Thanks as always KCCROW - I guess I was trying to think outside the box.

I'm really starting to lean into Devonte Wyatt.

And then maybe a Sam Williams in the second.

I think this is becoming the fanships consensus

Wyatt or Travis Jones round 1
Best DE left round 2, with possible trade up

Any combination of Wyatt/Jones and Sam Williams/Cam Thomas looks pretty outstanding to me.

that would be ideal....do it vetch

That sounds great, and I’d be more than happy with it.

But I think I’d rather have David Ojabo and Logan Hall.

I'm not as sold on Ojabo as you but won't complain about them taking a big swing if it works out.

The Eagles are the team that should be taking advantage of him falling due to injury, though. Or the Jags.

That's the other thought.

If he's there around 25+, the Jags will start working the phones to move up from the 2nd. They could move 33 and 70 and get to about NE's spot.

Gotta figure they start making calls the moment that becomes a realistic possibility. Even sitting pat at 30 would probably see GB or Miami willing to trade their picks right ahead of us to a team that is looking to come grab him.

Let's say you're the Jets and you like him but can't take an injured player at 7 and you think there's a 50/50 chance he makes it to one of your picks in the 2nd.

Okay, you've got 35 and 38 to work with. And you want him in the first anyway because you get that 5th year option and can use this season as something of a red shirt. So you don't even risk not seeing him until 2 because you can use that other 2nd rounder to purchase a red shirt season.

So when Olave isn't there and GB isn't sold on Dotson, you call GB at 22 and you offer 35, 38 and 163 for 22 and 53. Then you take Ojabe and you're probably in a nice spot at 53 to get a nice S or CB option.

I hadn't really thought about that possibility but there's probably a pretty good chance that some team trades ahead of us to grab him from the top of the 2nd. When you're building foundation you draft for upside more than depth and those teams have the time to let him rehab. So why wouldn't you trade a little bit of draft position on guys you're likely looking at as depth pieces anyway for the possibility of grabbing a real blue-chipper.

Has anyone watched dayo odeyingbo for the colts? He tore his Achilles and came back for 10 games. If we could reasonably predict that ojabo could come back healthy, take him at 30 AND Sam Williams in the 2nd? First two picks are edge?

Here's the thing though, as much as I've been pounding the drum for Wyatt he's only accomplished 5 sacks in 4 years of college ball. Is that really the answer for us at Pass Rush?

Meanwhile, a guy like Eyioma Uwazurike had 9 sacks just last season at DT and is going in like the 4th RD, not to mention Demarvin Leal who had 8.5 sacks last year and is likely going in RD 2.

Given the current holes in the roster (knowing that free agency isn't over, though) I'm not really in favor of drafting someone who can't play right away.

Would Winfrey be a huge reach at 30? I really like him a lot

You have to consider what he had around him too. He wasn't going to get sacks in bunches, because he had other studs racing to the QB.

Shouldn't having absolute studs around him increase his stats? AND isn't that sort of the argument for bringing him in next to C Jones, because together they would reak havoc on the opposing team's interior OL together?

I'm losing faith in my 1st round draft crush lol

Mel Kipers latest mock

30. Kansas City Chiefs
George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue