Well after the draft the Ravens now have Hendrickson, Robinson, Green, and Young. Trading for Crosby may have limited what they could do with the draft. They invested high picks in Green and Young along with Robinson so I am sure they want to give these guys reps while Hendrickson does his work.
The other suitors were the Bengals themselves having Murphy and signed Mafe in the off season. But they still ended up with C. Howell and have Shemar Stewart as reserves.
The Cowboys have Rashan Gary, Houston and Ezeiruaku (if he can come back 100%) and they drafted M. Lawrence in round 1.
Goes to show you that trading a 1 for an edge rusher is a huge roll of the dice. The Packers edge depth chart looks like this: Parsons, Van Ness, Sorrell, and Dennis-Sutton was drafted in the 4th.
The Raiders are holding onto Crosby also have Koonce, Snowden, and Paye. They also drafted Crawford in round 3.
We got Bain. Couldn't have worked out any better.
Well after the draft the Ravens now have Hendrickson, Robinson, Green, and Young. Trading for Crosby may have limited what they could do with the draft. They invested high picks in Green and Young along with Robinson so I am sure they want to give these guys reps while Hendrickson does his work.
The other suitors were the Bengals themselves having Murphy and signed Mafe in the off season. But they still ended up with C. Howell and have Shemar Stewart as reserves.
The Cowboys have Rashan Gary, Houston and Ezeiruaku (if he can come back 100%) and they drafted M. Lawrence in round 1.
Goes to show you that trading a 1 for an edge rusher is a huge roll of the dice. The Packers edge depth chart looks like this: Parsons, Van Ness, Sorrell, and Dennis-Sutton was drafted in the 4th.
The Raiders are holding onto Crosby also have Koonce, Snowden, and Paye. They also drafted Crawford in round 3.
We got Bain. Couldn't have worked out any better.
Yup.
Still can’t believe he was there at 15.
Wild.
We missed J-Rod by 3 picks. This would've been a home run A+ draft if they draft him via trade up.@biggs3535 - don’t get me wrong, I like Rodriguez, but I like his value in the 3rd or 4th round. Some on PR are saying maybe we should trade back into the bottom half of the first and grab. That is horrible value. And having Rodriguez and Anzalone is like having two Will LBs. We need a true MLB.
Prior to the offseason, I would have agreed that he was a 3rd/4th as I had questions about his athleticism. But he had a great Senior Bowl and did very well at the combine, having the 4th highest athleticism score amongst all Linebackers - to go along with his excellent game tape. He aced his job interview this offseason. He made him some money and shot his draft projection up a lot of people's boards.
I'm not sure he's a late-first, but I would be surprised if he lasted the until the 3rd round at this point.
With the 11th pick in R2, Jacob Rodriguez ending up being the second ILB drafted, after Sonny Styles @ #7. He was followed by Trotter, Golday, CJ Allen, & Anthony Hill Jr. - all in the second round.
7th overall - Sunny Styles
43rd overall - Jeremiah Trotter
51st overall - Jake Golday
53rd overall - CJ Allen
60th overall - Anthony Hill Jr.
It will be very interesting to see how these guys pan out as pros, as almost everybody had Trotter below all of Allen, Hill, & Golday.
These needed correcting, as I skipped Rodriguez with a brain fart:
7th overall - Sunny Styles
43rd overall - Jacob Rodriguez
46th overall - Jeremiah Trotter
51st overall - Jake Golday
53rd overall - CJ Allen
60th overall - Anthony Hill Jr.
Drafting players who are 2 down players in the second round is idiotic use of draft cap. I think Trotter will be good against the run but when we have to cover Bijan Robinson out the back field I don't to see fans upset. This coach continues to hand pick the wrong players. We got lucky with Bain so I'm not going to give him credit for that.
I thought AHJ should've been the pick because he can play in space and has more coverage chops. Bowles clearly doesn't know how to evaluate backers properly just look at his track record..
Devin White, Britt, Dennis ..
Well after the draft the Ravens now have Hendrickson, Robinson, Green, and Young. Trading for Crosby may have limited what they could do with the draft. They invested high picks in Green and Young along with Robinson so I am sure they want to give these guys reps while Hendrickson does his work.
The other suitors were the Bengals themselves having Murphy and signed Mafe in the off season. But they still ended up with C. Howell and have Shemar Stewart as reserves.
The Cowboys have Rashan Gary, Houston and Ezeiruaku (if he can come back 100%) and they drafted M. Lawrence in round 1.
Goes to show you that trading a 1 for an edge rusher is a huge roll of the dice. The Packers edge depth chart looks like this: Parsons, Van Ness, Sorrell, and Dennis-Sutton was drafted in the 4th.
The Raiders are holding onto Crosby also have Koonce, Snowden, and Paye. They also drafted Crawford in round 3.
We got Bain. Couldn't have worked out any better.
In Licht's mind the Bucs will have Bain and Walker to team with Diaby and Muhammed so that is a 75% change of the top four and with Nelson as the reserve.
I thought AHJ should've been the pick because he can play in space and has more coverage chops. Bowles clearly doesn't know how to evaluate backers properly just look at his track record..
I'm with you. He was my draft crush following last year's draft. But he had a down year, as did all of Texas, and I have no idea why. That's is something that I would have liked him to address in the meetings - because he was an absolute monster during the 2024 season. Dude was a beast in coverage, blitzing, everything during that season. He looked a top-10 pick in this draft after the 2024 season. But he went closer to the end of R2.
I would have been amped with Bain and Hill as the first two picks.
Well after the draft the Ravens now have Hendrickson, Robinson, Green, and Young. Trading for Crosby may have limited what they could do with the draft. They invested high picks in Green and Young along with Robinson so I am sure they want to give these guys reps while Hendrickson does his work.
The other suitors were the Bengals themselves having Murphy and signed Mafe in the off season. But they still ended up with C. Howell and have Shemar Stewart as reserves.
The Cowboys have Rashan Gary, Houston and Ezeiruaku (if he can come back 100%) and they drafted M. Lawrence in round 1.
Goes to show you that trading a 1 for an edge rusher is a huge roll of the dice. The Packers edge depth chart looks like this: Parsons, Van Ness, Sorrell, and Dennis-Sutton was drafted in the 4th.
The Raiders are holding onto Crosby also have Koonce, Snowden, and Paye. They also drafted Crawford in round 3.
We got Bain. Couldn't have worked out any better.
In Licht's mind the Bucs will have Bain and Walker to team with Diaby and Muhammed so that is a 75% change of the top four and with Nelson as the reserve.
And potentially Trotter as a blitzing LB and Scott as yet another blitzer/multiple guy from the Nickel or safety
I wouldn't factor in Trotter's blitzing as a new dimension so much because Dennis can play downhill too. To me Trotter's value is that he understands to protect the boundary, make the pre snap reads, stack and shed and make textbook wrap around the leg tackles with both hands. Rozeboom and Anzalone are in the same mold of no nonsese by the book fundamental football technique and leverage as backers. That is why I think people are over stating Trotter's ability to attack and edge or rush are doing a great disservice from pointing out how he isn't another Britt or White. Trotter is definitely very Hard Nickerson/Shelton Quarles with the way he approaches football which is very old school.
The same with Scott as the Bucs have guys that can blitz in Winfield, Smith and Parrish from NCB. But the drafting of Scott means they can free up and having Winfield or Smith play some NCB to really bring heat and let Scott play centerfield or have Parrish play more boundary.
I think the key is that blitzing really is a double edged sword and does not work when it is 3rd and 2 because play action or even a simple draw from the opposite side of the pressure can negate it very easily. The whole point of 3rd and long is for blitzing to stop 9 step drops or your front four or five to get there without needing to bliz. So from the Bucs point of view stopping the run is priority #1.