NFL 2024-2025 Your team hoping for a Swift return to dominance

[Scotty]

The Chiefs somehow ended up with the guy with the fastest combine 40 yd dash of all time.  I don't know how any AFC GM let's that happen let alone 15 of them but I'm sure as hell not complaining.

[ANS Kamas P81]

What's one more glorious offensive option in the Chiefs' playbook anyway?  It's just going to make playing against them that much more difficult.

[Sartris]

The Chiefs somehow ended up with the guy with the fastest combine 40 yd dash of all time.  I don't know how any AFC GM let's that happen let alone 15 of them but I'm sure as hell not complaining.

underrated laugh out loud moment of the draft

[Kit deSummersville]

The Chiefs somehow ended up with the guy with the fastest combine 40 yd dash of all time.  I don't know how any AFC GM let's that happen let alone 15 of them but I'm sure as hell not complaining.

There was a meme going around listing the 40 yard dash numbers of the Chief's top receivers...and Rashee Rice 119 mph.

I thought the Cowboys did well with the picks they had but still need some more help at running back...Zeke will be helpful on short yardage but not so much between the 20s aside from pass blocking.

[rebs]

Somebody said there's a enefhell draft going on somewhere in southeast Michigan here.  The taco bell lines are ferocious.

[JadeHellbringer]

Denver... ok, so, here's the thing. They're getting blasted, but what was the option for them? As options go, they did pretty well.

They were at #12, but with the trades of prior years they didn't have a great deal to throw in to move up to get one of the top-tier spots for someone like Maye. They had to essentially stay put and hope someone like Nix or Penix fell to them... and then watched the Falcons punch themselves in the groin with the bizarre Penix pick.

So, there's only one remaining major QB on the board that one could turn into a starter in the next year or two, and that's Nix. Is he the best choice in the draft? Well... no. I'm not sold on Caleb Williams being the future for the Bears- his attitude seems to overshadow the talent, I'm really worried he's our next Ryan Leaf/Johnny Manziel guy, gobs of talent and a head case enough to work himself out of the job anyway. But beyond that, I think Maye was the best choice out there overall. Denver had no path to get him, they were going to end up with Penix or Nix, and they got the latter. Is that bad?

Nix is an old rookie- that's negative in that he's that much further than others into his prime already before he takes a snap. He's also been a college QB for five years between Auburn and Oregon, and he's performed very well- he learns the playbook better than many, and seems to be pretty hard to rattle in the pocket. That all fits what Payton likes to run- he's not Drew Brees, but he's closer to that mold in those ways than other rookies might have been (or Zach Wilson, obviously). Bringing in Nix's favorite reciever at Oregon will hopefully help him adjust, giving him his familiar security-blanket on one side of the field and the incomparable Courtland Sutton on the far side. That's solid.

This isn't going to be a good team this year. Period. I'm still leaning towards 5-12 being a good season for them. But the next few years, with Nix at the helm? I have hope, something I haven't had at QB since Manning left. So while I'm under no impression the Broncos are getting a top-tier QB here, they got as good as they could have- and kept Nix from going to Vegas, just as importantly. I'm pretty happy overall.

[Kit deSummersville]

Denver... ok, so, here's the thing. They're getting blasted, but what was the option for them?

NOT TRADE FOR A QB NAMED WILSON! Anything but that.

[JadeHellbringer]

NOT TRADE FOR A QB NAMED WILSON! Anything but that.

Well... yeah, I was keeping focused on the draft itself. But... yeah, this was an odd move. I kind of get the coach-messianic complex of 'I, and I alone, can fix this screwup player', and sometimes it actually works- Belechick had a remarkable habit of turning players with attitude problems into stars, or in the case of Randy Moss, BACK into stars. (We'll give him a mulligan on Aaron Hernandez). It CAN happen. More often, it ends up blowing up in the face of the coach.

I have no idea if Zach Wilson can flourish at the pro level at this point. He clearly never was going to in New York- they made the move last offseason to get  his replacement, and when that went down the drain on opening night, he got his second chance. It, ah... didn't go great, spoiler alert. But there were moments, big plays hidden among the rubble, that made you think 'ohhhh, THAT'S why he was picked so high.', and that's- I have to presume- what Payton is looking for, how to get more of that.

He's never going to win the starting job- he's competing for the backup job with Jaret Stidham, and it's an uphill battle for him. Nix is starting, barring injury. But if Wilson is the backup, and ready to spell the team in the event of Nix being unavailable, then... okay. Like I said, this is a 5-12 team at best already, whereas the Jets went into last year looking at making a playoff run. So it's not like he's going to torpedo his team this time the way he did last year- there's no damage to really be done, we just need someone who can take over a little here and there on the way to another loss. If he can do that, and not throw four picks a game... they didn't give up much for him, and maye he can revive himself a little to be flipped somewhere else for a return.

Low-risk, low-asset, modest upside. My biggest worry was that he was 'the plan', and Denver was going to try to revive him instead of picking a QB- with that danger passed, I'm okay with Wilson as the backup moving forward, if he ends up being such.

[Kit deSummersville]

Wait until Payton trades for Wade Wilson next year....

[Scotty]

Zach Wilson briefly looked like the second coming of John Elway for exactly one quarter against the Chiefs and I did not like it.

[JadeHellbringer]

Zach Wilson briefly looked like the second coming of John Elway for exactly one quarter against the Chiefs and I did not like it.

Exactly. There's just enough of that in his resume for us to look at him and think 'ohhhhhh, that's the #2 pick a few years ago in action' rather than 'that's the guy who keeps ruining Sundays for Jets fans and making headlines with other players' moms for all the wrong reasons'. (I still really hope that wasn't actually true, but there's a whole lot of smoke for there not to be a fire there...)

If the Broncos can find a way to get more of the former version than the latter, great- and if not, he's out the door for little lost. I'm honestly not all that upset about Wilson, as I said, now that we know he's not the #1 QB plan this season. To put it another way, the leaky, always-broken Corvette in the driveway is a lot better-looking as a weekend project car that may or may not end up running someday, now that I know there's a dependable car in the garage to act as the day-to-day driver.