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Patriots / Football / Re: 2024 NFL Draft
« Last post by Celtics2021 on Yesterday at 11:26:37 AM »Does there seem to be a consensus about who the first nine players that will be drafted are?
In some order: Williams, Daniels, Maye, McCarthy, Harrison, Odunze, Nabers, Alt, Turner
The presumption seems to be that one of Minnesota, Denver or Vegas will trade up into the top nine for McCarthy.
Do others agree?
I understand that those seem to be the top 9 people are coalescing around, but I find it very difficult to believe that when draft day rolls around, 7 of the first 9 picks will be QBs and WRs, and 8 of the top 9 coming on offense.
I also think McCarthy goes in the top 3, and one of Maye or Daniels slides down to QB4.
From a historic perspective you're right about the oddity of such much offensive focus, but is there a defender worthy of being picked in the top-9 outside of Turner?
The only other guy I feel really good about from a skill perspective is Latu. The guy is a beast. But, he's also had severe neck issues in the past.
But yeah, I guess the smart money would be that somebody unexpected gets picked, just because these things never go according to chalk.
I could see Mitchell cracking the top 9, because teams are always after a CB1. Perhaps Jared Verse from Florida State could jump up there as well, given the value of Edges.