I actually like Simpson enough to consider him a 1st round pick, it's just that lack of starts, older age with that lack of starts, lack of size, and multiple injuries he sustained with that lack of starts and size scare me. Depends on what you mean by completely sold. Say we draft him at 16, I guess that makes us sold on him. He sits behind Geno, maybe plays a little bit, shows some flashes maybe. He is a rookie with 15 College starts. I would say it would not make me unsold if I were sold before. So, then you punt on 2027 and continue to give Simpson opportunities and evaluate. Which is what I think will happen if we draft Simpson unless we are so bad, we actually get #2/3 pick. And who knows, this may turn out to be a good decision. That's the thing, we are in a VERY tough spot now, who knows what the best decision is, not really obvious. If we had lost one more game then it would have been
My preference would be a WR or a stud CB/Safety at 16 and Simpson at 33 right now. As you know I’m a proponent to trade down a bit, not much and garnish more premium picks, but that will be tough. Unfortunately, I don’t think he gets past the Rams, so if Mouge is really sold on Simpson he might pull the plug at 16.
The one thing I think we can all agree on is Simpson does not make it out of the first round. Again, I really don’t know that much about him but, when reading the tea leaves, it would seem someone is going to pull the rip cord on that guy in the first. I don’t particularly care where we draft a kid, no matter the position, as long as that kid stays on the team for the next decade and is useful! Right now, I have a pretty low bar…
