MichaelWeston Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 These are always fun. And I always get foreclosed thoughts when I don't run through these and then see the obvious and necessary pivots "real life" makes you take. Here is my first one. Free Agency on FanSpeak ROSTER SIGNED PLAYERS Name Position Cap Hit Drew Sample TE 2,000,000 Tanner Hudson TE 1,600,000 Marcus Bailey LB 1,500,000 Joe Bachie LB 1,500,000 Joe Mixon RB 3,000,000 Colby Parkinson TE 2,000,000 Jermaine Eluemunor OT 3,600,000 Dane Jackson CB 4,125,000 Andrew Billings DL 3,000,000 Alohi Gilman S 2,400,000 Tommy Townsend P 3,000,000 Sample and Tanner on 2 year deals both Mixon was released and re-signed on a 1 year deal Parkinson I got on a 2 year deal JE, DJ, TT and AG were all 3 year deals. Came in under what I think will actually be market. Couldn't get the DT group to come to me but added Billings who is adequate. Needs: Depth on the OL. Couldn't get Cody Ford back and Scharping wasn't on the list. Irwin also not on the list but assume he is back. I added Scharping and Scotty Miller who I want them to sign. The draft was CIN 18. Jer'Zhan NewtonDT Illinois 49. Patrick PaulOT Houston 80. Leonard TaylorDT Miami (FL) 116. Jaylen WrightRB Tennessee 148. Zak ZinterOG Michigan 175. Jha'Quan JacksonWR Tulane 196. Brevyn Spann-FordTE Minnesota 235. Rasheen AliRB Marshall 252. Darius MuasauLB UCLA This is where I ended up QB Burrow 29 Browning 25 McCarron 24 Tagovailoa RB Mixon 25 Brown 27 Wright 28 Ali 28 Evans 25 UDFA WR Chase 26 Iosivas 27 Jackson Pryor WR Higgins 25 Irwin 24 Lassiter UDFA WR Jones 27 Jackson 28 Miller 24 UDFA TE Hudson 24 Parkinson 25 Spann-Ford 28 Plime TE Sample 24 UDFA LT Brown 27 Carman 25 Smith 25 LG Volson 26 Zinter 28 C Karras 25 Hill 25 Gilliam RG Cappa 26 Scharping 24 Kirkland RT Eluemunour 27 Paul 28 Cochran 25 K McPherson 25 P Townshend 27 Robbins 27 LS Adomitis 25 LE Hubbard 26 Sample 25 Ossai 25 UDFA LT Billings 25 Tufele 25 Bell 25 Maxwell 26 RT Hill 25 Newton 29 Taylor 28 Carter 26 Davis RE Hendrickson 26 Murphy 27 Gunter UDFA WLB Pratt 26 Bailey 24 Harper 26 Heyward MLB Wilson 28 Bachie 24 Muasua 28 UDFA SLB S Battle 27 Gilman 27 UDFA UDFA S Hill 27 Anderson 26 UDFA CB Taylor-Britt 26 Turner 27 George CB Jackson 27 Ivey 27 UDFA NB Hilton 25 Davis 25 UDFA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Those prices look low on the outside free agents. The Athletic had a choose your own adventure workbook a few weeks ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 1 Author Report Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, sparky151 said: Those prices look low on the outside free agents. The Athletic had a choose your own adventure workbook a few weeks ago. Agreed, some of it is because it's the first year in a more than 1 year deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 27 minutes ago, MichaelWeston said: Agreed, some of it is because it's the first year in a more than 1 year deal. Andrew Billings recently signed a 2 yr 8 mil...4 per extension with Chicago.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 1 Author Report Share Posted March 1 I knew that I think, he's not in the spreadsheet....but he is in fanspeak...buyer beware 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 28 minutes ago, MichaelWeston said: I knew that I think, he's not in the spreadsheet....but he is in fanspeak...buyer beware I think the Bears were satisfied with his play at NT. Extremely strong anchor as u know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 1 Author Report Share Posted March 1 29 minutes ago, claptonrocks said: I think the Bears were satisfied with his play at NT. Extremely strong anchor as u know. i meant buyer beware on Fanspeak. Although it is fun. https://fanspeak.com/mtc/ https://www.profootballnetwork.com/mockdraft 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Got these results in the PFN mock. Their trade proposals seem pretty random. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 2 Author Report Share Posted March 2 Round 2 Name Position Cap Hit Drew Sample TE 1,600,000 Tanner Hudson TE 2,000,000 Marcus Bailey LB 1,500,000 Joe Bachie LB 1,500,000 Joe Mixon RB 3,000,000 Noah Fant TE 3,600,000 Dane Jackson CB 3,000,000 Teair Tart DL 3,200,000 Jermaine Eluemunor OT 4,125,000 Geno Stone S 3,375,000 Blake Gillikin P 1,200,000 Got Fant this time on the cheap Tart at NT Keep drafting WRs although I swore against it Love how the OL Depth roled on in this one although I don't think it's realistic. This draft is what 2021 should have been Sinnott has grown on me and is a bit redundant with Fant but he is one of the 5 or so TEs that are available (Draft or FA) that can turn a 5 yard catch into a 25 yard pass. TE becomes a strength long term in this draft. QB Burrow 29 Browning 25 McCarron 24 Tagovailoa RB Mixon 25 Brown 27 Shirden 28 Evans 25 UDFA UDFA WR Chase 26 Iosivas 27 Jackson Pryor WR Higgins 25 Irwin 24 Lassiter UDFA WR Wilson 28 Jones 27 Miller 24 UDFA TE Fant 28 Hudson 24 Sinnott 28 Plime TE Sample 24 UDFA LT Brown 27 Carman 25 Smith 25 LG Volson 26 Zinter 28 C Karras 25 Nourzad 28 Hill 25 Gilliam RG Cappa 26 Scharping 24 Kirkland RT Eluemunor 27 Paul 28 Cochran 25 K McPherson 25 P Gillikin 26 Robbins 27 LS Adomitis 25 LE Hubbard 26 Sample 25 Ossai 25 UDFA LT Tart 26 Tufele 25 Bell 25 Maxwell 26 RT Hill 25 Newton 29 Briggs 28 Carter 26 Davis RE Hendrickson 26 Murphy 27 Gunter UDFA WLB Pratt 26 Bailey 24 Harper 26 UDFA MLB Wilson 28 Bachie 24 Heyward SLB S Battle 27 Stone 27 UDFA UDFA S Hill 27 Anderson 26 Oladapo 28 UDFA CB Taylor-Britt 26 Turner 27 George CB Jackson 27 Ivey 27 UDFA NB Hilton 25 Davis 25 UDFA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted March 3 Author Report Share Posted March 3 Someone please nerd out with fanspeak. I need more inputs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HavePityPlease Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 I've been playing with a couple of sites, I consider everything very premature until the combine ends and to some extent pro days as well. Here are a couple of examples of some that I liked the outcome of: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, HavePityPlease said: I've been playing with a couple of sites, I consider everything very premature until the combine ends and to some extent pro days as well. Here are a couple of examples of some that I liked the outcome of: Wilson is a freak . All day over Pearsall. Piersal has no length for contested catches . Not a fan of him at all.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|BlackJesus| Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 5 hours ago, HavePityPlease said: Getting DeJean and Paul in Rds 1 and 2 would be an amazing haul. ... I think both could start week 1. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HavePityPlease Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 10 hours ago, claptonrocks said: Wilson is a freak . All day over Pearsall. Piersal has no length for contested catches . Not a fan of him at all.. Well it depends on what you're looking for, I see Pearsall as a slot guy to replace Boyd. Yes we already picked Jones last year, but I don't know about anybody else but to me Jones is looking like he might be highly injury prone so IMO we need depth there (and Pearsall might beat him outright in a position battle). Wilson is certainly a freak but he's still a "tweener". I could see some teams trying to turn him into a TE and others using him as a redzone/first down match-up guy. He had some horrible games where he dropped everything so it's hard to say what you'd do with him, but he's a project and a "nice problem to have" if you have the picks to spare. I don't see him as replacing anybody and tbh I don't think Zac et al would choose him at all because it seems to me that Zac doesn't use receivers that way, they use TEs or go all out and have route runners everywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HavePityPlease Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 I'd be interested to hear about prospects people feel like are underrated or not talked about enough. Some of mine appear on my mocks, specifically: - Kris Jenkins: I think he might be better than is being forecasted. - Braden Fiske: After his combine performance the cat might be out of the bag (at least with forecasters) but he's one of those guys who is just a lunch pail football player that gets the job done - something I've always wished the Bengals would go for more often. - Ricky Pearsall: His combine performance demonstrates the crazy athleticism of this guy, but I agree with the profiles that say it doesn't always show up on the tape. He's way faster than he shows sometimes, but runs great routes, has very good hands and is tough as all hell. I love those guys. - Beaux Limmer: His senior bowl performance was fantastic, it's been talked about some but maybe not enough. He has the shorter arms that coaches dread but he did very well against some extremely high competition during that week. He's a center prospect apparently but that's fine, I'd like us to move on from Trey Hill who doesn't seem like a viable option at all and we need to think about what we'll be doing when Karras leaves (or his injured). - Dylan Laube: Showed at the senior bowl that when you motion him out he's a dangerous route runner and pass catcher, which fits us well. Like pretty well EVERY RB in this class his blocking needs improvement, but unlike many he actually seems "willing" in this regard. These are the kinds of guys the team needs IMO. Edit: Forgot one: - Kalen King: a good cover guy who was fantastic tackling and beating blocks. I love guys who beat outside blocks on an island and make individual plays from the CB position, I jump out of my seat for that stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claptonrocks Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 7 hours ago, BlackJesus said: Getting DeJean and Paul in Rds 1 and 2 would be an amazing haul. ... I think both could start week 1. 😎 Wilson and Bell would be nice picks as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_C_Deadpeople Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 5 hours ago, HavePityPlease said: I'd be interested to hear about prospects people feel like are underrated or not talked about enough. Some of mine appear on my mocks, specifically: - Kris Jenkins: I think he might be better than is being forecasted. - Braden Fiske: After his combine performance the cat might be out of the bag (at least with forecasters) but he's one of those guys who is just a lunch pail football player that gets the job done - something I've always wished the Bengals would go for more often. - Ricky Pearsall: His combine performance demonstrates the crazy athleticism of this guy, but I agree with the profiles that say it doesn't always show up on the tape. He's way faster than he shows sometimes, but runs great routes, has very good hands and is tough as all hell. I love those guys. - Beaux Limmer: His senior bowl performance was fantastic, it's been talked about some but maybe not enough. He has the shorter arms that coaches dread but he did very well against some extremely high competition during that week. He's a center prospect apparently but that's fine, I'd like us to move on from Trey Hill who doesn't seem like a viable option at all and we need to think about what we'll be doing when Karras leaves (or his injured). - Dylan Laube: Showed at the senior bowl that when you motion him out he's a dangerous route runner and pass catcher, which fits us well. Like pretty well EVERY RB in this class his blocking needs improvement, but unlike many he actually seems "willing" in this regard. These are the kinds of guys the team needs IMO. Edit: Forgot one: - Kalen King: a good cover guy who was fantastic tackling and beating blocks. I love guys who beat outside blocks on an island and make individual plays from the CB position, I jump out of my seat for that stuff. King had a poor season and just ran a 4.61 forty time so he may go undrafted or someone may see him as a safety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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