If Jeanty, T-McMillan and Will Johnson are on the board at #9, who are you taking?

tyler735 said
I think Jeanty is my top pick with Tetairoa also being a pick that I'd leave the draft happy with. Both of those players check a ton of boxes. The difference for me is Jeanty is basically the best RB in any draft class. Tetairoa likely isn't the top WR in many recent draft classes. In other words, Jeanty is a true top tier "blue chip" prospect, while Tetairoa is a "good" prospect. Both players would provide a boost for us. Jeanty seems more likely to be a true "elite" player in the NFL. In this draft I see 3 true blue chip players in Jeanty, Carter, and Hunter. After that there's certainly some quality prospects, but not quite at that level imo.

I'm not convinced that the difference between Tetairoa and guys like Tre Harris/Jayden Higgins is that big. I do think the difference between Jeanty and the next tier of RB's is pretty sizeable. If we were to miss out on Jeanty I think there's plenty of 2nd tier guys (Hampton, Henderson, Skattebo, Judkins, Neal, etc.) that could be had in the 2nd/3rd/4th round that could be solid RB options, but just don't strike me as "special" talents at RB.

I really want no part of Will Johnson. He has speed concerns at CB, and he appears to be injury prone. I'd rather see what we have in Kool-Aid, and Taylor. Or even see if a quality CB is available on day 2 that slid down the draft.

You articulated what I was thinking when comparing Tet vs Jeanty very well. Unfortunately, I don't think Jeanty will make it out of the top 5 (I don't see him lasting pass pick 4 when Vrabel picks). So if we want him, we'll have to trade up which means we'd likely have to give up our 2nd rounder. I really hope if we do trade up, we don't touch next years draft picks.

I'm not even discounting the Browns who lost Chubb and are desperate for a franchise RB as much as they are desperate for a franchise QB. Same goes with the Giants who's offense suffered incredibly so after losing Barkley. You can say they need a QB, but if we can look at the QB's in this draft and realize they're not very good, then certainly the professionals can.

Point being, I think Jeanty is completely off the table for us unless we want to scrap the idea of ever finding a franchise QB in the draft in next years draft and attempt to run a franchise with mediocre/bad QB's for a few years.

Because of this I'm hopeful we can get Warren then maybe Skattebo in the 2nd.