NFL 2019 NFL Draft - Discussion

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This could end badly....

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Cardinals drafted Kyler Murray without a no-baseball clause in place

Posted by Mike Florio on April 26, 2019, 10:08 AM EDT

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The Cardinals got it right, in my view, by selecting quarterback Kyler Murray with the first overall pick in the draft. The Cardinals got it wrong, in my view, by not getting Murray signed to a contract before making him the first overall pick in the draft.

Mike Silver of NFL Network report that the Cardinals are “satisfied” that a “general philosophical agreement” exists regarding “contract language protecting the team in the event [Murray] decided to play baseball.”

This means that there is no binding contract, and that Murray necessarily has leverage in any discussions regarding the terms of a binding contract, because the Cardinals already have used their pick on him. Maybe, for example, he’ll push for language allowing him to flirt, Russell Wilson-style, with baseball in the offseason.

With little if anything to negotiate in rookie contracts (cash flow and offset language on guaranteed money are the biggest two financial terms), the Cardinals easily could have crafted a no-baseball clause, reduced it to writing, and told Murray, “If you want to be the first overall pick, sign this.”

Of course, the fact that Murray’s agent also represents Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury makes it easier to proceed without anything binding in place. But, frankly, it’s possible that Murray will conclude that Erik Burkhardt served his purpose and changes agents.

Then there’s the bigger question of whether Murray will decide to play baseball. Silver’s tweet acknowledges the possibility that it will happen. If so, Murray would have to return his unearned signing bonus money, something he already has done when deciding not to play baseball after signing a contract with the A’s.

So even if the Cardinals are protected from a monetary standpoint, they’re not protected against the possibility that Murray, after getting hit a few times by grown-ass men who tower over him, decides that baseball is the better course for his long-term physical and financial health and well-being.

 

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will make for a great rivalry between those two and their teams

Rivalry? Skins are on the verge of multiple division titles, Giants are bottom feeders for the next 10 years.

Add Guice and Foster to Haskins and Sweat, adding 4 x first round talents in one offseason...exciting times in Washington.

 

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I like it if it happens. Weird they didn't go OL @ 14 if so tho.

 

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A room full of clowns.

 

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Word is Cards willl take CB Byron Murphy with #33 and trade Patrick Peterson.

 

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If we can somehow land Dalton Risner or Cody Ford today I'll be absolute stoked with our first two picks. ( Obviously Taylor has some major medical red flags fo fall this far) ....in reality I expect them both to be gone pretty quick smart tho.

 

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Word is Cards willl take CB Byron Murphy with #33 and trade Patrick Peterson.

Who to? It's a big contract

 

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If we can somehow land Dalton Risner or Cody Ford today I'll be absolute stoked with our first two picks. ( Obviously Taylor has some major medical red flags fo fall this far) ....in reality I expect them both to be gone pretty quick smart tho.

Would take Greg Little too.


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NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports the Jets are looking to trade into the early second round.

The Jets wanted to trade back in the first round to get an extra Day 2 pick, but didn't find any takers. A jump to the early second would suggest they're targeting fallers like LSU CB Greedy Williams and OT Jawaan Taylor, or a top-30 visit like Texas A&M OL Erik McCoy. Moving up that far would cost the Jets significant future picks.

Source: Ian Rapoport on Twitter

Apr 27, 2019, 6:00 AM

 

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NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports the Jets are looking to trade into the early second round.

The Jets wanted to trade back in the first round to get an extra Day 2 pick, but didn't find any takers. A jump to the early second would suggest they're targeting fallers like LSU CB Greedy Williams and OT Jawaan Taylor, or a top-30 visit like Texas A&M OL Erik McCoy. Moving up that far would cost the Jets significant future picks.

Source: Ian Rapoport on Twitter

Apr 27, 2019, 6:00 AM

Dalton Risner written all over that imo, the interior of their OL is horrific.

 

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Early Look At The Top 2020 And 2021 NFL Draft Quarterback Prospects

By David Chappine
February 27, 2019


Yesterday, I went over my top quarterback draft prospects from the 2018 and 2019 drafts. It’s still obviously very early, but today I’m going over my preliminary ranking of the 2020 and 2021 NFL draft quarterback prospects. I don’t anticipate the top two guys not being my top overall players the next two seasons (assuming they both leave school after three seasons) because they’re just that good, but the next two years look promising overall.

1. Trevor Lawrence, Clemson (2021/2022)
If Trevor Lawrence were coming out of school this year (which obviously isn’t allowed after just one college season), he’d probably be the first pick in the draft at 19 years old. At six-foot-six with a rocket arm, natural touch and accuracy, above average athleticism, big-time smarts, clear leadership qualities, and an undoubtedly-calm demeanor after the way he played in the CFB Playoff as a true freshman, Lawrence is the total package as a quarterback. Assuming Lawrence doesn’t play four seasons at Clemson, the team that has the first pick in the 2021 draft is going to be extremely happy—it’s not a bad idea to stockpile 2021 first-round picks via trades with the hope of one of them ending up in the No. 1 draft slot.

2. Jake Fromm, Georgia (2020/2021)
While I think the top two are locked in as the best quarterback prospects in the next two drafts, the order might change: I think Jake Fromm is so good that he might be just as highly rated of a prospect as Lawrence by next year, if not higher. There’s a lot to like about Fromm’s game, as he’ll “wow” you because he simply plays the position so well even if he doesn’t have elite skills across the board—still, he has a quick release and very strong arm, he knows where to go with the ball on every snap, and he throws back-shoulder passes remarkably well. The Georgia starter just seems to have the intangibles that’ll make him a great franchise quarterback, and I think he might be one of those players that is undersold for whatever reason—like a Tom Brady or Russell Wilson type—but we’ll see next year. Fromm’s shown he has ice in his veins on the biggest stages, and he’s forced two former No. 1 overall recruits to transfer because they weren’t going to see the field over him.

3. Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama (2020/2021)
Considered the early favorite for the first pick in next year’s draft, Tua Tagovailoa is an extremely accurate passer with exceptional arm strength and escape-ability that’s at times reminiscent of Russell Wilson. The Samoan star from Hawaii comes from a family and college football program that’ll help make him one of the NFL’s hardest workers and most discipline players when he enters the league. Despite some struggles late last season (while dealing with an ankle issue), there shouldn’t be any talk of Tua not showing up for big games after he sparked the Crimson Tide’s comeback win in the title game 13 months ago.

4. Justin Herbert, Oregon (2020)
Justin Herbert could’ve left school this year and he would’ve been in discussion for the top quarterback off the board. Instead, he returned for his senior season at the program he grew up cheering for in Eugene, with the chance to play with his brother Patrick, who is joining the Ducks as a freshman tight end. Herbert is six-foot-six with encouraging tools, and he’ll have a ton of experience before heading to the NFL as someone that’s already appeared in 29 games through three seasons at Oregon. Next year looks like a great draft class to need a franchise quarterback, but they might fly off the board quickly.

5. Justin Fields, Ohio State (2021/2022)
2018 No. 1 recruit Justin Fields barely played for Georgia, as he wasn’t able to get Jake Fromm off the field much before transferring. Thus, there isn’t much to look at when it comes to evaluating him as an NFL prospect, but he’s received a waiver to immediate play for Ohio State this season, so we’ll see him on the field plenty in 2019. Fields must be confident in himself to think that he was going to go to Georgia and take the starting job away from Fromm, which is a positive; and he appears to have the natural athletic ability as both a thrower and a runner to become an exciting quarterback prospect.

6. Jacob Eason, Washington (2020/2021)
A former No. 1 recruit himself, Jacob Eason also left Georgia because he couldn’t get on the field behind Jake Fromm—but things might be different if Eason, who won the quarterback competition as a sophomore over a then-freshman Fromm, didn’t hurt his knee in the season opener in 2017, giving Fromm an opportunity that he ran away with. Eason had to sit out last season after transferring to Washington, but he’ll now have a legitimate chance to win the Pac-12 and make the College Football Playoff, which could vault him to the high-first-round discussion if he plays well. Eason has prototypical size at six-foot-five along with a top-notch arm and the ability to scramble around and make plays. Georgia has certainly done a fine job of recruiting top quarterbacks, with three potential first-round picks (if not top five or ten picks) choosing the program the last few years.

 

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charges $50 to his friends to enter his draft party
has a naked pic of girlfriend as wallpaper
maybe the giants picked the right guy

https://dailysnark.com/dwayne-haskins-wallpaper-on-his-phone-is-a-naked-photo-of-his-girlfriend/

 

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Giants could have had
Sam Darnold, Nick Chubb, Josh Allen
Instead they have
Saquon Barkley, Will Hernandez, Daniel Jones

 

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Who cares about the $50? You don't know what everyone gets for that $50... Maybe he had a table of cocaine for everyone to enjoy?

The naked girlfriend thing, yea that's weird, especially that she knows about it presumably.

 

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Smh, Gase the control freak is back, way to ruin all the positive steps you've taken this off-season.

 

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Colts GM is killing it since he was hired.
This year, he's got 4 2nd rounders already. In a round full of 1st round talent still.

 

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Since when is the opinion of Daniel Jermiah the be all and end all?

Raiders fans got find something to wet their knickers about i suppose.

 

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I hate those type of differentials as a form of ranking "steals" honestly, Jacobs goes to a team with an average OLine at best, Brown goes to a team with an inaccurate QB. Can you see why it's madness yet?