2024 NFL Draft First Round Picks
Overall Pick 2: J.J. McCarthy (+1000) First off, let me say that I expect pick 2 to be Jayden Daniels, but at -600, there is so little juice for the squeeze. Not worth it. The McCarthy payoff is pretty good. He has underrated tools. Moreover, he almost certainly crushed the "Top Golf" event that the Commies hosted. First Defensive Lineman/Edge Drafted: Byron Murphy (+280) Murphy is the best defensive lineman in this draft. Dallas Turner is a good player but he isn't special. Murphy is. Murphy certainly isn't Aaron Donald, so that talk needs to stop, but he might be 95% of Quinnen Williams. And folks, that's pretty damned special. Turner will be a 8.5 sack a year guy for a long time. But so will Murphy and that's so much more impressive and disruptive on the interior. It does give me pause that the Falcons pick at 8 and need edge worse than tackle but there is a good chance they'll trade out and if they stay, they may take Murphy anyway. In any case, Murphy...