2025 NEP Draft Prospects

For what it is worth, I just heard Breer say some teams only have two Blue Chip top-5 or even top-10 talents in this draft....hint WR and OT arent those positions. If we have a chance to take Hunter or Carter you just have to take them......if they are both gone you just have to go with your board and hope you are right, because you aren't getting the normal talent at 4 you normally would.
Jim Nagy said some teams have only ten first rounders.
 
About Hunter, I do think he wants to play WR and CB full time in the League, I believe he's even said so. But I don't think it's realistic, not just because of the shortening of a career due to normal wear and tear. If/When an injury occurs, you're down a starting WR -and- CB and that isn't ideal in the slightest. He's gonna have a full time position, and a package position the other way. He's still a top 5 pick, but I think he's more CB than WR, and we need WR/OT more than CB. Carter would be a huge win and help the CBs/Ss we've already got or get in free agency by providing actual pressure. It will be interesting which way we go at 4.
 
Jim Nagy said some teams have only ten first rounders.
That's probably not far from wrong, there's also like 40 second rounders for what it's worth.

It's a light class for QB, WR and EDGE, where usually there's an abundance of those guys. You want a 1 or 3 tech D-lineman, or a running back or a tight end, this draft's for you. But this isn't a layup draft - there's no getting bailed out by having early picks this year. One or two GMs are going to put this year on their resume, and the rest are all going to want to forget it.
 
About Hunter, I do think he wants to play WR and CB full time in the League, I believe he's even said so. But I don't think it's realistic, not just because of the shortening of a career due to normal wear and tear. If/When an injury occurs, you're down a starting WR -and- CB and that isn't ideal in the slightest. He's gonna have a full time position, and a package position the other way. He's still a top 5 pick, but I think he's more CB than WR, and we need WR/OT more than CB. Carter would be a huge win and help the CBs/Ss we've already got or get in free agency by providing actual pressure. It will be interesting which way we go at 4.
We desperately need another cornerback. I'm not going to war with that flotsam and jetsam behind Gonzalez again. And he's legitimately a first-round receiver. Let him play both ways until the wheels fall off. He's done it all his life already.
 
We desperately need another cornerback. I'm not going to war with that flotsam and jetsam behind Gonzalez again. And he's legitimately a first-round receiver. Let him play both ways until the wheels fall off. He's done it all his life already.
I guess it's my rose colored glasses, but Austin started stepping up, and I think we should re-sign Jones and get a good corner in FA.... but yeah, I do feel like that's what I'd like, Hunter both ways, just don't know how realistic it is, but if we get 4/5 great years of him, that would be awesome.
 
So from the jump I used a weird calculator, so the numbers are a bit crazy.
*And I messed up the picks that the Bills have, so not exactly right in anycase

So I was having a conversation elsewhere, and the idea of trading back came up, it always does....This is a bad top of the draft, why would anyone want to trade up? So I started thinking about it, I think our best opportunity for trading back would be if Hunter is available, and if for some reason the team doesn't want him. I don't think any of the QBs are worth the trade up, and if Carter is there we should just take him. But Hunter is interesting. about 33% of the league is looking for a #1 CB, and alot of those teams are in the back half of the round. The problem is that those teams don't have alot of extra capital this year, so the trade would have to be built around '26 picks, or maybe players.

Here is the list of teams, any extra picks in the first two rounds, and where they draft.


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#4 and #69 for #30, #60,and #61? That is about right on calculators.
 
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With the news today that Aaron Rodgers won't be returning to the Jets, that adds another team to the list of QB-needy franchises.

Currently, there are only two QBs with first-round grades (Ward and Sanders) and several teams with both a top 10 draft pick and a need at the QB position (Titans, Browns, Giants, Jets, Raiders, Saints). All of these teams could try to maneuver up (or down) the board to get the guy they want or to maximize their draft haul.

Probably nothing will be settled until the draft actually starts, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a flurry of trades at the top of the draft this year.

And if either Ward or Sanders is available at #4, I think the Pats will listen if Brady and Petey and the Raiders pick up the phone.

Edit - And the jockeying begins: 2025 NFL Draft: Titans willing to possibly trade first overall pick, willing to listen to offers, per report
 
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So from the jump I used a weird calculator, so the numbers are a bit crazy.
*And I messed up the picks that the Bills have, so not exactly right in anycase


So I was having a conversation elsewhere, and the idea of trading back came up, it always does....This is a bad top of the draft, why would anyone want to trade up? So I started thinking about it, I think our best opportunity for trading back would be if Hunter is available, and if for some reason the team doesn't want him. I don't think any of the QBs are worth the trade up, and if Carter is there we should just take him. But Hunter is interesting. about 33% of the league is looking for a #1 CB, and alot of those teams are in the back half of the round. The problem is that those teams don't have alot of extra capital this year, so the trade would have to be built around '26 picks, or maybe players.

Here is the list of teams, any extra picks in the first two rounds, and where they draft.


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#4 and #69 for #30, #60,and #61? That is about right on calculators.

No. I wouldn't do that. 4 should bring a really good talent, much better than the 30th pick. There are probably only 15ish+/- true 1st round picks in this draft.
 
With the news today that Aaron Rodgers won't be returning to the Jets, that adds another team to the list of QB-needy franchises.

Currently, there are only two QBs with first-round grades (Ward and Sanders) and several teams with both a top 10 draft pick and a need at the QB position (Titans, Browns, Giants, Jets, Raiders, Saints). All of these teams could try to maneuver up (or down) the board to get the guy they want or to maximize their draft haul.

Probably nothing will be settled until the draft actually starts, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a flurry of trades at the top of the draft this year.

And if either Ward or Sanders is available at #4, I think the Pats will listen if Brady and Petey and the Raiders pick up the phone.

Edit - And the jockeying begins: 2025 NFL Draft: Titans willing to possibly trade first overall pick, willing to listen to offers, per report
I really can't believe Shadeur Sanders has an actual first round grade from anyone.
 
So from the jump I used a weird calculator, so the numbers are a bit crazy.
*And I messed up the picks that the Bills have, so not exactly right in anycase


So I was having a conversation elsewhere, and the idea of trading back came up, it always does....This is a bad top of the draft, why would anyone want to trade up? So I started thinking about it, I think our best opportunity for trading back would be if Hunter is available, and if for some reason the team doesn't want him. I don't think any of the QBs are worth the trade up, and if Carter is there we should just take him. But Hunter is interesting. about 33% of the league is looking for a #1 CB, and alot of those teams are in the back half of the round. The problem is that those teams don't have alot of extra capital this year, so the trade would have to be built around '26 picks, or maybe players.

Here is the list of teams, any extra picks in the first two rounds, and where they draft.


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#4 and #69 for #30, #60,and #61? That is about right on calculators.
I don't really want extra picks this year. In future years, sure.
Also, why are you trying to hand the Bills the division for 5 more years? That's a quarter for a dime and 2 nickels. Not nearly enough for number 4 either.
 
Neither would I, but I, personally, think Ward is a fringe first rounder, and Sanders is like, round 2-3.
Desperate teams will convince themselves they are top tier talent. Where Rodgers, Darnold and Cousins end up will be very interesting on the effect it could have on the draft (if their situations are resolved by then)

What a difference for Pats that Maye worked out. We have plenty of things to address but QB isn’t one of them
 
I won't count the Chiefs out until the clock in the 4th hits 0:00, this is just making the script for the made for tv movie even bigger. Then when the chiefs win, Kelce proposes to Swift and says hes retiring and it is happy ever after.
 
Desperate teams will convince themselves they are top tier talent. Where Rodgers, Darnold and Cousins end up will be very interesting on the effect it could have on the draft (if their situations are resolved by then)

What a difference for Pats that Maye worked out. We have plenty of things to address but QB isn’t one of them
Eh. I don't think that's a forgone conclusion quite yet.
 
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