Who are the signed RB"s on the roster right now? I can assure you Bellage and Carter are upgrades over what has been on the roster. Including Barrios you've increased team speed and the ST'S. Ratley is very underrated . No more WR'S like Thompson Miller the little fast dude that could not catch a cold etc....
Your RBs are not better than Miller and Foreman. If they were, they wouldn't be available for the Rockets to pick. The WRs on the roster are Hopkins, Fuller, Ellington, Braxton, and Coates. You're talking about the 6th and 7th receivers. I'm cool with 1 WR and 1 RB, I'm down for that. But two of each?
Wow! Cannot believe you are actually saying that you can't get a really good/great running back in the 3rd round. You only have to go back to last year 1 pick ahead of our D. Foreman. K. Ballage is one of my sleeper picks. I really like him. Matter of fact if we can't get Rashad Penny he's who I want next. But Penny is the player I want most that's available in this mock. Could be worse but if we took Sam Hubbard with Rashaad Penny still on the board I'd be livid!!! My fav RB after S.Barkley. I love Ian Thomas. He's my #1 sleeper TE and I'd take him over Mark Andrews longterm. Great pick there! I like Jamarco Jones but would probably take Joseph Noteboom over him. Wouldn't even mind Tim Settle to keep our NT rotation fresh.
Did I say that though? I was speaking specifically about the RBs he mentioned; I thought the "Your RBs" gave it away but I guess not. And I would take one RB, not two.
And they are still better than any RB on the roster and any WR not named Hopkins or Fuller. I get they need another OLB but like I said you can't fix everything in one draft . RS left way too many holes on the roster. So the way I would go is try to protect DW4 and provide him with weapons to succeed. Then next year with a full complement of picks fill in the rest of the roster.
I don't know what to tell you if you really believe that. You can't fix anything but yet you want to add multiple players at positions where the need isn't as much as others. You make Rick Smith look like genius the way you're talking. Swap Jeff Holland (or Josh Sweat), Nick Nelson, and Cain (or Coutee) and you're all good.
Giving DW4 everything possible to be successful is a bad thing? I could understand if you thought you were going to win a SB next year. LOL This draft should be all about DW4. IMHO Feel free to disagree but the positions of need can be filled if Gaine does what he was hired to do, or if McNair lets him do what he needs to do to bring a championship this city, this draft can be a very successful draft. If they get three starters and some ST's guys that will be a great draft. IMHO
Sorry if I came in at the end of the convo and misunderstood. Nontheless one of his backs listed was Kalen Ballage and I do think he is better than L. Miller right now. And with Foreman there's the whole "if he will come back at all" thing as well. Not to mention that I'm not sure I'm as high on him (even healthy) long term as most here. I saw good but am still deciding on "very good" or "special". And Miller I never saw as anything more than "good" or even just "above average". I definitely consider RB a "need" in this draft. I'm 100 per with you on that one coach. Up until the last couple of days I probably had Freeman just ahead of Ballage in my pecking order but slightly flip-flopped. At any rate if one is an 84.0 then the other's an 83.9. They're both really good. Another thing they have in common is that they have each had an injury so their tape last year wasn't quite as good as 2 years ago. That's why I'm hoping we can get one late if we don't get Penny (my 1st choice). One more rb I'm warming to the thought of here is Kerryon Johnson. His hard running slashing style reminds me of the rb Deshaun had at Clemson. Can't remember the name but he seemed to work well with DW there so maybe Kerryon might here as well.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...hrager-2018-threeround-nfl-mock-draft-round-1 68. Houston - Martinas Rankin - OT, Mississippi State 80. Houston - Kerryon Johnson - RB, Auburn 98. Houston - Troy Fumagalli - TE, Wisconsin Spoiler Round 1 1. Cleveland - Sam Darnold - QB, USC 2. NY Giants - Bradley Chubb - DE, N.C. State 3. NY Jets - Baker Mayfield - QB, Oklahoma 4. Cleveland - Saquon Barkley - RB, Penn State 5. Buffalo - Josh Allen - QB, Wyoming *PICK ACQUIRED IN PROJECTED TRADE WITH BRONCOS. The Bills trade picks 12, 22 and the 65 for the fifth overall pick.* 6. Indianapolis - Quenton Nelson - OG, Notre Dame 7. Tampa - Derwin James - S, Florida State 8. Chicago - Denzel Ward - CB, Ohio State 9. San Francisco - Mike McGlinchey - OT, Notre Dame 10. Arizona - Josh Rosen - QB, UCLA *PICK ACQUIRED IN PROJECTED TRADE WITH RAIDERS. Arizona trades the 15th and 47th overall picks to move up five spots for their quarterback of the future.* 11. Miami - Minkah Fitzpatrick - S, Alabama 12. Denver - Roquan Smith - LB, Georgia *PICK ACQUIRED IN PROJECTED TRADE WITH BILLS.* 13. Washington - Vita Vea - DT, Washington 14. Green Bay - Tremaine Edmunds - LB, Virginia Tech 15. Oakland - Harold Landry - DE, Boston College *PICK ACQUIRED IN PROJECTED TRADE WITH CARDINALS.* 16. Baltimore - Lamar Jackson - QB, Louisville 17. LA Chargers - Kolton Miller - OT, UCLA 18. Seattle - Marcus Davenport - DE, UTSA 19. Dallas - Taven Bryan - DT, Florida 20. Detroit - Da'Ron Payne - DT, Alabama 21. Cincinnati - James Daniels - C, Iowa 22. Denver - D.J. Moore - WR, Maryland *PICK ACQUIRED IN PROJECTED TRADE WITH BILLS.* 23. New England - Rashaan Evans - LB, Alabama 24. Carolina - Will Hernandez - OG, UTEP 25. Tennessee - Maurice Hurst - DT, Michigan 26. Atlanta - Jaire Alexander - CB, Louisville 27. New Orleans - Calvin Ridley - WR, Alabama 28. Pittsburgh - Josh Jackson - CB, Iowa 29. Jacksonville - Dallas Goedert - TE, South Dakota State 30. Minnesota - Leighton Vander Esch - LB, Boise State 31. New England - Frank Ragnow - C/OG, Arkansas 32. Philadelphia - Isaiah Oliver - CB, Colorado Round 2 33. Cleveland - Connor Williams - OT, Texas 34. NY Giants - Rashaad Penny - RB, San Diego State 35. Cleveland - Mike Hughes - CB, UCF 36. Indianapolis - Donte Jackson - CB, LSU 37. Indianapolis - Courtland Sutton - WR, SMU 38. Tampa - Sony Michel - RB, Georgia 39. Chicago - Jerome Baker - LB, Ohio State 40. Denver - Mason Rudolph - QB, Oklahoma State 41. Oakland - Ronnie Harrison - S, Alabama 42. Miami - Christian Kirk - WR, Texas A&M 43. New England - Nick Chubb - RB, Georgia 44. Washington - Derrius Guice - RB, LSU 45. Green Bay - Isaiah Wynn - OG, Georgia 46. Cincinnati - Mark Andrews - TE, Oklahoma 47. Oakland - Harrison Phillips - DT, Stanford *PICK ACQUIRED IN PROJECTED TRADE WITH CARDINALS.* 48. LA Chargers - Justin Reid - S, Stanford 49. Indianapolis - Hayden Hurst - TE, South Carolina 50. Dallas - Anthony Miller - WR, Memphis 51. Detroit - Ronald Jones - RB, USC 52. Baltimore - Mike Gesicki - TE, Penn State 53. Buffalo - D.J. Chark - WR, LSU 54. Kansas City - Arden Key - LB, LSU 55. Carolina - Sam Hubbard - DE, Ohio State 56. Buffalo - Orlando Brown - OT, Oklahoma 57. Tennessee - Billy Price - C, Ohio State 58. Atlanta - James Washington - WR, Oklahoma State 59. San Francisco - Duke Dawson - CB, Florida 60. Pittsburgh - Tyrell Crosby - OT, Oregon 61. Jacksonville - Carlton Davis - CB, Auburn 62. Minnesota - Braden Smith - OG, Auburn 63. New England - Anthony Averett - CB, Alabama 64. Cleveland - Lorenzo Carter - LB, Georgia Round 3 65. Denver - Alex Cappa - OG, Humboldt State *PICK ACQUIRED IN PROJECTED TRADE WITH BILLS.* 66. NY Giants - Da'Shawn Hand - DT, Alabama 67. Indianapolis - Micah Kiser - LB, Virginia 68. Houston - Martinas Rankin - OT, Mississippi State 69. NY Giants - Josey Jewell - LB, Iowa 70. San Francisco - Malik Jefferson - LB, Texas 71. Denver - Nyheim Hines - RB, N.C. State 72. NY Jets - Antonio Callaway - WR, Florida 73. Miami - Duke Ejiofor - DE, Wake Forest 74. San Francisco - Equanimeous St. Brown - WR, Notre Dame 75. Oakland - Marcus Allen - S, Penn State 76. Green Bay - Chuks Okorafor - OT, Western Michigan 77. Cincinnati - Luke Falk - QB, Washington State 78. Kansas City - Nathan Shepherd - DT, Fort Hays State 79. Arizona - Rasheem Green - DE, USC 80. Houston - Kerryon Johnson - RB, Auburn 81. Dallas - Tony Brown - CB, Alabama 82. Detroit - Derrick Nnadi - DE, Florida State 83. Baltimore - Jack Cichy - LB, Wisconsin 84. LA Chargers - Kyle Lauletta - QB, Richmond 85. Carolina - Mark Walton - RB, Miami 86. Kansas City - Deon Cain - WR, Clemson 87. LA Rams - Oren Burks - LB, Vanderbilt 88. Carolina - Dorance Armstrong - DE, Kansas 89. Tennessee - Jeff Holland - DE, Auburn 90. Atlanta - Ogbonnia Okoronkwo - DE, Oklahoma 91. New Orleans - Uchenna Nwosu - LB, USC 92. Pittsburgh - Taylor Hearn - OT, Clemson 93. Jacksonville - Brian O'Neill - OT, Pittsburgh 94. Minnesota - Michael Gallup - WR, Colorado State 95. New England - Simmie Cobbs - WR, Indiana 96. Buffalo - Shaquem Griffin - LB, UCF 97. Arizona - Dylan Cantrell - WR, Texas Tech 98. Houston - Troy Fumagalli - TE, Wisconsin 99. Denver - Korey Robertson - WR, Southern Miss 100. Cincinnati - Jessie Bates - S, Wake Forest
I kind of think that's a smoke screen of sorts. I can't see them not going with Darnold. I think Baker will be a good enough QB but given the fact that nearly all the rumors over the last month have pointed toward Darnold, I would think the "Baker to go #1" talk is more of a smokescreen than anything. We shall see though.
I’d be pretty happy with that draft. Malik Jefferson and Jessie Bates would give you something to think about though.
