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Well if someone trades up to 3, 4 or 5 we will at least get to see what we turned down. At least reasonably close to what we turned down. It's going to be pretty boring if no trades happen in the top 5.

The only way the lions can keep paying their own players like this while remaining contenders is if they continue to have exceptional drafts. What Amon is now getting paid and what Goff and Sewell are about to get paid makes our window considerably smaller, unfortunately. So the pressure is on Brad Holmes.

My final mock. Not sure that it goes this way, but it is how it fell when I played out the scenarios. There will be trades that shake things up. 1.20 - - Amarius Mims OT UGA 6'8 340. I really want to just take JPJ, but I think if both players are here and I would even say another top OT they are the pick (Lathan, Fuatanu, or Guyton). The OT's are set for the next 10 years. Despite the rawness, Mims has upside and was Jones formed teammate. Young and raw raw like Mt. Washington was, but the Steelers and Eagles are allowing UGA to become their developmental school. Alternative: I could see a move down depending on the partner and draft captiol. I could also see a move up into round two as a possibility as well. If one of the corners Mitchell or Arnold fall, they would be hard to pass on as well. 2.51 -- Xavier Worthy WR Texas 6'1 165. No top three Centers left here. 😵‍💫 S0 I take the BPA who falls due to size, but definitely not speed. Not the perfect match to go across from Pickens, but speed kills. With Russ and a run game, hopefully the Steelers can somewhat overcome the lack of a true #2. I wanted to go OL and OL, but it didn't go that way in this scenario. 3.84 - - Sedrick Van Pran UGA OC 6'3 310. The Steelers go to the college development club again to get their Center. Somewhat afraid because I am not sure how day one ready to start he is and I don't want another Green situation. However, the position had to be addressed and he was my most talented option. I would have ideally like Center round one and OT here like Blake Fisher. 3.98 - - Elijah Jones Boston College CB 6'1 185. The Steelers get another CB. No pressure to have to start and will compete with Jackson, Trice, and Rush to get on the field. Steelers have done a lot of scouting at BC and I think Jones is a talented under the radar talent. 4.119 - - T'Vondre Sweat NG Texas 6'4 365. The DUI charge drops him down a few rounds and the Steelers are in prime position to get a true run stuffer that is a value pick here. 6.178 - - Tommy Eichenberg Ohio State ILB 6'2 235. Could be one of the biggest draft steals here. Eventual replacement for Roberts and Cole. This guy is a football player. He has a high football IQ and has some leadership qualities as well. I could see trading one of these picks to move up to the 5th round to grab him. 6.195 - - Logan Lee Iowa DE 6'5 280. Hoping he develops more and quicker than Loudermilk has. You take whoever is left between Lee, Justin Eboigbe, and Gabe Hall. Besides, he already looks good in Black N Gold.

There's a very private and romantic beach right there so your theory may be correct.

Happy Vikes solved their qb problem with Darnold too.

Any chance Maye is the pick? I want to bet on it.

The closest thing I have to hot takes contradict things in this thread ironically. I think Rome is the best WR of this class, where as I think AD Mitchell will be a bust and he's functionally off my board at this point (at least where I'd be comfortable drafting him vs. consensus). I'm much more casual scouting than others though so I'm not going to argue overly much about it.

First we needed to draft Jayden Daniels, now we need a 1st round WR... Mmkay

Interestingly, the field is overwhelmingly better. I don't have much of a dog in this race, but I think some WRs are special and can make a huge impact on a franchise with a first round pick. Super Bowls are such small sample sizes that they've convinced people Tom Brady is the GOAT when he's not even top 10. Terrible indicator for a wisely used pick. Buuuuuuut...I like consistent shots at some of those lower tiers of WRs each year. Late first through 5th rounds. As others have said, if we were picking at #32 instead of #34 we'd have had Watson in the first that year. The whole first round thing is arbitrary. Give me a midrounder each year and I'm happy. I think I've been rambling.

I would say that was more the Mike Glennon signing, where you knew going in that it was going to be ****ty, somehow it's expensive and when you're done it was worse than you thought.