253 is OTC. @Dcat - if you really are interested in trading for it, it's yours. I'll hold off on picking someone to give you time to get back on and trade/use it.
I would say I agree with Joe and that Paul is my favorite pick here. But once I looked him up to add him to the Big Board list of names, hands down Payne is my favorite pick here. Getting him in round 7 reminds me of Atlanta taking Vance Walker in 2009. He ended up being more of a contributor than the team's first rounder that year. I looked closely at taking Davis in both mocks. He was one of my top three RB names for the middle rounds both times. Bowers to the Patriots is especially interesting, as it gives them a true TE weapon once again.
And the pick really does go full circle! Side note is that it was a comp pick, so the real teams haven't had much of a chance to trade it yet.
Pick 253 has made an incredible around the world journey from Los Angeles to Philadelphia to Seattle to Indianapolis, back to Seattle and finally, full circle, back where it belongs. The LA Chargers select Ryan Watts, CB, Texas
I commented to someone earlier, last year I took Tykee Smith later in a mock. No one called me on it. And I had no idea he was returning for another season at Georgia. Whatever source I was checking names on listed him and I didn't catch it. Could happen to anyone, lol
@MaroonTyphoon = several open picks to be made for both teams. @neanderthal ike = some open picks - stop by and make them when you can @Campbell = sounds like we need to try again on Arizona's last pick @Roadblock = a pair of picks open here too, pick when you can @Silver&black = one open pick - stop by and announce it when you can @Dcat = officially OTC to make the final two picks for the Jets and at 9:30pm ET (31 minutes from now) it's open season for the first wave of undrafted free agent signings. You announce them here the same way you announce your picks. First come, first served, so grab your top target before anyone else does. We'll tag them on the Big Board like all the draft picks, but if there are a bunch all at once (right at 9:30 and again at 10:15) it might take a while for us to catch up. The UDFA signings will be listed on the Participants tab of the spreadsheet.
I almost did that with Iowa LB Nick Jackson this year as he played 3 years for UVA(School I root for)before transfering there this year but when I image searched him first thing was Returns for 5th season
I love that we're building up the anticipation for Mr. Irrelevant, but heads up to @Dcat that there are still open picks. You risk getting sniped if you take too long to announce 257.
@LAOJoe - what time tomorrow do we close UDFAs / lock the board to prep for the Draft Value Challenge? For everyone else, a reminder that the Draft Value Challenge thread is here: 2024 Draft Value Challenge
Via text, Bills select: Tylan Grable - OT - UCF btw I DMd @MaroonTyphoon on Twitter to get him and Roadblock to come close it out
Great! Okay then... the first round of UDFAs starts in 10 minutes and ends at 9pm Eastern tomorrow. If you still have outstanding picks, please make them by 9pm tomorrow as well.
oops... I may have misfired or needed to refresh the board when I said Silver&Black had an open pick. Or maybe we have an error on the spreadsheet or something. I'll check, but I'm now seeing Tyler Guyton as the Bills pick at 248.
