LAOJoe & RTTRUTH's 12th Annual Collaborative Mock Draft

Wow, I like that the parameters can be controlled remotely via app. If they're assignable controllers, I might have to get one of those myself. My old Roland conked out a few years ago. I have a small Peavey Rage that meets my needs, but at some point I'll want to treat myself to a larger amp to replace the Roland.

The assignable controller thing would be important. If you're locked into using their specific app to control it, that's not so good. You'd have to switch on the fly from whatever other software/app you are using to their app to adjust whatever parameters and then switch back to the other tools. That would obviously be difficult to do on the fly, and you'd also risk drops - your amp sim would have to continue running and feeding signal to the amplifier as an active app while you change over to the NuX app to adjust whatever parameters.

Even if their app doesn't cause other apps to glitch or drop out of the signal chain, it would be much more reliable if the parameters are assignable and can be controlled by other hosts/apps/controllers.

 

My pick got sniped... 1 min

 

Oh wow. Sometime around then I bought a mixing board from a guy who had just gotten one of those to use for live sound in clubs. That's a badass amp if you have the speakers to do it justice.

 

@Tim Football Team on deck

@EvertonBears Chicago in the hole

 

Miami Dolphins select:

Jamar Johnson, S, Indiana

 

I don’t have any speakers right now. Someone begged to buy my 901s and I never replaced them. When I used to blast it you could hear it a few houses away inside with the windows shut on both houses.

 

@Tim officially otc

 

Come to think of it gidion, you'd probably know where that guy was working sound. I might have road names mixed up because it's been so long, but it was where Lavista/Lindbergh (same road but changes names) splits into two separate one-way sections to go up the hill and cross Piedmont (?). There was a shopping center in between the two parts of the split.

The shopping center had a police station, but the main thing everyone remembers about it is the multi-story K-Mart. The hill was steep enough that the Piedmont Road entrances and store fronts were a full story above the parking lot in the back, so the K-Mart had an escalator to get from one side of the store to the other.

But what a lot of people didn't know is that shopping center had a third level. It was essentially a full basement below the parking lot level, running all the way across the whole thing underneath the cop shop and the lower level of the K-Mart. There were several versions of clubs that tried to have a go at it over the years, and the guy who sold me the mixing board was setting up the sound system for one of those attempts.

 

Hey I just remembered something stupid to add to a conversation from last night. Those "hidden" messages you could hide on the pages back in the CeeBS days, the one great thing about them was you could type up your draft picks, and just sort of occasionally post them to yourself with your working plan for the draft. So you didn't have to carry your phone or a notebook around with you. That aspect was kind of cool.

 

Washington Football Team
Selects: S - Divine Deablo, Virginia Tech

 

Were his parents coke heads. Dea Blow is Divine

 

Can you tell me your thoughts on him? I've seen mixed reviews and haven't seen him myself

 

Was that the place they called underground? I remember a building that had a lower floor that was all bars and clubs. I don’t remember the K-Mart, but back then I tried to avoid blue light specials if you know what I mean.

 

@EvertonBears officially OTC

 

In the 3rd Round Chicago Bears

Select - Eric Stokes, CB, Georgia

 

For Washington, I needed to add some talent at both LB and S, so I decided to take a player that can be a bit of both early in his career. He may ultimately end up playing full time LB, but his athleticism for that position would be top shelf. Either way, he's a talented chess piece that a coach like Rivera should be able to get the most out of.

I'd like to see him used a bit like James in LA. Get him all over the field in favorable settings where he can crash the run, blitz off the edge, cover tight ends and be a third safety in obvious passing downs. You could also plug him into the Derrick Brooks role if you break out a version of the Tampa2 (Cover2).

 

Joe is OTC (texted him)

@RicoL8 on deck

@neanderthal ike in the hole

 

I'll email Ike.

 

One sec

 

Thanks RT !


Draft recap: the one thing everyone cares about with Atlanta's draft is what they'll do at #4. Do they take a QB? Do they take someone else (OL or TE)? Or do they trade down?

The scenario now is very different from the scenario at the GMO roster freeze date. Since then the new GM has quietly loaded the roster with stop-gap players. They can field a competitive team right now (the GMO started with only 39 total players under contract - including the practice squad), but a huge chunk of the roster will need to be replaced in 2022.

They also restructured Matt Ryan's contract to get under the cap. They didn't have much choice on that one, but that means they're locked in with him for 2021. They could move on in 2022 but would take a nasty cap hit. Keeping him all the way through 2023 would be a realistic scenario, and the team could then move on in 2024 with no cap damage at all.

So they MIGHT take a quarterback at #4, but I think it would be a mistake.

The scenario I chose for this mock is to trade down, drop the cap costs in the process, and scoop up extra picks both now and in future years.

My plan at QB is to stick with Ryan for at least two more years, and perhaps all three contract years if he's still going strong. In the meantime, Davis Mills replaces Matt Schaub as the backup and is the first candidate to groom as Ryan's potential successor. Mills gets a year or two of seasoning, and I get a cheap backup QB while I ride out Ryan's contract.

One thing I didn't mention before that is worth noting: Atlanta's new GM Terry Fontenot and Saints GM Mickey Loomis are best friends, so it's a cool bit of irony that the big trade down turned out to be with the Saints.


So... Davis Mills = new #2 QB. Added 3(41) and 5(8) plus 1st and 3rd rounders in 2022 and 2nd rounder in 2023. Added a versatile edge guy in Jayson Oweh (can be 4-3 SAM, 4-3 DE or 3-4 OLB) and a DB with good range in Jevon Holland that can play either CB or S. I plan to start out with Holland at nickel and groom him to take over a starting safety role in 2022.