Definitely some good picks. But compared to other top teams around the league, I dunno that it’s crazy to say it’s nearly the same.

He definitely had an eye for talent. The cap stuff got him in trouble and apparently his interactions with others or whatever.

I liked him here for sure.

Who are these small school prospects you’re talking about?

There’s one 6th rounder from a small school. Other than that...?

I don't know which small schools he is referring to either:

Breeland Speaks- Ole Miss
Derrick Nnadi- Florida State
Dorian O'Daniel- Clemson
Armani Watts- Texas A&M
Tremon Smith- Central Arkansas
Khalil McKenzie- Tennessee

Literally only Tremon Smith is who I'd consider a small school prospect- interestingly enough Tremon Smith has a lot more hype surrounding him than the other draft picks.

Alright, touche.

Lmao you're trying so hard to convince yourself of this.
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I’m not the biggest fan of this draft either but after years of watching it I realized I don’t have a damn clue and I’ll just sit back and see how it goes

I think it's pretty damn early to be confident in any position about the results of the 2018 draft. It's a week into camp.....

With the exception of the "bunch of small school prospects" thing, this was my initial reaction to Veach's first draft as well. All the talk about how he was going to be aggressive was definitely true, but I can't help in thinking he got tunnel vision on one or two prospects he believed in and just gunned for them, letting the rest of the draft fall where it may.

That's fine if he believes in Breeland Speaks. I would still question using our original 2nd on him like I did Kpassagnon because I think Speaks has the same issues working against him, but I'm certainly willing to entertain that I could be guilty of closed-minded thinking. But it wasn't just that either--- Veach TRADED UP for Speaks. It's like he had his board, and he had one primary objective: Get Speaks and **** everything else. He did that a couple times in this draft, even in the 6th round when he went up for McKenzie (although it becomes more advantageous to trust your scouting gut in the later rounds than it is to leave yourself with lots of options in how your board is set up).

I don't agree with something that somebody said that he didn't have much to work with this year. He had 8 picks. He SPENT two of them to trade up, and in each instance he wasn't trading into a round, he was just leaping ahead a few selections so he could be certain one of his scouting prizes was going to be there.

He definitely needs to learn that sometimes you just have to take a ****ing chill pill and trust that your draft board is tiered correctly.

I was wrong about the small school prospect thing, probably because in my head they're a bunch of small name guys, regardless of where they attended.

I'm curious which guys drafted after pick 46 you consider "blue chippers who will for sure be good".

Please make sure they're defensive guys in positions of need.

Personally, I think it’s stupid as **** to even try to evaluate a draft before we’ve watched them play a down. Too many guys bust that we’re supposed to be sure things, and too many guys break out that were taken on day three.

McKenzie is a great example of what i mean when i say scouting arrogance. I see a draft chalked full of players that weren't particularly productive and didn't do a whole lot on the college level, but instead are guys that can maybe be a "diamond in the rough" if they pan out.

This draft, for whatever reason, reminded me of the Chargers drafts under A.J Smith, in which AJ thought he was smarter than everyone else.

Maybe he IS smarter than everyone else, we'll see. But on paper, this draft is a bunch of hope and prayers.

Why 46? He couldn't move up?

And why do they have to be defensive players in a position of need?

I don't agree with drafting for need. IF Veach is a draft for need kinda guy, we're in trouble.

Most of the best players on this team weren't drafted as immediate needs. BPA.

No one has evaluated them yet in the NFL. That's clearly impossible for us to do. Hence, "On paper".