Felix Anudike-Uzomah was drafted with pick 31 of round 1 in the 2023 draft class. He scored a 8.73 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 209 out of 1634 DE from 1987 to 2023. https://t.co/maz03OdBwqpic.twitter.com/xoMJ9ki2Pv
Anybody talking about LaPorta is completely full of shit and 100% operating in hindsight.
Nobody had LaPorta as a 1st rounder, and not a single person on this board, or anywhere, was pounding the table for him at 31.
Also, what stud rookie OT did the Chiefs pass on at 31?
The Jags literally upgraded their RT with a rookie whilst we paid their castaway RT Taylor $80m. And before you say it, yes I'm aware the Jags were 4 places higher than us. Still coulda and shoulda got him in retrospect.
PS on Laporta I just googled mock draft 2023 and the first one I saw that wasn't just a first round draft had Laporta at 51 and FAU at 54. The idea that it's absolutely wild to have thought this kid could (and should have) go at 31 when he was in fact drafted at 34 is fucking stupid. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Womble:
I hope next year we use our first round pick on someone who will contribute straight away. It's a tad deflating seeing how bad our offense is and yet we drafted a guy who's come into a stacked DE room. Perhaps FAU is going to be a real asset in the future but Ive always thought first round picks should be playing unless they're either shit or a QB for the future.
Ps. staylor26 you are/were one of Skyy Moore's biggest homers so I really don't give a flying fuck about your opinion on anything anyway, yet alone draft evaluations. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Womble:
The Jags literally upgraded their RT with a rookie whilst we paid their castaway RT Taylor $80m. And before you say it, yes I'm aware the Jags were 4 places higher than us. Still coulda and shoulda got him in retrospect.
PS on Laporta I just googled mock draft 2023 and the first one I saw that wasn't just a first round draft had Laporta at 51 and FAU at 54. The idea that it's absolutely wild to have thought this kid could (and should have) go at 31 when he was in fact drafted at 34 is ****ing stupid.
Originally Posted by Womble:
The Jags literally upgraded their RT with a rookie whilst we paid their castaway RT Taylor $80m. And before you say it, yes I'm aware the Jags were 4 places higher than us. Still coulda and shoulda got him in retrospect.
PS on Laporta I just googled mock draft 2023 and the first one I saw that wasn't just a first round draft had Laporta at 51 and FAU at 54. The idea that it's absolutely wild to have thought this kid could (and should have) go at 31 when he was in fact drafted at 34 is fucking stupid.
Again, talking completely out of your ass. Anton Harrison hasn't been good at all, more or less an upgrade from Jawaan Taylor. Their OL struggles a big reason for their offensive collapse this season. You are literally just making shit up for your narrative.
Of course in hindsight LaPorta would've been a great pick. It's also still way too fucking early to declare him a better one than FAU. That's like the morons that crowned Watson while Mahomes was on the bench.
The point is that absolutely nobody had LaPorta going in the 1st. I don't give a single fuck about the one mock you found. Throughout the process, FAU was considered a possible 1st round pick. Not you or anybody else banged the table for LaPorta in the 1st, and it's all fucking pointless because there's no chance the Chiefs were ever taking him there. Him going 3 picks later, when nobody really saw that coming either, doesn't change that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Womble:
Ps. staylor26 you are/were one of Skyy Moore's biggest homers so I really don't give a flying fuck about your opinion on anything anyway, yet alone draft evaluations.
Wrong about Skyy, among others.
Right about Sneed, Jones, Kelce, Mahomes, Karlaftis, McDuffie, etc.
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Again, talking completely out of your ass. Anton Harrison hasn't been good at all, more or less an upgrade from Jawaan Taylor. Their OL struggles a big reason for their offensive collapse this season. You are literally just making shit up for your narrative.
Of course in hindsight LaPorta would've been a great pick. It's also still way too ****ing early to declare him a better one than FAU. That's like the morons that crowned Watson while Mahomes was on the bench.
The point is that absolutely nobody had LaPorta going in the 1st. I don't give a single **** about the one mock you found. Throughout the process, FAU was considered a possible 1st round pick. Not you or anybody else banged the table for LaPorta in the 1st, and it's all ****ing pointless because there's no chance the Chiefs were ever taking him there. Him going 3 picks later, when nobody really saw that coming either, doesn't change that.
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Stfu idiot.
Peter Schraeger isn't even a fucking draft guy dipshit. And congratulations you found one mock out of a million that had LaPorta going in the 1st and it was a guy who does predictive mocks based on what he hears.
All you've proven is that people should've been paying attention to Schrager's odd placement of LaPorta in there, and LaPorta going as high as 34 shouldn't have been the surprise that it was.
But congratulations on your needle in a haystack that doesn't change the fact that you're 100% operating in hindsight and talking out of your ass about what the Chiefs should've done.
Where's your post before the draft banging the table for him? Just kidding, you've already made it very clear that you aren't even going to pretend that you aren't playing Captain fucking hindsight [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Peter Schraeger isn't even a ****ing draft guy dipshit. And congratulations you found one mock out of a million that had LaPorta going in the 1st and it was a guy who does predictive mocks based on what he hears.
All you've proven is that people should've been paying attention to Schrager and LaPorta going as high as 34.
But congratulations on your needle in a haystack that doesn't change the fact that you're 100% operating in hindsight and talking out of your ass about what the Chiefs should've done.
Needle in a haystack eh? Just one of the most well known (and connected) mock draft analysts doing his final mock draft on the actual day of the draft. Yeah. Needle in a haystack, if that haystack contained 5 hay straws.
Ps. I never said FAU wasn't going to be a good of a player as Laporta. Unfortunately you don't seem to be able to read properly. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Womble:
Needle in a haystack eh? Just one of the most well known (and connected) mock draft analysts doing his final mock draft on the actual day of the draft. Yeah. Needle in a haystack, if that haystack contained 5 hay straws.
Ps. I never said FAU wasn't going to be a good of a player as Laporta. Unfortunately you don't seem to be able to read properly.
You make a great fucking point actually. Not only was it a needle in a haystack, it's literally a draft day mock with somebody that was probably told that LaPorta was going to be a surprise top 40 pick, so he put him at the back end of the 1st to look smart.
I know you are absolutely clueless, but there's a process that lasts several months and LaPorta was never seen as a possible 1st round pick in that process. That's the point, and your draft day mock from a guy with legitimate sources doesn't change that.
The fact that that was the best you can find speaks volumes to my point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
You make a great ****ing point actually. Not only was it a needle in a haystack, it's literally a draft day mock with somebody that was probably told that LaPorta was going to be a surprise top 40 pick, so he put him at the back end of the 1st to look smart.
I know you are absolutely clueless, but there's a process that lasts several months and LaPorta was never seen as a possible 1st round pick in that process. That's the point, and your draft day mock from a guy with legitimate sources doesn't change that.
Wow. I think you might be onto something here. The fact that the mock drafts are based on what the analysts are hearing from teams. Too bad it's only isolated to the one pick that you're getting your knickers in a twist about. Definitely not any of the others. No no no. That's all based on months and months of data mining and scouting research.
