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Alex Johnson, DB, UCLA
The 6-foot-1, 190-pounder had breakout season with five interceptions and a fumble recovered for a touchdown. Played slot and safety.

Casey Rogers, DT, Oregon
A surprise Combine snub, the 6-foot-5, 305-pound Rogers spent four years at Nebraska before joining the Ducks. He's got quickness inside and impressed at Oregon Pro Day.

They love Oregon Dlinemen it seems

I think Schoen is much more information/misinformation savvy then we tend to give him credit for in this era of information vs misinformation.

I also think Schoen knows/understands what the questions will be for all actions/reactions and has prepped answers/replies for EVERYTHING.

Schoen appears as if he is a robot quite a bit of the time with IMMEDIATE answers/replies to any question asked.....it's uncanny.

He is a GM of the new age/era whatever you want to label it, but he knows how to answer every question for the media, the fans, and the player all to keep everyone in the "I'm with Joe on this one" type response from the media/fans/players/owners.

I've never seen him in a "cat got your tongue" moment, or stuck for a reply.

He's never given a Getelmanesque reply and I highly doubt we ever will hear him utter any....at least not publicly.

He was well groomed in Buffalo by Beane. He knows how to handle media and information/misinformation.

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Quote from: MightyGiants on Today at 04:18:44 PMI just wonder what happens if the computers or the network crap out

Hopefully they held onto the magnets

Quote from: LennG on Today at 08:00:02 PMI have the Amazon Firestick on all my TVs and I am very satisfied with it. Is there much of a difference between the Firestcik and the Roku device?

Len, I have one Firestick, one AppleTV, and two Roku devices. They're all similar in that they allow you to add apps to access content. Of the three in order of my preference I'd say I like:
1. AppleTV
2. Roku
3. Amazon Firestick
To me, it all really comes down to ease of navigation and layout of the app menus. They all have their quirks, but imo, the Firestick seems more cumbersome for me to use than the other two.

Quote from: jimc on Today at 05:18:35 PMJust a question here. What would have had to happen to make it outstanding?

It's all subjective obviously. Anyone can call a draft outstanding the day after it ends but that can prove totally untrue down the road, and vice-versa. Given how the Giants have drafted for the past decade, I don't think I would hand them an "outstanding" grade the day after the draft under almost any circumstances. They are going to need to prove it to me with these guys panning out on the field before I start trusting them to that degree. There have just been too many drafts in recent years that have woefully disappointed.

I guess if they had found a way to get a trade done to get Drake Maye, and I didn't think it was so absurd that I was opposed to it on that basis, I might have given them an "outstanding" provided I didn't hate any of the other picks. I happen to be very high on Maye's ceiling and would have been willing to take the gamble on him if it were possible. Apart from that I don't think I would have considered it.

 I have the Amazon Firestick on all my TVs and I am very satisfied with it. Is there much of a difference between the Firestcik and the Roku device?

This tracks all team's signings


https://walterfootball.com/Draft2024UDFASigningsByTeam.php

Quote from: katkavage on Today at 07:49:21 PMIt's the cynic in me, DB. Looking at it now, I really don't think NE would pass on the third best QB no matter what was offered. Kraft wanted a QB. And the Giants knew this. The talks weren't serious. There was a reason Nabers was the consensus mock pick from the get go. I really think they couldn't seriously take a QB with Jones under that bad contract. It would be an admission of a mistake. Again no proof but I'm just not convinced.

The Pats are a team who loves to trade down with overpaying teams. You could claim that that is a Belichick thing, but I am sure it rubbed off on Kraft and on others in the organization over the two-plus decades he was there.

They are also a team that has had success picking QBs later in the draft (not just Brady but also Jimmy G).

A lot also depends on their grade of Maye. We don't know just how highly they rated him. If they viewed him as an A- but the Giants viewed him as an A+, you could see a trade potentially happening there if the Giants really overpaid.

I also really don't think the Giants would have wasted their time with talks if it were a 100% hard no. I think the Pats had an ask, it was too high for the Giants, and the Giants couldn't negotiate them down at all. I am pretty sure that is what happened here.

A final point is that the Giants, in not choosing to restructure Jones' contract, are clearly preserving their ability to cut him after this season. There is just no way they would be willing to eat that whole $47mm hit in 2024 if they were willing to be committed to him beyond this season. They would spread it out for sure if that were the case. So the idea of them being unwilling to draft a QB because they have one under contract that they're likely going to cut after this season simply does not ring true.

I didn't even know what purple was and just got it by elimination. Even reading them I still don't understand the connection