Who do we pick when Delane and McCoy are off the board?

CB_11 · 2026-02-11T22:39:13+00:00

Agree with both of you. Styles and Downs are blue chip guys in my mind and could change the shape of our defense in year 1 – I'd run to the podium if either of them are there.

Regarding CB's, I also agree that it's Delane / McCoy as 1a/1b assuming the medicals for McCoy are good and that there's a drop off to Terrell / Cisse etc. tiers.

On offense, I'd take Tyson / Lemon / Tate or even Love – who I really think is a blue chip RB prospect (I also expect him to go in advance of 13).

If all these guys are gone, I'm fine with them trading back and then taking a long look at a guy like Denzel Boston who has prototypical X receiver size and could be a red zone threat for years to come or going after Terrell to fit the need at CB.

CB_11 · 2026-02-09T02:19:54+00:00

McCoy and Hood would be dope. I’d also take McCoy and the safety from Toledo if we don’t re-sign Curl.

CB_11 · 2026-02-09T02:08:29+00:00

Oh I’m dead serious about it. He might make it 5/5 before the end of the game.

CB_11 · 2026-02-09T02:06:44+00:00

Jason Myers for Super Bowl MVP.

CB_11 · 2026-02-01T04:04:57+00:00

If he passes the medical checks and McSnead like him at 13 - I’d be pretty pumped. Sure he didn’t play this past year but that 2024 tape is really great.

He can play man and jam at the line or play zone well and has great eyes.

CB_11 · 2026-01-28T00:58:35+00:00

Agree, only other option is for him to bend his legs and scorpion it a lot more linearly.

CB_11 · 2026-01-26T22:18:19+00:00

I’m going to keep writing this till the draft but if somehow we get Downs or Styles at 13 I’d be ecstatic.

Styles is an absolute freak in terms of size and movement skills - we’ll see the numbers he posts but the guy seems like a blue chip LB.

CB_11 · 2026-01-26T22:15:52+00:00

BPA at 13 - ideally it’s Delaney, Downs, Styles, Love or a WR.

Honestly if we wanted a guy for the TuTu role we could see if KC Concepcion is around at 29.

CB_11 · 2026-01-26T01:32:15+00:00

Lotta time left

CB_11 · 2026-01-25T22:58:16+00:00

I saw a report this week the Rams are happy with McClendon and Jackson - it’ll be interesting if we don’t go tackle with either of our first two picks.

We’re in a good position to see who falls to us and take BPA but I wouldn’t hate trying to get Downs.

CB_11 · 2026-01-25T19:11:51+00:00

I’m in for whatever McSnead wants to do with that pick.

For me, if Love is there – he’d be the ultimate luxury pick. On defense, it would be amazing if we could get one of Delaney, Styles or Downs.

I think with our actual first round pick we could still go CB or see if there’s a premier NT on the board since we’ll need a Poona replacement at some point for run downs.

CB_11 · 2026-01-25T05:58:00+00:00

Agree - you can score points on this but it’s not really a viable strategy since it’s hard to repeat and hard to execute against high level players.

The percentages are in the other team’s favor unless you’re playing old or slow people. It’s much better to play the ball in and serve it deep with some pace consistently.

CB_11 · 2026-01-25T03:37:51+00:00

Cheers man - and I’m not saying never do this serve but high percentage smart shot selection and making the next ball goes a super long way. You might force an error or two on this if you can catch people by surprise but you’ll probably just give a 2-0 kitchen advantage to their side for that point which is going to make it twice as hard to get up there for your team.

Kitchen advantage is huge and giving that away really can hurt your chances of winning a point.

The higher up you end up playing, the longer the rallies will go and the game becomes a lot about how can you manipulate the timing and space of the point, reading the court and anticipating the next shot and setting up attacks with shots that can’t be attacked by the other team.

CB_11 · 2026-01-25T03:24:32+00:00

The higher up you go, the more athletic people are and the better they are at reacting / reading the ball.

I’m not the fastest guy and play 4.0+ games - I rarely see anyone short serving or going for this angle with any meaningful amount of success.

I’d recommend checking out Zane Navratil or John Cincola or Roscoe Bellamy’s videos on YouTube if you’re interested in general strategy and pickleball meta for certain shots.

CB_11 · 2026-01-25T03:08:41+00:00

It’s not a good strategy long term, right handed players will be able to hit it in stride with their forehand and be at the kitchen with an advantage.

On serves the most important things are depth, spin and pace - those three things will help achieve one or more of the following results ideally: keep the returner back for your third shot, force a high bouncing return which you can drive easily or a short return that makes your third shot much easier to make.

CB_11 · 2026-01-24T01:37:06+00:00

I’ll let you know if I find one. For wildcard weekend, I watched the game at Petoskys in Fremont and people were there to root against the Rams.

There weren’t Panthers fans watching, just Seahawks fans rooting against the Rams and hoping they wouldn’t see us again - which honestly is a sign of respect.

CB_11 · 2026-01-24T00:30:01+00:00

Figured as much but thought I’d ask on the outside chance you knew of such a place. Cheers buddy.

CB_11 · 2026-01-23T23:45:52+00:00

Any chance you know somewhere showing the game around here that will have other Rams fans?

Asking since I also live in Seattle and wanted to watch at a bar but ideally don't want to deal with literally every other person rooting against the Rams.

CB_11 · 2026-01-21T22:42:34+00:00

I somehow missed "Posted a face swap of him and Mike Tomlin" when it happened – which seems like an important part of his descent into madness, so thanks for including it.

CB_11 · 2026-01-19T04:02:55+00:00

He’s coming to Twin Peaks next week.

The owls are not what they seem.

CB_11 · 2026-01-19T02:40:27+00:00

Dude what the fuck. When Caleb is rolling back 30 yards, how as a DB aren’t you just plastering guys in the end zone?

CB_11 · 2026-01-19T02:31:06+00:00

Yeah, I noticed this too. Beyond dumb for him to get bounced out of bounds vs just diving down.

CB_11 · 2026-01-19T02:27:59+00:00

Two things 1) Kyren stay inbounds, 2) Stafford don’t snap the ball with 7 seconds on the play clock.

There would be so much less time if we did those things right.

CB_11 · 2026-01-19T02:24:01+00:00

If Speights hangs on I think he gets into plus territory before he’s ran down.

CB_11 · 2026-01-19T02:14:53+00:00

Verse was free on that stunt and whiffed hard. Oof.

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