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38 minutes ago, Fud said:

NBA twitter once upon a time was ready to write Ant Edwards off when he said basketball was more of a job than a passion 

Soccer fans were apoplectic when Ben White turned down the England national team essentially because for him it felt like just more time at the office. Still an excellent professional player for Arsenal.

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On 3/31/2025 at 10:58 PM, Napoleon said:

I don’t want to be THATGUY, but…

Past Participles are a real thing.

If I were THATGUY, I would write:

”…he would’ve run a 4.2…”

🤘

let me code switch for you for a sec

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18 hours ago, texifornia said:

Soccer fans were apoplectic when Ben White turned down the England national team essentially because for him it felt like just more time at the office. Still an excellent professional player for Arsenal.

And Austin even named a boulevard after him.

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Yates two rounder

These two rounders remind you that about a dozen players who commonly are mocked into the first round will "fall" to the second, and if there's a run on QBs in the early second, they'll get pushed down a bit further 

1) Titans- Wam Ward
2) Browns- Abdul Carter
3) Giants- Shedeur Sanders
4) Patriots- Travis Hunter
5) Jaguars- Mason Graham
6) Raiders- Ashton Jeanty
7) Jets- Armand Membou
'8) Panthers- Jalon Walker
9) Saints- Shemar Stewart
10) Bears- Will Campbell
11) 49ers- Walter Nolen
12) Cowboys- Tetairoa McMillan
13) Dolphins- Will Johnson
14) Colts- Tyler Warren
15) Falcons- Mike Green
16) Cardinals- Kelvin Banks Jr
17) Bengals- Grey Zabel
18) Seahawks- Matthew Golden
19) Buccaneers- Malaki Starks
20) Broncos- Omarion Hampton
21) Steelers- Jaxson Dart
22) Chargers- Colston Loveland
23) Packers- Mykel Williams
24) Vikings- Jahdae Barron
25) Texans- Donovan Jackson
26) Rams- Maxwell Hairston
27) Ravens- James Pearce Jr
28) Lions- Derrick Harmon
29) Commanders- Nick Emmanwori
30) Trade- New England- Josh Conerly Jr
31) Trade- Raiders- Luther Burden III
32) Eagles- Jihaad Campbell

33) Browns- Tyler Shough
34) Trade- Bills- Kenneth Grant
35) Titans- Donovan Ezeiruaku
36) Jaguars- Trey Amos
37) Chiefs- Josh Simmons
38) Giants- Tyler Booker
39) Bears- Emeka Egbuka
40) Saints- Jayden Higgins
41) Bears- Quinshon Judkins
42) Jets- Mason Taylor
43) 49ers- Aireontae Ersery
44) Cowboys- TreVeyon Henderson
45) Colts- Carson Schwesinger
46) Falcons- Darius Alexander
47) Cardinals- Nic Scourton
48) Dolphins- Jonah Savaiinaea
49) Bengals- Azareye'h Thomas
50) Seahawks- Shavon Revel Jr
51) Broncos- Elijah Arroyo
52) Seahawks- Jared Wilson
53) Buccaneers- Benjamin Morrison
54) Packers- Jack Bech
55) Chargers- Elic Ayomanor
56) Bills- JT Tuimoloau
57) Panthers- Jaylin Noel
58) Texans- Kyle Williams
59) Ravens- Xavier Watts
60) Lions- Tate Ratledge
61) Trade- Saints- Will Howard
62) Bills- Jacob Parish
63) Chiefs- Landon Jackson
64) Eagles- Alfred Collins

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/44447028/2025-nfl-mock-draft-field-yates-two-rounds-64-picks-predictions

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1 hour ago, Fud said:

Jalon Walker at #5 overall is higher than I've seen anyone else list him. He's on the small side at 6'1, 240, and a lot of people have concerns if he can hold up at edge full time. I assume Jeremiah thinks he can in order to have him #5 overall. Walker can also be useful at off-ball LB, but he's not good enough to get #5 overall there. Someone like Flores could move him all over and make great use out of him, but top 5 guys usually have a clear position and don't need exotic scheming to be great. 

Jeremiah has Golden as his #1 WR, #16 overall. TMac is #2 at #18 overall. 

He has Barron at #11, down 3 spots from last ranking. Any pick in the top 15 would be a great outcome for Jahdae. 

Banks is down to #31, but Jeremiah says he can stick at LT. Kind of a weird eval. Most of the time Banks drops it's due to evaluators thinking he's a G. I'm not sure I've seen anyone else say he can stick at LT and having him nearly that low. 

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I think the OZ teams could especially draft Banks in the teens (SF, Miami, Seattle, Atlanta). I know one person in the agent world thinks that he won't make it past Green Bay, but they're the biggest sticklers at positional measurables thresholds by rounds, and I'm not sure if he checks all their boxes. Minnesota really needs a tackle. Houston could do a minor trade up to get ahead of Green Bay and Minnesota for one of the tackles (Banks, Simmons, Conerly Jr), but I wouldn't want to trade one of their 3rd rounders to do so

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1 minute ago, Fud said:

I think the OZ teams could especially draft Banks in the teens (SF, Miami, Seattle, Atlanta). I know one person in the agent world thinks that he won't make it past Green Bay, but they're the biggest sticklers at positional measurables thresholds by rounds, and I'm not sure if he checks all their boxes. Minnesota really needs a tackle. Houston could do a minor trade up to get ahead of Green Bay and Minnesota for one of the tackles (Banks, Simmons, Conerly Jr), but I wouldn't want to trade one of their 3rd rounders to do so

Are you saying Minnesota needs tackles because of Darrisaw recovering from ACL injury?  Because Darrisaw and O'Neill are a great tackle duo.  I would say they need to improve their IOL.  They did have 2 big free agent signings on the inside though.  I think Minnesota goes defense with their pick.  

As for Green Bay, I'm not sure.  I thought they had a good OL already but am not following their losses via free agency.  

Banks going to Houston would be great for both sides.  I'm hoping as a Longhorn fan that he guys much earlier though. 

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Good stuff here on draft history by Howe.

 

Jeff Howe

 

 

Texas is expected to produce three first-round picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, which kicks off in three weeks (Thursday, April 24).

Based on 10 mock drafts published within the last 10 days by ESPN.com, NFL.com and CBS Sports, the trio of offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr., cornerback Jahdae Barron and wide receiver Matthew Golden will be among the first 32 players selected. The 1980 draft was the last time three Longhorns went in the first round when wide receiver Johnny “Lam” Jones went No. 2 overall to the New York Jets, the Los Angeles Rams made cornerback Johnnie Johnson the No. 17 overall pick and the Baltimore Colts took safety Derrick Hatchett with pick No. 24.

The consensus among the pundits is that Texas will accomplish something the program hasn’t done in 45 years. Nevertheless, there’s a wide range of predictions on where and when they’ll go.

Barron has the highest draft projection of any Longhorn, with ESPN’s Matt Miller mocking the Jim Thorpe Award winner No. 9 overall to the New Orleans Saints. Terry Joseph was hired away from Texas by head coach Kellen Moore to be the team’s defensive pass game coordinator, one of two former Longhorn defensive assistants who now coach for the Saints (Bo Davis was hired in February to be the team’s defensive line coach after one season at LSU) and could, in theory, advocate for Barron in the war room.

Bucky Brooks of NFL.com and Pete Prisco of CBS Sports have Barron headed to the San Francisco 49ers (coached by lifetime Longhorn Kyle Shanahan) with the No. 11 pick. Eric Edholm of NFL.com and Josh Edwards of CBS Sports have the Arizona Cardinals taking Barron with the 16th pick.

At the same time, Field Yates and Mike Tannenbaum of ESPN have the Minnesota Vikings selecting Barron 24th overall.

That’s how things look for Banks, who Prisco predicts will go to the Chicago Bears, the owners of the 10th overall pick. The Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy winner is projected to be selected by the Miami Dolphins (No. 13 overall) in the mock drafts of Brooks and Chris Trapasso of CBS Sports, with the Yates and Charles Davis (NFL.com) believing the Cardinals will take Banks with the 16th pick.

Houston is the most popular mock draft destination for Banks, a product of Humble Summer Creek. The Texans, who sent head coach DeMeco Ryans and general manager Nick Caserio to Texas Pro Day on March 25, have the 25th pick and have a huge hole to fill up front after trading Pro Bowl tackle Laremy Tunsil to Washington.

Tannenbaum, Edholm and Edwards believe the team will tab Banks as a long-term option to protect their franchise quarterback, C.J. Stroud.

Golden solidified himself as a first-round pick after tearing up the NFL Scouting Combine with a 4.29 40-yard dash. Edwards and NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein have Golden coming off the board to the Dallas Cowboys, who own the No. 12 pick.

The franchise hasn’t used a first-round pick on a Longhorn since taking Scott Appleton with the No. 4 overall pick in 1964 (Appleton was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he spurned the team and signed with the Houston Oilers, who picked him sixth overall in the AFL draft). Connor Williams’ selection as the No. 50 overall pick in 2018 is the earliest Dallas has drafted a Longhorn, so acquiring Golden to pair with CeeDee Lamb would make history.

He goes as late as No. 29 overall to Washington in Brooks’ mock draft, but six of the other eight mocks have Golden going between pick No. 16 (Cardinals) and pick No. 26 (Rams). Yates, Miller and Trapasso predict the Seattle Seahawks will use the No. 18 pick to take Golden, who could be a weapon from the jump for free agent acquisition Sam Darnold after trading DK Metcalf to the Steelers and releasing Tyler Lockett.

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I just read a mock draft that said "Campbell’s underwhelming arm length became a big talking point at the combine, but he may have silenced the critics by stretching out to 33 inches at his pro day." He measured 32 and 5/8 at the combine. 

So scouts feel better that his arms measured this much longer at pro day  -   _____

That's about 3/8 an inch on my monitor. Sometimes people overthink shit.

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