I agree 100%
I never say never. But I am 99% confident that Tyson isn’t on our board.
Peters himself said they wouldn’t go after oft-injured guys. That eliminates him.
If Peters were to draft him he’s basically signing his walking papers ahead of time. Just doesn’t compute.
I am pretty confident that it’s going to be Love, Styles (which I think will be gone) and if not then it’s Delane.
My only gripe is if Tate is there it feels kind of off. And again, nothing to do with Delane. I’ll be excited as all hell to have that dude on our defense… but not taking Tate in that situation just feels kind of wrong.
That means we’re relying on either an aging veteran, a third round rookie or Treylon Burks to turn our receiver situation from worst in the league to bottom third in the League.
Then again, Delane IS a better player, and I don’t believe mistakes should compound themselves because we failed at receiver for multiple years.
But, then again - goal one this offseason was surrounding JD5 with weapons and so far… epic fail.
Yeah this week judging by Keim and some extent the national buzz -- Love, Styles, Delane. Keim seems to be the only one on Delane so lol will see how good he does with that. Many in the national media think Delane is going likely 8 to the Saints and that's his ceiling. But I buy what Keim is hearing. It's not purely because Keim said it -- it's that it also jives with their meetings -- any player who gets both a top 30 and a combine is heavy in consideration if past is prologue. And it jives with Peters drafting history who seems to value that spot especiallly.
Having said that if past is prologue, sometimes there are shifts as to buzz in the last week including from Keim, so will see. And of course, its always possible that everyone is wrong. Will see.
As far as Tate goes, national buzz is a bit all over the place, too. McShay has gone from he's going top 5 just a week ago, to now he doesn't think so. It's not just Keim who strongly hinted they like Tate but not at 7, so it would be in a trade down. Some Giant insider said the exact same thing about Tate as to the Giants perspective, but who knows -- not at 5 but in a trade down.
Maybe the Tate buzz warms up again next week. I recall for example the idea that this team would take Trent, didn't get red hot until the week of. Sadly ditto as to Emmanuel Forbes, so there could be a shift.
As Keim said on his last podcast. And lol, I am not bringing it up to regurgitate a debate on what he said. But ironically that debate, forced me to relisten to it. And Keim I think perfectly articulated the cognitive dissonance on Tate. After saying he doesn't think they take him, he gives the back and forth on him. The positive of taking him as he goes its such a big need, he's a good player and that should factor. Then he goes to contractict myself -- he said you don't take him if you don't love him, don't let need drive it, and then got into other WR options later in the draft.
I get Keim's point. I generally agree. But to me if its close, I'd go with the need because the need is so big its ridiculous. And its the same need that this team has had for years and hasn't been addressd. And for those who really want Tate, I don't take Keim's podcast (if he's right) as that much of a negative. He flat out referenced he thinks he's in play if there is trade down. Also if he's right about them having Styles, Love, Delane (the Delane point he's made more indirectly) via multiple podcasts. What if all three players are gone? If so it could be Tate at 7.
I totally get why some in the national media think its slam dunk they should take Tate. They potentially have the worst WR room in the league sans the Dolphins -- and an injury to Terry would make it the worst WR in the league -- lol a couple of national insiders think sans Terry it might be the worst in the history of the league.
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