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Brad H -> RE: 2025 NFL Draft (4/25/2025 8:59:58 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott
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ORIGINAL: Brad H
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I was mildly surprised we didn't trade back to add picks in a draft we have only 4 picks...
But then we solidified our Oline's one currenly weak spot.
I also kind of hoped they were thinking into next year with the likely retirement of Harrison Smith and take one of the Ss, but This is a good pick. Going into the draft, other than the QB situation, our teams biggest weakness was LG. and they addressed it here. They have a had a pretty solid plan this offseason. Which leads me to believe the QB situation will be managed post haste after the draft.
The quarterback has a chance if the guys up front are good. That kid had zero chance next season if we didn't address the o-line. I know people think I have got something against McCarthy. The reality is, I am hoping for the best for the kid. I just didn't like the pick at the time because of things that are missing from his resume. He came from a running program. Mostly played from ahead. Rarely had to run a meaningful two-minute drill. Always had better athletes than the other team. There was a reason he started out as a late-first, early second round choice. Did I prefer Bo Nix at the time? Yes, I did.
Having said that, the kid now has a chance. The guy last season had no chance from the outset, managed to win 14 games and then had a rough ending (9 sacks). He had no chance of making a run in the playoffs with what they had up front. None. It's easy to say Sam Darnold turned back into Sam Darnold. That's a lazy man's argument. At the end of the day, he played way above what people thought and won 14 games with a horrific offensive line. He was one game from being the top seed in the NFC. There was talk of player-of-the-year, comeback player-of-the-year, you name it. Good on him. I wish him the best of luck in Seattle. He's probably going to need it, because they don't look very good on paper.
Absolutely they are committed to protecting the QB.
Tom Brady, would have had problems those last two games behind our line. Darnold did requit himself well but the Vikings were never going to commit a big contract to him. This was going to be McCarthy's team this year one way or the other. Everything I hear about JJM is he is a football junky. Didn't stay home in recovery was there every day, in every meeting, learning from Darnold, Mullins, Rypien, VR, McCown, KOC etc and is very competitive. Wants to win badly, his history is winning Only 1 loss his whole high school college career and I am excited to see what he will do. I was excited to see what Darnold could do with real recievers. It worked out pretty well, except for the exit from the playoffs.
Darnold's downsides all season were twofold...he'd sometimes lock in on JJ and he would frequently hold on to the ball for too long. Not all the sacks in that wildcard game were on the OLine. There were a couple where he just didn't get rid of the ball and had plenty of time. It's not all on Darnold, but also not all the line. The coaching staff clearly want JJM to succeed as they are committed to protecting him. Live I've been saying for years. OFFENSE STARTS ON THE OLINE.
I agree with most of this. Offense starts up front, defense at the corners. Always been a subscriber of that since the game turned into a video game about 20 years ago.
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