2024 NFL Draft Thread
If this feels like déjà vu, that's because it is. For the second season in a row, the Panthers have the #1 overall pick. It's not often that SE members have the opportunity to start consecutive NFL draft threads as the honorary member whose team has the #1 overall pick.
Oh, ****. You mean we earned the #1 overall pick and don't actually have it?
What? You're saying we traded the #1 overall pick this year for the #1 overall pick last year plus gave up DJM, 1.09, 2.31 and a 2nd round pick next season? Well, surely that means we must have picked someone really good last year.
What's that? Between the last two draft classes, it's possible our guy is the 7th best QB taken in the first round? No ****ing way.
Well, at least we hired some new coaches again. I'm sure it'll work out better this time.
Time for the 10 burning questions of the first round.
1. Will the Bears find a way to fumble the bag, anyways? What will Caleb Williams be wearing and will his nail polish match his outfit?
2. Will NE select a QB, trade back, or take a generational WR with no one to throw the ball to him?
3. Will No.1 Chargers avoid taking a WR hoping that Justin Herbert can both throw and catch the ball?
4. Is Sean Payton actively tanking the Broncos organization even further or will he reach for a QB?
5. Will the Bills take another top 100 pass catcher in the first round or will they expect perennial MVP candidate Jawsh to do it all like Kermit?
6. Will Miami draft the fastest guy in combine history?
7. Will the Panthers wait until 33 to **** it up again or will they try to make another bad trade up?
8. Will the Jets do anything to protect their 40 year old conspiracy theorist politician?
9. Will the Cowboys do anything to improve their team or has Jerry simply stopped caring at this point?
10. What will the 49ers do now that they've finally paid off the Trey Lance trade?
Tune in Thursday at 8 pm eastern to find out.
Looks like one more person in Atlanta isn't thrilled about the pick.
Cousins' agent, Mike McCartney, told ESPN's Pete Thamel that the Falcons only notified the QB that they'd pick Penix while the team was on the clock. McCartney said there is frustration and confusion coming from Cousins' camp because Atlanta did not use its first-round pick to make the team better in 2024.
Spoiler
Lol Cousins getting the Rodgers in Green Bay treatment.
Except it’s way worse. This is a true conspiracy.
Couslahhhhh
So how guaranteed is guaranteed?
If Cousins were to say eff this, and refuse to play. Does he still get any of his guaranteed money?
wild Mims pic
Bills trade with Chiefs seems curious. I don’t know **** about **** but aren’t they both in the market for a receiver or corner?
I would have expected more receivers to have gone by 28, so I don't mind it. They can still take McConkey or Mitchell at 33, or McKinstry and then a pretty good WR with their other second
I wonder if anyone will try to trade for Cousins?
He’s received a $50m signing bonus so his deal would be 4 yrs $130m with only $50m more guaranteed.
Basically a 2yr $60m ish proposition with 2 extra years at $40m per if he’s playing well
So how guaranteed is guaranteed?
If Cousins were to say eff this, and refuse to play. Does he still get any of his guaranteed money?
If that was the case everyone would just retire after singing their big contract 😀
You even have to pay back the signing bonus (prorated) if you retire and the teams wants the money back. Happened to Barry Sanders.
Also if Cousins would retire now and decide to return at a later time he'd still be under contract in Atlanta. The contract basically freezes. That's the reason why players can't just sit out the last year of their contract to become a free agent.
I wonder if anyone will try to trade for Cousins?
He’s received a $50m signing bonus so his deal would be 4 yrs $130m with only $50m more guaranteed.
Basically a 2yr $60m ish proposition with 2 extra years at $40m per if he’s playing well
According to Spotac there's only $40mil more guaranteed. The 2026 roster bonus only goes into effect if he's on the roster on the 5th day of the 2025 league year.
But since he has a full no trade clause he can obviously force them to adjust the contract before agreeing to a trade.
If I see the numbers correctly he would cost $50mil for two seasons: 12.5mil + 27.5mil base salary + 10mil 2026 roster bonus.
Godgers won back to back regular season MVPs with davante as his only pass catchers after GB drafted love. Cousins has some pretty solid weapons and he won't be in the MVP conversation. Also, I believe GB was a top 3 or 5 SB favorite pre-draft and Atlanta right now is 10th.
The player. Moving into the first is whatever, I guess. They are trying to add a 5yo option edge by giving up 60 spots of value. I'd still have preferred to just save that value, even in the later rounds, and take the dude at 33, especially for a team that needs a lot, but I can at least understand the theory.
I think Legette is a terrible prospect. Without the extra COVID year, the guy would have finished his college career with 42 catches, 423 yards and 5 TDs over 41 games played. He probably wouldn't have even been drafted last year. I think there are multiple WRs on the board who had better profiles and have more upside.
Guys who aren't early declares are generally bad bets. Guys who don't clear 2 YPRR are generally bad bets. Guys who can't earn targets playing with non-NFL talent in college are generally bad bets. Guys who suck at running routes are generally bad bets.
I'm just not a fan.
But hey, at least he's big and fast.
So probably a dumb question/observation.
A lot of times when they interview these kids they'll ask them what it was like getting the call from the team that drafted them, and they act and sound really surprised. Which to me makes it seem like they just found out right before the Rog announced the pick.
But every kid that was at home last night was wearing a hat of the team that drafted them. Like with JJ, there was a lady behind him who handed him a Vikings hat after he was drafted.
But every kid that was at home last night was wearing a hat of the team that drafted them. Like with JJ, there was a lady behind him who handed him a Vikings hat after he was drafted.
For a "big" setup like JJ, probably for all 32 teams, just in case? Pretty sure for the big name players who don't attend the draft there's somebody for the NFL present at the location, at least in preparation to set up stuff and make sure everything is good to go for the broadcast plus producing additional footage like interviews.
No idea if the NFL sends over a package or if the hats come from a local retailer? I'd think they go back to where they came from.
The NFL donates thousands (or ten thousands?) of clothing items every year for the losers of the AFC/NFC championship games and Super Bowl. Their non-profit partner ships them out of the country. I think this year a lot of merch went to Ukraine. So there might be kids in Kharkiv who are living SRM's dream of running around in a 49ers SuperBowl Champions t-shirt or hoody.
For a "big" setup like JJ, probably for all 32 teams, just in case? Pretty sure for the big name players who don't attend the draft there's somebody for the NFL present at the location, at least in preparation to set up stuff and make sure everything is good to go for the broadcast plus producing additional footage like interviews.
I mean maybe all 32 teams since it's a cheap insurance policy but I doubt it. I can't imagine she had a Chiefs hat, Bills, Bengals, etc.
First Round Analysis
Winners:
Most of the teams that didn't draft a QB
Losers:
All the teams that drafted a QB
and oh yeah, lots of little kids in Africa had Bills SuperBowl championship gear in the 90s
Lions best pick of the draft. ROAR!
I mean maybe all 32 teams since it's a cheap insurance policy but I doubt it. I can't imagine she had a Chiefs hat, Bills, Bengals, etc.
She probably didn't have any of those teams right next to her but if the NFL sends out a big "draft stuff" box via FedEx to JJ's house I kinda doubt someone at the NFL or the warehouse goes through the effort of determining which teams shouldn't be in the box? I could obviously be totally off base though.
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