The annual rabies of feeding in the first round on QB does not materialize

Thanks, Stan Croenke, Forest AIDS and Sean McVeigh. Your victory in the Rams Way Super Cup has turned many bogus drafts from bad to ugly “Are you getting paid for it?”

Previously tested amateur algorithm, according to which all teams that need a defender, will always and forever panic in the first round of the draft. Patience and reasonable assessment of the crucial position in the game on call.

The first defender taken – Kenny Pickett in the Steelers – took 20th place, the lowest since 1997. The second quarterback – Desmond Reeder in the “Falcons” – took 74th place in the third round, the third lowest in history. And, no, Malik Willis didn’t go No. 8 (guilty). He passed 78 elections later, in Tennessee in the third round.

It was a bad class of defenders, and the teams treated him that way. Go figure it out.

Like Atlanta, Carolina, who suffered from QB, and her hot seat mode waited until the third round before nominating Matt Coral from Ole Miss. In some he became 32nd overall (guilty).

The Rams imitators have set a new course, using draft picks to buy Matthew Stafford. They do not care that their first choice in this year’s draft was the 104th overall. Or that it was used for depth protection.

Of course, the Rams Way was followed before the call. Denver sent Seattle two first-round choices as part of Russell Wilson’s trade. Cleveland then sent three first-round participants to Houston as part of Deshan Watson’s trade. Carson Wentz also got a deal with Washington, his third team and second trade in about 12 months.

Perhaps that’s why Bill Belichick chose Western Kentucky defender Bailey Zape in the fourth round a year after Mac Jones finished 15th overall. Belichik, who in the past bought at low and sold high with the help of reserve QB, believes that Zape can get later if properly designed and run some good pre-season games.

What about the Bengal Way?

It’s surprising to assume that there is a “Bengal way”, but in fact Cincinnati just played in the Super Cup with three dynamic receivers that were drafted in the first two rounds. Two of them – Lee Higgins and Ja’Mar Chase – entered the top 33 in 2020 and 2021.

A record six of the top 18 selections were receivers this year. And before pick 23 two other teams exchanged their picks for veteran hosts. And Miami had no choice until No. 102 of the third round, in part because it was already trading on Tyrick Hill, one of three blockbuster deals involving super-expensive veterans this offseason.

Someday, pretty soon, when Adam Thielen leaves and Justin Jefferson breaks the bank, the Vikings will regret, A for not following the three-headed Bengal Way, and B handing over the Detroit and Green Bay receivers with trades at № 12 and 34?

Thumbs up Philly

In this corner of the world of unsuccessful ideological draft, Georgia’s defensive move was made by Jordan Davis, who moved to the “Vikings” at number 12.

A powerful mountain-sized tackle with agile legs and a speed of 4.78 seemed to fit perfectly anywhere along the new three-man front. Rumors that Baltimore, an organization that knows the draft board well, was interested in accepting it at age 14 only heightened that feeling.

Moments after the Vikings left the score from 12 to 32, Philly pounced, climbing two places to overtake Baltimore and pick Davis. It all cost three Day 3 elections.

The eagles crushed the draft. They chose 18th and 101st place for Titans receiver AJ Brown, a star who is only 24. And in the third round they gained potential in the first round in Georgia lineback Nakobi Dean.

Don’t despise Jimmy’s schedule!

New Vikings general manager Kwesi Adafo-Mensa, in fact, packed the famous Jimmy Johnson’s trade value chart in favor of a more modern model he prefers.

Johnson’s chart, which adds value to higher choices, says the Vikings dropped 1,640 points when they exchanged the 12th and 46th elections in Detroit. It also says that the Vikings returned only 1,410 points for 32nd, 34th and 66th place.

The advantage of the “Lions”, according to Jimmy: 230 points, which is equal to the 72nd choice, the third round.

Kvesi and his schedule may well be right. But everyone in these parts is old enough to remember Herschel Walker’s name, knows he doesn’t give up on Jimmy’s strategy when it comes to the NFL Draft.