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In his rookie year after missing almost all of camp coming off of late double hernia surgery, he did what late 3rd rounder rookies do: Struggle through a positional adjustment change (He was used mostly at DT). In his second year, he improved substantially. Now, it's time to cut him which is two years later than those that wanted him cut minutes after he was drafted because they never heard his name before and a few draftnik experts spoke the dreaded "Does he love football?" foolery all because he played instruments and made music. He's no star; he's a solid rotational player who has room to get better and improve heading into his 3rd year. It's amazing how soon people want to get rid of developing prospects for whom went in the 3rd round or later for a reason.

One of the most puzzling trends this draft season are those that valorize Tristan Wirfs as OT1 and Andrew Thomas OT2, but disregard Jedrick Wills' abilities while seeing him as the 3rd or 4th best Tackle in the draft. What's most astonishing is that Tristan Wirfs and Andrew Thomas are polar opposites in terms of play personality, athleticism, technique, competitive focus, and instincts for the position as Thomas just gets guys blocked with instinctual-intuitive feel for the position and better functional athleticism while Wirfs is an unsure of himself, bad sets/footwork, unrefined technical mess who's explosive athleticism saves him from being exposed on most snaps. Thomas is the clearly better Tackle and Jedrick Wills imo is clearly better than him. The boom-potential-upside projection for players like Wirfs at Tackle when he's never been dominant at Tackle in college is a dangerous projection, especially when pass rushing talent in the Big Ten doesn't challenge Tackle prospects. Guard for Wirfs would be another story. It doesn't make much sense to value Thomas 2nd to Wirfs and the only explanation I have for it is that Wirfs and Thomas are the two most known names that have received all the hype with Andrew Thomas being the OT1 in the draftnik community prior to the season. Wirfs carries with him the Iowa pedigree as well. But the tape tells a different story for them both. The size-athleticism combo of Mekhi Becton explains away why people are so enamored with him as a prospect. But I have no clue at all how anyone can watch extensive film on the top Tackles and come away with the impression that Jedrick Wills isn't at least the 2nd Best Tackle in the draft. To me, he's the clear OT1 and it's not even close. If/When teams take other OTs over him, I'll be dumbfounded. Scouting and what people see or don't see... biases and/or reliance on popular sentiment or popular misperceptions versus not....it's all a fascinating and makes draftnik season an interesting human perception environments out there.

Did you see his combine numbers though?? Those guarantee that he's going to be a Hall of Famer. First Ballot. The guy can wear some spandex and run around those cones tremendously. Turf toe his final season will be all the excuse needed for many FOs and Scouts to justify overrdrafting him by 2 or 3 rounds based on the combine numbers. If he goes in the 1st, it will be madness. If he goes in the 2nd, it will be ponderous. If he goes in the 3rd or beyond, meh.

@NudeTayne Give this topic a proper title that foreshadows the coming Rise of the Elf and the Apocalypse. It is nigh...

@brownie man I like the logic from a bird's eye view; however, to do all of that and trade just to take a Wide Receiver at 14 would be a huge mistake because it would in essence waste the value of a 1st round pick as a rare asset that can allow a team to stabilize it's winning culture development for many years to come. I think Ruggs makes tons of football sense in terms of what the Offense could use, but it would be better imo to trade down an additional or many more times to the bottom of the 1st round or even out of the 1st and then take he best WR on the board. Ruggs is special but the value of many valuable present and future high round draft picks + a Denzel Mims/Justin Jefferson/Laviska Shenault/Jalen Reagor/Tee Higgins is a lot more valuable for sustainable winning than just selecting Ruggs outright.

Indeed. Even if the team doesn't get to the Ship, the chase up the mountain to winning and high leverage playoff competition experience has benefits and far reaching effects of their own on creating an enduring winning organizational culture. I don't believe in going "all in" throwing money any and everywhere in some haphazard attempt to get to the Superbowl. To me, that's an unsustainable ill-conceived plan for failure that likely leads to longterm negative consequences on sustained winning and organizational culture. All I'm saying is a move for Anthony Harris plus a de-facto 2-year contract here and/or a move for Trent Williams plus a de-facto 2-year contract there would not alter any longterm plans but it might help ensure that the team have a chance at gaining deep playoff run experience. That's valuable. Ultimately, Berry and co would likely rather save their draft capital and hopefully just select future cornerstones at LT and Safety but I'm sure they are thinking about the benefits of potentially adding Trent and Anthony as well as the drawbacks.

Smooth, high quartile timed athlete. Ultimately, I'm not a fan of Safeties that don't exhibit instinctual play, one's that have a slow mental trigger, and/or shy away from physicality. He doesn't play with the dog in 'em or internal fire that I think all SS require (FS as well). I'm cool with a Safety not having that type of outward fire play personality as long as the Safety is instinctual. I don't see Chinn as having those critical play traits from the outside looking in. He's a lot like Obi Melifonwu. Body beautiful, high quartile athlete, big potential, and play trait deficiencies. I have no clue what type of person or competitor Chinn is b/c it doesn't come through in his play on the field, but maybe in interviews and scouting works he's a real dude. In that event, maybe it makes sense to bet on the plus athletic ability later in the draft. Instinctual, Grit, Toughness, Urgent Athlete, Fluid Mover, Quick Processor & Mental Trigger, and Ability to Consistently Get Guys on the Ground. Antoine Winfield Jr. has all those abilities. Jeremy Chinn lacks many.

Monday Mock Draft: Bengals -- Joe Burrow, QB LSU Washington -- Chase Young, DE Ohio State Dolphins (via Lions) -- Tua Tagovailoa, QB Alabama Giants -- Mekhi Becton, OT Louisville Lions (via Dolphins) -- Jeffrey Okudah, CB Ohio State Chargers -- Jedrick Wills Jr., OT Alabama Panthers -- Isaiah Simmons, LB Clemson Cardinals -- Andrew Thomas, OT Georgia Jaguars -- Justin Herbert, QB Oregon Browns -- Tristan Wirfs, OG Iowa 2(41) [May Require Trade-Up] -- Austin Jackson, LT USC 3(74) [May Require Trade-Up] -- Antoine Winfield Jr., SS Minnesota 3(97) -- Troy Dye, LB Oregon 4(115) -- Zack Moss, RB Utah 6(187) -- Tony Brown, WR Colorado 7(244) -- Kindle Vildor, CB Georgia Southern // Amik Robertson, NCB La. Tech // Josiah Scott, CB Michigan State // Cohl Cabral, OC Arizona State

Trading a 2nd round pick up for even Jedrick Wills who is my favorite player is still a little wild. Did you mean trading our 2nd, 3rd round pick or a 3rd? Then, sure.

What are yall smokin on man .. Delpit is fun to watch because he's an urgent athlete with energy and all his movements seem to be purposeful and forceful. However, I don't know what yall were watchin but he's cheeks in coverage too and doesn't range well or make sound coverage decisions as cover safety. A plus leader with Box short area coverage ability when he guesses right, but he often doesn't. He got smoked on the regular this year and last in coverage when asked to cover routes outside of 5-7 yards. It's because of his amazing urgent movement and competitive fire that when he does guess right and make a play it's to highlight reel effect. He's not FS. So, he's a SS with box run support and angles deficiencies. And Tight End coverage ability but gets exposed when asked to cover anything else. I love the leadership... I love the urgency... the competitive fire is off the charts... the short area coverage ability against Tight Ends is great.. all other decision making and feel for pass coverage and run support is buttcheeks.

Utter madness.

You're right that the picture gets blurry 2 years from now. Indeed, the 2-year window for big spending to see how high the team can fly was my point. Berry and co have already telegraphed that understanding by structuring all 1-year deals for the free agent class or 2-year out deals. They know what's coming. Guys like Anthony Harris who are already 28 and Trent Williams who is already 31 are going to get big money only within the de-facto 2-year contractual time frame even if the deal is publicized to have a longer contractual period. It definitely could and should get done this off-season. We have the plethora of space to sign Myles without it effecting many other plans. The Nick Chubb thing hurts to think about, but I think the league has stepped into a new norm for RBs and that applies to even the best RBs in the league as well as the one's fan-bases love and respect. I don't want to see Nick Chubb ever leave the Browns, but I don't see any RBs getting those Leveon Bell, Todd Gurley, Devonta Freeman, or Zeke Elliot deals anymore. Those days are done and now it's going the way of the Derrick Henry "we love him and he's the core of our team but we're just going to franchise him for 2 years straight until we find his replacement." The true test case will be Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara as both players provide both passing game impact. Even with them I expect them to be franchised. I don't believe in just overspending for the sake of spending cap space, but I don't think that paying a Left Tackle for 2 years now well before Chubb's contract decision is overspending nor do I think it would limit the abiity to sign Nick Chubb to a longer term deal later. Of course. And Agreed. It's just spending now on de facto 2 year deals at priority positions like LT (Trent Williams) or FS (Anthony Harris) which is what kind of sparked off a lot of these conversations and discussions in my analysis of things has no bearing or true impact on what is to come when Baker's contract and all the other major key contractual decisions come down the line (outside of maybe Myles this upcoming off-season).

Indeed, no team can be structured that way. To me, the league is a 2 year league where what is today will certainly not be 2 years from now. I guess I don't get these 10 guys who are all going to paid like that On the Browns in concurrent timeframes or in general this fear that we are on the precipice of salary cap doom mainly bc it's inconceivable to me that such high contract number players will all be on the team longer than 2 years from now. Even for those that remain, the time scale of and certain money hits vs not is likely to be staggered in such a way that it's not going matter especially for a team looking to build through the draft. It's a certainty that OBJ & Jarvis will not get new long-term big money in there 29-31 year old seasons. These next 2 years are it and that's an analytical consensus based on roster building history. They'll both be sent to other teams in the off-season when new money is desired a la Stefon Diggs and Nuk Hopkins. That would leave Chubb, Myles, Baker, Bitonio, Hooper, Conklin, Denzel, Unknown Big money player 1, Unknown Big money player 2. Baker and Myles are 2 years away from the cash out; Denzel/Greedy may never get there. The market blueprint is clear and set for top RBs. That is, when their contracts run out franchise them for a max of 2 years after the rookie deal and find a replacement. That applies to the amazing Nick Chubb as well. The tag creates cost certainty to work around and top RBs will no longer get big money unless a team is in SB contention. Bitonio's big money is hay in the barn; Conklin's will be after year 1 as will Hooper's in year 2. The cap hits for Myles and Baker will be insane. But there's a 2 year window to spend big and structure the money to come off the books by year 2. Be it a Trent Williams contract and/or Anthony Harris contract Berry and co have the safety net to get sold on we facto 2 yr deals and see how high the team can ascend. If too many talented players require big money commits, I think a lot of people's fears don't take into account trades that prioritize keeping some players over others.

The carry over money may not be going away in the truest of senses as most CBA and salary cap analysts believe that the influx of new TV money and increase in the salary cap will in effect allow the highest carry over team to reduce their carry over by 45-60% without it causing an sort of salary cap or fiscal issue what so ever. The Revenue and power increase margins of the NFL make it such that the Ownership groups can use all their salary cap allotments (carry over or not) every single year with no fear of any financial recourse or strain. So, it raises the interesting question of "Why do teams scale back their carry over after operating at inflated "Adjusted Salary Cap" numbers for multiple years? This is a question that has been taken up by many reporters, agents, and insiders over the years with the answers being that 1.) There is an unwritten, collusion-based and agreement between Team Owners to control how much money they give to players versus keeping revenue for themselves, 2.) The carry over stop when Teams decide they are in a prolonged Tanking rebuild, 3.) The Teams Owners are just greedy, and 4.) The Carry stops due to mismanagement of the monolopy salary cap money game by incompetent salary cap magicians/ numbers illusionists. As long as the species doesn't face prolonged pandemic extinction threat, there's going to be so much money pouring in to the NFL and with the new CBA and forthcoming TV deals the Browns paying Myles Garrett, Baker Mayfield, Austin Hooper, Joel Bitonio, Jack Conklin, JC Tretter, and maybe Denzel Ward or a few others will not cause the Browns to face any salary cap peril at all so long as various contract commitments are spread out over long courses of time while others are strategically condensed over time to stagger cap commitment strain. Salary cap management is a deceptive art. The Browns still have the room and leeway to give out some big contracts over the next few years without undercutting their longterm building strategy.

When you're up high enough when you fall you land on the clouds. That's the best way to describe the Browns Salary Cap situation. Indeed, our cap space number is high and inflated due to carryover, but it's not just smoke and mirrors carryover much like many other teams that employ the salary cap device as a trick to create spending room fiscally. What's different about the Browns is the actual salary make-up of the roster affords bigger spending commitments even without the carry-over. I also think your example of the salary cap not bouncing back up doesn't actually fit with how the salary cap with carryover or not actually works. That and there are a couple of other things that I'm not sure you're attending to when it comes to carryover cap space and whether or not the Browns can afford to spend big still: 1.) The carryover doesn't automatically reset each year, but instead can be continued in the "roll-over included" total cap number for multiple consecutive years. That is exactly how we find ourselves in this position where we have so much cap space (along with the Team not paying anyone mostly). Even if the Browns decide to cut their carry over in half they are not at risk of salary cap trouble as the only reason they carried over such record numbers was because the Browns were in danger of being at the spending floor having the league's least fiscally intensive cap commitments. Your math doesn't really match the reality of the how the current salary cap functions. Specifically, the example given of a 1 year 20 million contract of Trent Williams deducted from a current 44 million salary cap equaling just 24 Million in remaining cap Even after the contract comes off the books isn't accurate. The salary cap would indeed reset to 44 million after the hypothetical Trent Williams contract came off the books just as the Browns Salary cap number increased after Joe Schobert's contract wasn't retained and after the Browns terminated the various contracts they decided to terminate. That reason is because carry over or not the cap number reflects the actual contract space and parameters the Browns can function with as long as they continue to carry over even a 25% of their current carry over amounts. Also, No one is paying a player 20 million dollars a year out-right unless it's a Franchise Tag or a QB. More realistically it would be a two year deal where the bonus is spread out over two years which in essence would make any salary cap hit negligible. 2.) The Salary Cap goes up around 10-15 Million Dollars Per Year and with the influx of new astronomical TV deals and the new 17-Game CBA, teams are expecting future increment increases to be more in the 15-22 Million Dollar Per Year Range. 3.) With the new 2020 CBA agreement, the carry over cap rules even more so benefit teams like the Browns who are not just "carrying over cap" as an accounting trick to avoid the limitations of a roster with many bloated contracts. Instead, the Browns carry over is actually reflective of functional spending space as a look at the roster salary composition illustrates that bulk share of salaries for the team goes to 5 core players (Joel Bitonio, JC Tretter, Austin Hooper, Jack Conklin, Odell Beckham Jr., and Jarvis Landry), as well as 2 players that will soon not be with the team at year's end (Sheldon Richardson and Olivier Vernon). The key thing about the Jarvis and OBJ contract commitments is that they have outs in 2 years which will likely result in decisions that see they both leave the Browns at that time. So, that just leaves Baker Mayfield, Myles Garrett, Denzel Ward and possibly 1 or 2 other players that the FO decides they want to keep as part of the team going forward (i.e., Larry Ogunjobi). The point is nothing is lost by adding two front loaded contracts (i.e., Anthony Harris and/or Trent Williams) for the next 2 years. The Browns have the benefit so much room via carry over for multiple years that they can reduce their carry over drastically and still have plenty of cap space to accommodate ,for the big contracts coming in 2-years. They can spend big still on contracts that spread big money over a 2 year time course.

#1 in Cap Space: ----------------------------- If all it takes is a 3rd or 4th rounder for Anthony Harris or Trent Williams, spend away on a big contract with an out after year 2. Why not even trade for both. Give up a 3rd and a 4th and a 7th. Front-load the heck out of both deals. Assuming the world isn't headed into Apocalyptic pandemic for years to come and there's a football season forthcoming, who cares if we don't have a top 10 cap space allotment for the next 2 years. The Browns will be fine.

Toward Finalization Vertical Stack Board of Browns-Specific Players I Believe In: ------------------------------------------------ 1st Round -- No. 10 Overall Jedrick Wills Jr., OT Alabama Jeffrey Okudah, CB Ohio State Mekhi Becton, OT Louisville Trade Down Isaiah Simmons, LB Clemson Andrew Thomas, OT Georgia Derrick Brown, NT Auburn Fool's Gold at 10; Stay Away Tristan Wirfs, OG Iowa (If Intention is to Use Exclusively at Left Tackle) Javon Kinlaw, DT South Carolina (Love Him, but Serious Medical Concerns) K'Lavon Chaisson, 34-OLB LSU (He's a 34-OLB Exclusively imo) ------------------------------------------------ 2nd Round -- No. 41 Overall Denzel Mims, WR Baylor Antoine Winfield Jr., SS Minnesota Jeff Gladney, CB TCU Cole Kmet, TE Notre Dame Michael Pittman Jr., WR USC Austin Jackson, LT USC D'Andre Swift, RB Georgia Jonathan Taylor, RB Wisconsin Kristian Fulton, CB LSU Trevon Diggs, CB Alabama Laviska Shenault Jr., WR Colorado Netane Muti, OG Fresno St. Kenneth Murray, LB Oklahoma St. Willie Gay Jr., LB Miss. St. Robert Hunt, OG/OT Louisiana-Lafayette Yetur Gross-Matos, DE Penn State Troy Dye, LB Oregon Jack Driscoll, OT Auburn Daishawn Dixon, OG/OC San Diego St. Jalen Reagor, WR TCU Julian Okwara, DE Notre Dame Fool's Gold at 41; Stay Away: Grant Delpit, S LSU Ashtyn Davis, FS California Curtis Weaver, DE Boise State Jordyn Brooks, LB Texas Tech Jeremy Chinn, S Southern Illinois (Could go Either Way though) ----------------------------------------------- 3rd Round -- No. 74 Overall Robert Hunt, OG/OT Louisiana-Lafayette Troy Dye, LB Oregon Jack Driscoll, OT Auburn Daishawn Dixon, OG/OC San Diego St. Jalen Reagor, WR TCU Julian Okwara, DE Notre Dame Tony Brown, WR Colorado JK Dobbins, RB Ohio State Shane Lemieux, OG Oregon Fool's Gold at 74; Stay Away: Grant Delpit, S LSU Ashtyn Davis, FS California Curtis Weaver, DE Boise State Jordyn Brooks, LB Texas Tech Jeremy Chinn, S Southern Illinois (Could go Either Way though) ----------------------------------------------- 3rd Round -- No. 97 Overall Robert Hunt, OG/OT Louisiana-Lafayette Troy Dye, LB Oregon Jack Driscoll, OT Auburn Daishawn Dixon, OG/OC San Diego St. Prince Tega-Wanogho, OT Auburn Julian Okwara, DE Notre Dame Tony Brown, WR Colorado Shane Lemieux, OG Oregon ----------------------------------------------- 4th Round -- No. 115 Overall Tony Brown, WR Colorado Kevin Dotson, OG Louisiana-Lafayette Josiah Scott, CB Michigan State Cohl Cabral, OC Arizona State Matt Peart, OT UConn Zack Moss, RB Utah Bralee Anae, 34-OLB Utah (Will Try at DE in the 4th) Amik Robertson, NCB La. Tech Prince Tega-Wanogho, OT Auburn Chase Claypool, TE-Convert Only Notre Dame Bryan Edwards, WR South Carolina Logan Wilson, LB Wyoming ------------------------------------------ 6th Round -- No. 187 Overall Tony Brown, WR Colorado Cohl Cabral, OC Arizona State Amik Robertson, NCB La. Tech Lynn Bowden Jr., WR Memphis Logan Wilson, LB Wyoming Davion Taylor, LB Colorado Joe Reed, WR/KR/PR Virgina Antoine Brooks Jr., S Maryland Thaddeus Moss, TE LSU Kendrick Rogers, WR TAMU Devin Asiasi, TE UCLA Myles Dorn, S North Carolina Kindle Vildor CB Georgia Southern Rashard Lawrence, DT LSU Josiah Deguara, HB Cincinnati Darnay Holmes, NCB UCLA Noah Igbinoghene, NCB Auburn JaMycal Hasty, RB Baylor ------------------------------------------ 7th Round -- No. 244 Overall Trajan Bandy, NCB Miami Derrek Tuszka, DE NDSU Rico Dowdle, RB South Carolina Rashad Robinson II, CB Auburn AJ Green, CB Oklahoma St. John Hightower, WR Boise State Brandon Jones, S Texas Jalen Elliot, S Notre Dame Mykal Walker, LB Fresno St. Nevelle Clark, CB UCF

@freakygeniuskid @LETSGOBROWNIES Hahahaa .... Wow... hilarious.. I was trying to figure out what the heck you all were talking about and then I went back and read my post above... Lol... Somehow it saved an older out of date late night post draft in the post space and sent it when I meant to send an entirely different post from my phone. I've praised the Joseph and Johnson signings before and I will never trust phones.

Internet Madness.

There's a lot of smoke from all kinds of lesser known behind the scenes and well-known public draftnik scouting figures (i.e., Daniel Jeremiah) that suggests that the Chargers do not see Justin Herbert as a top 10 QB1, and that they are Tua or bust. If that's true, that means they are taking a Tackle or they are taking Isaiah Simmons in my mock scenario. There's also the chance that they trade down with the Browns given Andrew Berry and Tom Telesco's close working relationship and friendship. It doesn't seem to make sense now, but I'm telling you some of the QB needy teams are going to be angling for 1 of Trey Lance, Trevor Lawrence, or Justin Fields as primary options with Jamie Newman and D'Eriq King being highly regarded but less valued relative to Lawrence, Fields, and Lance. Tom Telesco marches to the beat of his own drum. Everyone is thinking they have to take a QB, but he's the type that he's not going to spend a pick on a guy he doesn't believe in. Justin Herbert is not not everyone's cup of tea much like Josh Allen and Josh Rosen before. Jameis Winson, Cam Newton, and potentially Andy Dalton are still out there. There's a lot of time (maybe even more than we know currently) between now, the draft, and the start of the season. The Chargers have a wide variety of options. With the Jaguars moving Cam Robinson to Guard as has been expected, there's no better time to take a Tackle. It is my worst case scenario, but I honestly think it's more likely than not at this point, especially if Telesco isn't all in on Herbert as his Franchise QB. He doesn't want to get Trubisky'd.

How I see the Top 9 Playing Out: Bengals - Joe Burrow, QB LSU Washington - Chase Young, DE Ohio State Lions - Jeffrey Okudah, CB Ohio State Giants - Mekhi Becton, LT Louisville Dolphins - Tua Tagovailoa, QB Alabama Chargers - Jedrick Wills Jr., OT Alabama Panthers - Isaiah Simmons, LB Clemson Cardinals - Andrew Thomas, OT Georgia Jaguars - Justin Herbert, QB Oregon Browns - ????? This is how it is likely going to play out. It's going to be a shame when all the fan masses lulled to sleep by the Wirfs the Combine Uber Athlete Iowa OLine Factory OT1 propaganda will be jubilant and in bliss as they glad hand each other with "we got our Tackle for years to come" comments knowing not what they speak or what is to come. Derrick Brown, Tristan Wirfs, Jerry Jeudy, CeeDee Lamb, and Javon Kinlaw will be the premium persons still on the board. In a perfect world, the Browns catch Trade-Down madness and get wild. More likely though they'll take their gamble on WIrfs or gamble on interior pass rush production from Derrick Brown or Javon Kinlaw. The knee concerns and tendinitis from Kinlaw at such a young age makes that too much of a risky selection. We've seen how knee issues can spiral down a career in short order (Todd Gurley). Derrick Brown might not offer enough interior pass rush or pocket disruption to legitimize the pick based on positional value. CeeDee Lamb and Jerry Jeudy won't likely be selected. So, who do we target in a trade down? To me, the Browns will trade down and target Austin Jackson, LT USC in the mid-20s, or in a shocker signaling that they will be moving to Joe Woods' preferred 34-scheme the next year they'll target K'Lavon Chaisson, 34OLB LSU. The latter would make me ill; the former could end up becoming an all-pro by year 3 or 4. Overall, it makes me think one thing: Andrew Berry is going to aggressively trade up to get his guy whether that be Wills, Becton, or Thomas.

No WRs Top 9; No Derrick Brown Top 9; No Tristan Wirfs Top 9. Players I see going top-9 with a high degree of confidence Joe Burrow, QB LSU Chase Young, DE Ohio State Jeffrey Okudah, CB Ohio State Jedrick Wills Jr., OT Alabama Tua Tagovailoa, QB Alabama Isaiah Simmons, LB Clemson Mekhi Becton, OT Louisville Andrew Thomas, OT Georgia Justin Herbert, QB Oregon If the Browns are super lucky indeed a WR or Derrick Brown o top 9 which would push someone down to 10. I don't see teams spending a top 10 selection on a Nose Tackle with a limited pass rushing skill set based on positional value. I think scouts and FO execs will see Wirfs as a Guard and/or too raw at Tackle for top 9 only because of the other quality players available in this draft. I think those players above go top-9. In that scenario, I hope we trade down.

Cardinals resigning of Marcus Gilbert coming off of an ACL injury where he missed the Cards season ... Could it just be a depth signing in the event that their Tackle of choice isn't available at their draft position? Likely. But I'm still holding out hope for any sign that the Browns can get Wills.