Post-Mortem: 2022 NFL Draft Class

[RunKC]

McDuffie looks like a blue chipper
Karlaftis looks like he's taken a Hell of a jump and could be a blue chipper
Chenal has been an excellent value at LB
Skyy made some key plays including a TD
Watson stamped a mother****er and played well
Josh Williams has been a competent starter
Pacheco is ****ing good

This draft class showed up again yesterday. It's looking like it could be the best class in franchise history

[JPH83]

Originally Posted by RunKC

McDuffie looks like a blue chipper
Karlaftis looks like he's taken a Hell of a jump and could be a blue chipper
Chenal has been an excellent value at LB
Skyy made some key plays including a TD
Watson stamped a mother****er and played well
Josh Williams has been a competent starter
Pacheco is ****ing good

This draft class showed up again yesterday. It's looking like it could be the best class in franchise history

McDuffie - agree, he's our slot guy/ match up on WRs that aren't Mike Williams' size
Karlaftis - OK so far, looked better week 2 as well.
Moore - still time but I've lowered expectations
Chenal - Stud. Impressed by his development. I love the pick.
Williams - Not sure what he'll become. Useful rotation probably? Fine for a 4th rounder
Kinnard - Bum
Watson - Great for a 7th rounder
Pacheco - Valuable starter and great pick
Nazeeh Johnson - already a great gunner, could become more.

[O.city]

Yeah, they are really coming on. I thought Skyy really played well yesterday.

But the 2017 draft will always be the best in franchise history because well......we know.

[RunKC]

Yes Chris is playing elite football but if you get the chance for another draft like this I gotta think you take it.

It's so hard to keep the roster this good with limited resources

[O.city]

Well sure, but there's a reason drafts like that are rare.

You keep elite players and draft around them. It's alot easier.

[Kiimo]

uh Karlaftis looked fantastic week 1, too.

[DJ's left nut]

I love Willie Gay - his energy and the explosion he shows out there is awfully rare.

But man, you could get everything he brings, though used more situationally, in a Chenal/Tranquil duo pretty easily.

Seems like he's likely one of the odd men out come extension time.

[JPH83]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I love Willie Gay - his energy and the explosion he shows out there is awfully rare.

But man, you could get everything he brings, though used more situationally, in a Chenal/Tranquil duo pretty easily.

Seems like he's likely one of the odd men out come extension time.

He's gone. He still flashes but I don't think it's enough to get paid, especially if Tranquil picks up better in coverage.

[O.city]

Tranquil is just here for a year though. So you're gonna have to do something there.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by O.city

Tranquil is just here for a year though. So you're gonna have to do something there.

Once the team started putting effort into the LB position, they've damn near batted 1.000.

Gay over Wilson appears to be a minor miss, but we're still getting good LBs on the 2nd and 3rd day. Contributors if nothing else.

If you can run Bolton/Leo as your top two guys, you can cut some corners on LB3. And thus far Tranquill hasn't done anything to build his market past where it was last off-season - he can be retained for another year relatively cheaply in all likelihood.

Gotta go cheap in places and Bolton's intelligence combined with Chenal's athleticism makes LB3 a pretty obvious spot.

[The Franchise]

I wonder if Cam Jones has anything in him moving forward. He’s looked good when he’s out there.

[JPH83]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

I wonder if Cam Jones has anything in him moving forward. He’s looked good when he’s out there.

As a maybe limited role stuffer I think he could be pretty useful. It was a shame Isaiah Moore got injured as I thought he could be a better version. I honestly think Cole Christiansen could do a job too

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

I wonder if Cam Jones has anything in him moving forward. He’s looked good when he’s out there.

Poverty Bolton.

I mean don't get me wrong, I thought he'd get drafted (may a have even taken him in the CP Mock; I know I considered it in the 6th/7th) but I see him as more of a solid reserve than anything because I don't see anywhere that he's truly good.

Not powerful enough to be a 2 down backer, not athletic enough to be a 3rd down guy. He's just a lesser version of essentially everything Bolton does. And that's not really a starting caliber player, IMO.