STer. Who’s laughing now, huh?


*oops, bad info from an unverified tweet; 2024 is the 3rd straight year a U Sports player was drafted, and the 15th player from a Canadian university has gone on the draft.

Who is Giovanni Manu? Lions select University of British Columbia OT in Round 4 of 2024 NFL Draft | Sporting News

The Lions made a surprising pick in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, selecting British Columbia tackle Giovanni Manu to add depth to their roster.

www.sportingnews.com

 

[JohnnyU]

So, how many skill players that are interesting? Vidal?

still several wrs

rbs, estime, tracey, dillon johnson

No interest in Dillon Johnson. What about Johnny Wilson?

 

[Chaos34]

So, how many skill players that are interesting? Vidal?

still several wrs

rbs, estime, tracey, dillon johnson

No interest in Dillon Johnson. What about Johnny Wilson?

Yeah Wilson interests me. Dillon graded out as Waldman's RB5. He's got a bunch of James Conner in him. If he thrives pass blocking, and he can, then he might get a lot of snaps. Opportunity is everything with RBs these days.

 

[Chaos34]

I figured Malik Washington and Ainais Smith would fall, but both could end up wr3s somewhere. The rac ability is strong with both.

 

[JohnnyU]

So, how many skill players that are interesting? Vidal?

still several wrs

rbs, estime, tracey, dillon johnson

No interest in Dillon Johnson. What about Johnny Wilson?

Yeah Wilson interests me. Dillon graded out as Waldman's RB5. He's got a bunch of James Conner in him. If he thrives pass blocking, and he can, then he might get a lot of snaps. Opportunity is everything with RBs these days.

Johnson had about as bad of a combine as humanly possible.

 

[Ilov80s]

At this point I just presume Holmes & Campbell started doing shots at breakfast

You thought taking a U Sports athlete (first in 8 years) was gonna make draft Twitter lose their minds? Watch this…I’m taking a three-way RB-FS-STer. Who’s laughing now, huh?

sounds like the lions plan to use him on offense, it was the offensive staff he met with, not the defense.

 

[Chaos34]

At this point I just presume Holmes & Campbell started doing shots at breakfast

You thought taking a U Sports athlete (first in 8 years) was gonna make draft Twitter lose their minds? Watch this…I’m taking a three-way RB-FS-STer. Who’s laughing now, huh?

sounds like the lions plan to use him on offense, it was the offensive staff he met with, not the defense.

When Goff throws a pick, no better player to have on the field.

 

[miqws]

Audric Estime to Denver

 

[JohnnyU]

Estime to Broncos. Meh

 

[miqws]

Rattler to NO

 

[miqws]

Ainias Smith to Philly. Probably for kick returns mostly.

 

[Capella]

@Capella and the entire Shark Pool

-Do we have any updates on Jordan Travis from FSU?
I know it was a brutal leg injury but thee current athlete and modern medicine seem to overcome things and I expect him to be ready to play football at some point.
This guy was pretty darn good prior to the injury

Is a 4th-5th round pick too much to develop Travis for 1-2 years? Teams might get the same outcome as the Falcons drafting Penix, there I said it
How long do you allow the Falcons to have the best back up in the NFL?

Supposed to be good to go by May. Have no idea where he is projected to go though.

 

[miqws]

Thrash to Cleveland

 

[miqws]

Rasheen Ali to Baltimore. Tyrone Tracey Jr to NYG.

 

[travdogg]

Be really curious to see where Johnny Wilson goes. He might be a TE in the NFL, or a Colston like big slot in the NFL, who took a backseat to Keon Coleman.

Wonder where Michael Pratt ends up? Got a Minshew vibe off him.

 

[miqws]

Keilan Robinson to JAX

 

[travdogg]

Javon Solomon is a nice pick for the Bills. He's small, and likely just a situational pass rusher, but at #168, that's a great value. Had 17 sacks at Troy last season.

ETA: Bills are killing it on day 3, and they needed too after how they started.

 

[Snoopy]

Packers sign X McKinney, and just drafted their 3rd safety in this draft.

 

[miqws]

Bub Means to NO
Jordan Travis to NYJ

 

[Donnybrook]

Per Sportrac:

#NFL TRADE

#Broncos Acquire DE John Franklin-Myers

2024: $13.9M 2025: $15M

#Jets Acquire2026 6th-Rd Pick

NYJ takes on $9.056M of dead cap per the move, freeing up $7.3M of 2024 space.

Correct me if I am wrong but it seems like bad signing by the Jets.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Rasheen Ali to Baltimore. Tyrone Tracey Jr to NYG.

Tracey averaged 4.44 YAC per attempt, which led the nation

I did not know that

 

[IHEARTFF]

Bub Means is an incredible name

 

[IHEARTFF]

Bub Means is an incredible name

Saints also got Kool Aid and Rattler

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Bub Means is an incredible name

He should start his own business. He could call it Bub Means Business.

 

[satch]

I love how the overwhelming consensus was that there weren’t any great RBs in this class. Yet, soon as they get picked in the 3rd/4th rounds, the sky is falling for the incumbent starters on those teams.

Nobody thought much of Jaylen Wright until he got drafted. Now suddenly he’s going to take over the Miami backfield.

 

[miqws]

Isaiah Davis to NYJ

 

[Snoopy]

Bub Means is an incredible name

He should start his own business. He could call it Bub Means Business.

With Natrone?

 

[Capella]

So happy for Jordan Travis.

 

[Bazinga!]

I love how the overwhelming consensus was that there weren’t any great RBs in this class. Yet, soon as they get picked in the 3rd/4th rounds, the sky is falling for the incumbent starters on those teams.

Nobody thought much of Jaylen Wright until he got drafted. Now suddenly he’s going to take over the Miami backfield.

I think it makes a ton of sense. This class has quite a few good to solid RBs who are not great but good enough for a timeshare. As an example I don’t love Corum but he is good enough to take a big enough share of carries, that Williams drops from a rb1 to an rb2. I havent heard anyone say Wright is going to take over in Miami. That seems to be an exaggeration on your part. Davis eats into Cook workload, Irving eats into White, Benson hurts Conner, Lloyd eats into Jacobs. So yes, still not a great class, but good enough to have a negative impact on the workload of some of the current starters. Sky falling not really. Expectations falling for some of these incumbents….absolutely

 

[ghostguy123]

I love how the overwhelming consensus was that there weren’t any great RBs in this class. Yet, soon as they get picked in the 3rd/4th rounds, the sky is falling for the incumbent starters on those teams.

Nobody thought much of Jaylen Wright until he got drafted. Now suddenly he’s going to take over the Miami backfield.

Said no one

 

[travdogg]

Love Malik Washington to Miami. Fully capable of winning the #3 job right away.

 

[travdogg]

Johnny Wilson to Philly. Gigantic steal. Could have seen him go 3 rounds earlier. Wouldn't be shocked if they moved him to TE but could press for a role as a rookie. Freak of nature.

ETA: Eagles are winning this draft, and I feel like that's a pretty consistent thing for them.

 

[IHEARTFF]

B Rice going to be a legit steal here real soon for someone

 

[Donnybrook]

Philly going to have a hard time trying to get 12 WRs on the roster.

 

[BobbyLayne]

The Detroit Lions are trading pick 205, plus pick 249 to the Houston Texans in exchange for pick 189 (acquired from Denver), per league source.

4th trade of the draft for Brad Holmes, 6 a year ago - rookie numbers, Howie has 9 this year

 

[travdogg]

Philly going to have a hard time trying to get 12 WRs on the roster.

1. Brown 2. D. Smith 3. Parker 4. Wilson 5. Campbell 6. A. Smith

I think that's your 6 guys.

 

[-OZ-]

Nice to see the patriots draft Kirk cousins. Err Joe Milton.

Kidding of course but I do like it when a team desperate for QBs takes another one late.

 

[satch]

I love how the overwhelming consensus was that there weren’t any great RBs in this class. Yet, soon as they get picked in the 3rd/4th rounds, the sky is falling for the incumbent starters on those teams.

Nobody thought much of Jaylen Wright until he got drafted. Now suddenly he’s going to take over the Miami backfield.

Said no one

Sorry, but you’re simply wrong. Opinions exist outside FBG. Go on Twitter and you’ll find nothing but people raving about Wright, and yes, some claiming he will challenge to be their RB1. It’s nothing but hype for a guy nobody cared about 3 days ago.

 

[travdogg]

I love how the overwhelming consensus was that there weren’t any great RBs in this class. Yet, soon as they get picked in the 3rd/4th rounds, the sky is falling for the incumbent starters on those teams.

Nobody thought much of Jaylen Wright until he got drafted. Now suddenly he’s going to take over the Miami backfield.

Said no one

Sorry, but you’re simply wrong. Opinions exist outside FBG. Go on Twitter and you’ll find nothing but people raving about Wright, and yes, some claiming he will challenge to be their RB1. It’s nothing but hype for a guy nobody cared about 3 days ago.

People cared about Wright all spring. He was the #2 RB on a lot of boards and was projected to be drafted higher than he actually was.

Having said that, he's no higher than #3 on Miami's depth chart, and is probably a special teamer as a rookie.

 

[travdogg]

Pratt at #201 would be a good fit for Indy as a potential long-term backup, who could be the #3 this year. Really surprised he's fallen this far, he's a gamer (with mediocre tools) ala Minshew.

 

[Donnybrook]

Pratt at #201 would be a good fit for Indy as a potential long-term backup, who could be the #3 this year. Really surprised he's fallen this far, he's a gamer (with mediocre tools) ala Minshew.

Tampa at 220 maybe,