DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2017 NFL Season 2017 NFL Draft Anybody else really nervous?

Garrett is my #1.

I was listing my trade up to get guys. And I typed Conley when I was thinking Lattimore.

I'll take your first 3 picks ANY day.

My nerves are calmed by this Tweet:

https://twitter.com/MikeSilver/status/857643501500157953

And this one:

https://twitter.com/MikeSilver/status/857647951421857795

Surprising, but I forgot it was draft day when I woke up this morning (this could go into the Tailgate memory loss thread).

I remembered as I got into the car to drive to work this morning. Now I'm getting more and more anxious as the day goes on.

Mary Kay Grossi

HA! I missed that!

phew

Garrett at 1 and McCaffery at 12 if he was there would make me a very happy browns fan. Unfortunately since it is the browns....i expect mitch at 1 and some player who wasn't supposed to be drafted till the 2nd or 3rd round at 12

In the end, I'm very amused by the fact that we've kept the entire football world waiting this long...at least we know our security is tight.

Nervous ... No.

Excited / Hopeful / Anxious .... Yep.

What I am nervous about is whether Sashi and DePodesta are the right people for the job. This draft will tell a lot about them. Hope they do not think they are smarter than we are.

Yes for Trub, hell no, for Watson.

Since Brown & company have been in charge they have;

1) Converted #2 overall pick in 2016 into 3 players, #12 this year, and a 2nd round pick next year.
2) Traded down with their last pick in the 2016 draft and netted a starting CB in the return.
3) Converted the comp pick from losing Mack into a pro-bowl LB then signed him long-term.
4) Used FA to bolster an inferior OL in a year when the draft is weak in OL.
5) Set themselves up with 5 picks in the first 65 draft slots, possibly for 2 years in a row.
6) Traded salary cap room for a 2nd round draft pick

The media, in a frenzy of pre-draft predictions thinks this group will pass on the best overall talent for a 2nd tier QB or package many of those assets so shrewdly acquired for that same 2nd tier QB.

Five more hours to go before we're on the clock.

Please don't give me a reason to throw my remote, or whatever is within grabbing range, at the TV if we select anything other than Garrett. What we do from thereafter, trading down, up, staying in place, is just exciting. Right now, it's nervous. Starting to think we might snag a QB at #1, and that would really be a drag.

But what about the owner?

I really don't think they'll blow this and pick Trubisky at one. My gut says no, it's gonna be Garrett.

Have I been wrong before? No. And by no I mean yes.

"But what about the owner?"

Although I don't have any inside information to verify, it looks to me like he has kept his promise to keep himself out of the process.

Well, no sweat, Dawg! They have all season to explain all bad choices to us and how it is part of the "current" plan. Just want to get this started right. I feel better about this one.

Been snakebite way too often before, and the talking heads are all over this draft, their ignorance is deafening. I hope our picks shut them up. Fingers crossed! We get tonight right, but it may be a white-knuckle ride. Feel like bingewatching Draft Day . . . .

I don't think the owner factors in at all.

In fact, after the Manziel fiasco, I would not be surprised if the FO people politely tell the owners to stay the Hell out of the War Room - and get listened to.

I'm not nervous.

I'm excited.

Excited for the vast amounts of alcohol I'll undoubtedly need by night's end.

What could possibly go wrong?

Is that the homeless guy?

No. It's Manziel.

Would we be ok with mahommes at 33?

Not me. Too much of a project for my liking.

I suspect that if Mahomes is there at the end of the 1st, and they want him, they might trade up to secure a 5-year contract.

Report: Browns will pick Myles Garrett first overall

Posted by Michael David Smith on April 27, 2017, 4:34 PM EDT


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With the first overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns will select Myles Garrett, defensive end from Texas A&M.

That’s the word from Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, who reports that the Browns’ decision makers had one last meeting this afternoon and solidified the decision to draft Garrett.

Garrett has been the favorite to be the first overall pick for months, but in the last couple of days a slew of reports have suggested that the Browns could go with North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky instead.

It’s still possible that Trubisky could land in Cleveland, as the Browns also own the 12th overall pick and might move up to get the quarterback they want. But with the first pick, they’re going with Garrett, just as everyone thought they would all along.

And with that, the San Francisco 49ers are on the clock at No. 2.

I would be ok with that and if we hang onto #12, taking Trubisky if he's there if not take BPA ...

Why?

We're taking GARRETT. I love this Trubisky at #1 talk. It's hilarious.

NOt the LEAST BIT nervous, because

1. I've accepted the fact the Browns are going to lose almost every game again this year and half of next.

2. I think both Trubisky and Garrett aren't going to be very good. So nobody's going to steal them away, and wouldn't matter if they did.

3. I have confidence they can find some players, and as long as they're using analytics, I'm not going to like (probably) the people they like and pick.

Something like, If I see a defensive player, who watches a guy make an 8 yard catch, and then walks the guy out of bounds,

There's nothing about that play that I like,
But Analytics?
Sometimes I don't know what kind of game they're watching to get excited about Guys who run around a bunch but don't make football plays!

Since I've accepted they aren't going to get anything special, I'm not nervous at all.

Nothing is sure fire, but Garret is about as close as it comes with huge upside. We better be taking him #1.

I'd love Mahomes at 33. Garrett #1. BPA at 12 .... Beck yeah.

Chance of Mahomes slipping out of round 1 are less than Hooker being there at 12. He may even go ahead of Watson.

He's not going ahead of Watson. I doubt Trub goes ahead of Watson.

Watch Mahommes go 12 or 13. 😎

That's not too bad Slick, If you changed Garrett's name to Solomon Thomas, or Jonathan Allen, or Reuben Foster, and I could really get on board, and be pleasantly surprised.

** What would Ozzie Newsome do? ** or, long list of folks. llonnng list.

Yes. He's the one QB in the draft my gut says will do the best in the NFL.

The thing that I get hung up on is that the QBs in the Manziel draft were all considered much better prospects than the guys this year. Manziel and Bridgewater were considered top 10 guys.

If those guys can fall to the bottom of the 1st/top of the second, then this group should as well. This group isn't considered as good as that class, and I'd also argue that the talent at other positions is better this year.

I'm expecting all of the QBs to drop to at least the second half of the first round.