JotCast | 2018 NFL draft Round 1 chat: 4.26.18

Sean Gentille

7:47

Which LB would you rather have?

Leighton Vander Esch (55.6% | 20 votes)

Rashaan Evans (44.4% | 16 votes)

Total Votes: 36

8:00

Goooood evening. We're here in the PG newsroom and just ordered food. Let's roll.

Brian Batko

8:00

What's up everyone? Time for the NFL draft. Not sure if you heard, but the latest scuttlebutt is that Tom Brady's retiring, New England's moving up to No. 1 overall and will begin the Bakey Mayfield era.

CD in SC

8:00

How bad do the Browns screw up this year?

Sean Gentille

8:01

Brian ordered some shrimp thing. Extremely soft. No grit.

Brian Batko

8:01

I'm reasonably confident that they'll choose Josh Darnfield and it will be a good pick.

Ernie from LA

8:01

Is there any chance the Steelers would trade up for a top notch quarterback or linebacker?What about trading Bell in order to move up?

Sean Gentille

8:02

It seriously seems like they've moved off Josh Allen which seems ... wise. That'd qualify as screwing it up -- choosing a terminally inaccurate QB who likes tweeting racist stuff.

Brian Batko

8:03

Ernie, thanks for joining us from LA. There's always a chance of the Steelers trading up, I guess, but I don't see that happening, though they did do it for Troy Polamalu way back when. Especially the Bell part.

Sean Gentille

8:03

Fun fact about Josh Allen: He has never completed 60 percent of his passes. Not in college, not in high school. Possibly not in middle school, though who can say for sure there.

Brian Batko

8:03

Hey Sean, for the record, I moved off my shrimp lettuce wraps order and went with blackened salmon sliders. The shrimp wraps were a smokescreen.

J Dawg

8:04

Wot is this?

Brian Batko

8:04

We're still figuring that out, J Dawg

TShip

8:04

Evening all

Sean Gentille

8:04

Allen has a bazooka, and he's tall as hell. That is, no joke, the only thing he has going for him. In almost every other category, he's deficient. So, again ... I assume the Browns are gonna pick him.

pdxJaxon

8:05

lets get this party started....

Tucan Sam

8:05

Are the Penguins playing tonight? If so, what's the score?

Sean Gentille

8:05

Which network you got?

ESPN (45% | 9 votes)

NFL Network (55% | 11 votes)

Total Votes: 20

Brian Batko

8:06

Sources say it's 1-0 Caps, Tucan Sam

Matt M

8:06

How many of these top qbs can become superstars leading bad teams? If AZ snags one does he have the best chance?

Sean Gentille

8:07

Goodell is a shameless dork.

Brian Batko

8:07

Really like this QB class, Matt. The big four have what they have, but I think someone like Lamar Jackson or Mason Rudolph could end up in a great spot for themselves with whichever team picks them.

Sean Gentille

8:07

How much of a doofus do you gotta be to indirectly get Roger Staubach booed in Dallas?

Brian Batko

8:09

Browns are on the clock, and I'm reminded of how boring this was last year. Something called Myles Garrett was the odds-on favorite to go 1, the QB du jour was Mitch Trubisky and that's about all I can remember.

Sean Gentille

8:09

And Brian and I were here, in these chairs, doing this exact thing. Life is short. Life is so very short.

draft_rb_and_cut_bell

8:09

Do you see any chance we draft a RB like Guice and let Bell walk? He wants a guaranteed salary twice that of other RB's but he's not twice as good in my opinion.

Tim

8:09

Do you think the Steelers will draft a runningback in this draft?

Brian Batko

8:10

Two questions about the Steelers looking at RBs. Personally, I don't see them doing the Guice thing in the first, but if they do, obviously that'll be a shot across the bow at James Conner. As for later in the draft, sure, it could happen, though I probably wouldn't spend a pick at that position.

Sean Gentille

8:11

There absolutely is a chance that they draft an RB. I think Mayock had them taking Sony Michel. If it were out of the question, that wouldn't happen. Do I think it'd be stupid? Sure. The window is short, and they have a great RB for at least one year, overpaid or not, with other holes to fill. But it probably isn't out of the question.

Bob Lakatos

8:12

LVE is both bigger and faster then Evans - check out height weight 40 time short shuttle his frame hasn't filled in, one year of strength/conditioning and you have the next great steel curtain linebacker - a little of both Jack Lambert / Jack Ham he is far better at coverage then Evans

Sean Gentille

8:14

Baker Mayfield just answered his phone on Instagram. No joke.

TampaToo

8:14

Cleveland has had all off-season to make the number one pick why is it taking them so long?

Brian Batko

8:14

Great point, Something that isn't brought up enough in these drafts imo

Sean Gentille

8:15

They wait because they can. Maybe someone makes a late call offering something insane. No reason not to at least leave it open.

Brian Batko

8:17

Pick is in, and it's Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield from Oklahoma. Probably the most Johnny Football-esque guy in this draft, so that's interesting. Week 1 in Cleveland, folks.

pdxJaxon

8:17

Baker Mayfield = Johnny Manziel II

Marty

8:17

WOW Browns pick Manziel Jr

Sean Gentille

8:18

Being short and a little bit of a jackass does not make a QB Johnny Manziel II.

TShip

8:18

Browns screw it up again

TampaToo

8:18

And that is why they are the Browns!

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