Feverdream
Club Member
Round two or later...You make a good point.
So out of curiosity, who are 5 offensive skill position players you would select- that would have you the most hyped- if they were taken round 2 or later? WR, RB, CB, EDGE type guys.
If I've gone Defense and a Lineman in round one... then ideally, I'd be be looking for a slot receiver. The two tight end formations with Pitts are off the table and now I'm looking for a smaller quicker guy. Toney and E. Moore would be the guys I would look for as they fell, and I doubt that they both go in the first. Obviously I'm going to jump on some of the flanker types like Bateman or Marshall if they drop into the second, but would prefer the slots, because I believe in the Williams/DVP/Fuller combo more than most do.
By the time we hit round three, I like St Brown a lot... he's very smooth, runs great routes... a poor man's Smith. I'm not high on Atwell (tiny) or R. Moore (always injured) until at least the fifth or so. Shi Smith and Eskridge could both work and I expect them to fall into the third or later.
That's a lot of names, but this is a deep class.
If we've gone Pitts in the first... then I have an entirely different approach. We'd be in 12 personnel so much that our true slot receivers wouldn't see many snaps... we could make do with the Bowden/Perry types of RB/WR combination players. If this happens, I'm not taking a WR before the third round... maybe not then.
Then I am going to use one of my 2nd rounders on a Right Tackle, and try to build the team into a smash-mouth outfit. Bludgeon people with a big running line and tight ends dragging the linebackers down field.
Two completely different ideas, but drafting or not drafting Pitts completely changes my approach.