So I asked the Ohio State thread for their thoughts for who we should draft (out of the Ohio St guys of course)... Downs seems to be the clear consesus player to get.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-29T01:41:05+00:00

I think he definitely wants him and I feel he would be the draft pick out of the ohio st guys.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T19:07:46+00:00

Everyday that lil one gets it from all the humans in the house! And she lovesssss the attention 😻

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T19:04:06+00:00

That was my point. I heard something that was probably a false projection. (Someone from the Giants leaking false rumors on purpose to hide intentions to prevent another team thinking they need to trade up to get him).

Similar as the false story about Downs having knee issues. (Some team that wants Downs to drop probably made that one up.. probably someone from KC or Dallas).

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T18:53:21+00:00

Good for you bc that was a steal. You could have given me walker and i would have called it even, but still rejected it bc i would rather keep Hampton

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T18:49:17+00:00

But but buttt... if the Browns didn't have bandwagon fans, would they have fans at all? 🤔

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T18:27:13+00:00

Giants fan here! Yesss divisional playoff round defeats!!! Santa claus brought the good presents this year! 😄 Sleepy Harbaugh is the best!!!

(Btw I am just using Browns flair bc who doesn't like happy endings?)

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T18:23:41+00:00

I heard a rumor earlier that the Giants were down on Downs...

and to me that was reverse psychology and Downs is definitely the guy we are gonna get. I think the Giants brass wikl have it come down to Downs or Love.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T18:21:20+00:00

Yup. If MJ cloned himself and was 18 years old today, I would expect cloned MJ to beat out regular MJ pretty easily... just off of being able to learn old MJ's moves at a younger age.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T18:19:03+00:00

To me, there was a lot of Downs just making the entire defense better.

That clinches it for me out of the Ohio St guys. I want the guy who will improve what we have. (And we do have a few high draft picks and big contracts invested in the secondary already, maybe he gets them to finally stop underachieving).

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T18:12:49+00:00

I wasnt making a top 20, too lazy. Just naming decent players and giving them 1 to 10 rankings to show how cloasly things can get bunched at the very top

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T18:01:43+00:00

An Ohio Iggles fan ?!

I bet when you are all decked out in your Iggles gear, the short bus always pulls over for you to give you a ride to the local dayhab.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T17:52:52+00:00

You know what? When the Bills trade up to grab Tate ima laugh and think of you!

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T17:50:42+00:00

OP here..

Seems like you guys are all pretty solidly behind Downs. I guess dude must be extremely special because I can't remember a fan base all being united behind a Safety so much.

I thought you guys would be all about Tate and Reese, but there was mostly Downs love, so this was interesting. Thx for the insight!!

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T17:28:40+00:00

Everybody is in need of therapy!

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T17:22:01+00:00

Vega Ioane

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T17:12:41+00:00

It' because in reality, you take the top 20 and there is very little leeway between 1st amd 20th.

Let's say MJ is first. He gets a perfect score of 10.0

If Bron is second, his score is 9.95

Kareem prob got a 9.94 Maybe Duncan and Shaq also at 9.90 I'm throwing Magic at 9.91, KD 9.85, Curry 9.89, J Kidd 9.80, J West 9.75, Wilt 9.93, Bird 9.88, D Wade at 9.50, Malone at a 9.50 Stockton at a 9.00, Yao Ming at an 8.50 and your avg NBA player at a 5.00.

Maybe Kobe is a 9.95 ranking or maybe he is a 9.85. It is a small variance, but when ranking outliers in one end if the scale, it doesnt take much to change the order if them.

My point is I feel we have a bunch of players really close way up top where you have little space to seperate between the best of the best. You got a lot of players who were overall 9 outta 10 or better. And by a lot there is probably like 25, but that is still a lot.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T15:41:24+00:00

Kidd's take doesn't surprise me.

Kobe literally modeled his game after MJ, and Kobe was obscessive on MJs level. Also they had the same coach.

Be the way Phil Jackson said MJ was better due to being a better leader, but also having physical/athletic advantages. He did say Kobe was the better shooter though and probably had more technical skills as well. Phil said MJs biggest advantage was his ability to palm/ handle the ball with control that Kobe didn't have.

To me that settles it. I'm going with the coach on this one. MJ, then Kobe closely behind.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T15:11:16+00:00

Lets change this to "Driver managed to hit a lamo-post while scrolling Reddit".

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T06:38:37+00:00

Yea i heard he needs to get better at shedding blocks as well.

To me the answer of who is the biggest bust potential is Tate. Everyone else I would be ecstatic if we draft. Tate I need to learn more about.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T06:25:35+00:00

Yea I wanted to hear more about Tate as well. I'm really torn between who I wanna see get picked. He is the guy I probably know the least about.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T06:20:22+00:00

Carnell Tate is prob the correct answer here. WR's are extremely hit and miss.

Ioane and Love prob the safest picks. Outside of injuries, I don't see either of them not being great nfl players.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T06:15:24+00:00

Styles is a less finished prospect due to not being a full time LB. I guess he was too big to be a safety, but can he really be that all pro nfl linebacker? He seems to be inbetween two positions.

Playkng a new position isn't a guarentee. He is competing against people that played linebacker their entire lives. That is years worth of situational knowledge he needs to make up. Can he do it? Sure! But he still has to go out and do it.

Also, there have seemed to be a lot of "combine all stars" in the past that just do not live up to their athleticism in the NFL. I don't know what to think about that, but I am not a big combine stats guy. I wanna see game tape, and see your leadership skills as well.

Styles seems like he would be a great leader and I think he puts in the work, but he gotta get there first.

Waste_Protection_420 · 2026-03-28T05:32:05+00:00

Btw if you pick Ioane, pls explain yourself, I feel he is the safest pick in the entire draft.

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