From Dont’a Hightower to Dominique Easley to Mac Jones and a handful of others.
Most of them busts, to be sure.
But I just made the calls; I didn’t coach them.
Anyway, these past couple of years I’ve switched it up.
Mostly because that old model made sense when they were drafting in the back end of every round.
Less so when they’re up at the top like they have been.
So I’m going with this model instead, which brought me Drake Maye last year.
Here’s hoping it keeps working.
Even as I typed that headine, I could hear the exaggerated eyerolling.
(Your mom wants you to stop it or your face will freeze that way.)
The draft pundit equivalent of a political candidate taking a bold stance by promising to fight for working families.
But wanting Hunter with the fourth pick is by no means a universal opinion.
Which to be clear, I respect.
I’ve been arguing forever that wide receiver is the most overrated, overpaid position in all of sports.
That quarterbacks make receivers, not the other way around.
While pointing out that the bust rate on highly drafted wideouts is off the charts.
Whereas a solid pick at LT would solve a long-standing problem for the next 10 years.
The reason I’m arguing for Hunter at four is because he’s special.
The guy you make an exception for:
Travis Hunter, Colorado.
A guy who can help this team at two areas of need.
The Shohei Ohtani of football.
And thanks to the Pats winning the game no one wanted, we might not even get that.
WhileBucky BrooksandEric Edholmof NFL.com have Hunter going to New York.
Still others see things shaking out where they land Cam Ward or even Abdul Carter.
3, with Sanders going fourth, just not to the Patriots.
To some other unspecified team in a trade-down, though probably Carolina at 8.
In no way would I expect him to do the same in Foxboro.
Or, you do the opposite.
I’m an agnostic as to where Hunter’s primary focus should be.
Left tackle is still the biggest area of priority on this roster.
It needs to be addressed.
But “drafting the best player available at two positions”?
I’m all about that.
