Cam Ward is a better prospect than Zach Wilson was, but he has a ton of red flags and I think you can do much better and cheaper by grabbing Fields on some sort of 2 year deal. Ward has a low delivery which makes him a bit inaccurate on deep balls, and he’s gonna have alot of passes knocked down in the NFL. He relies heavily on broken plays and simple one read RPO’s. Fields is bigger and faster IMO. While some highlights say Ward plays relaxed, to me he can look lazy with his feet. His stature is kind of like Zach, the measurables say he has good size but to me Ward looks a bit small like Zach did. I don’t think there’s a true top 15 worthy QB in this draft. Desperate teams will take shots, but this class is pretty poor IMO. I think drafting a WR like Tet McMillan and beef up the OL as best as we can and Justin Fields would do every bit as well and likely better than Cam Ward. If he doesn’t the 2026 draft is gonna be stacked at QB and we’ll have a good pick to grab one.
This is so easy to me...at #7 TE/WR/DT/S My big board at 7, assuming QB is gone. 1. Tyler Warren 2. Mason Graham 3. Jalon Walker 4. Malachi Starks
I thought they should’ve taken Bowers last year because he was a very unique talent. I don’t think Warren is. I don’t hate him but if they select him over a franchise DLmen like Graham or a safe solid WR like McMillan I will be worried
No, but neither was Jaylen Daniels, Bo Nix nor even Patrick Mahomes, and they did okay. On the other hand, Caleb Williams was considered the #1 last year and he struggled. There's no such thing as a sure thing QB in the NFL. If you wait for the next Manning or Luck, you'll be waiting until the universe expands to cold and dark, in other words, a long time.
You really have Warren ahead of the WR’s? I’d take McMillan over Warren every time. Warren is an Anthony Becht clone to me. Nice player but not top 15 imo.
He’s a good blocker and a good receiver. So was Becht. I don’t think Warren is all that great, I’m a PSU alumni I watch all their games. Becht was a 1st round TE and is a perfect comparison, they’re almost exactly the same size, same profile coming out of college. Also considering other than Bowers not a single TE taken in the top 15 in the past 20 has lived up to their draft status, yeah I’m not too keen on a TE at 7.
I don't see them as similar players when I watch them but I would take an Anthony Becht clone who could actually catch the ball at 7 without thinking about it. He was basically a much faster offensive lineman and he was part of what made that running made go all day, he was the best blocking TE in the league at a point.
We will see what Warren weighs in at the combine but I bet he’s 20lbs lighter than Becht Becht caught 35 passes his senior year, Warren caught 104
Becht also does a pretty good job as color commentator I must admit. I had my doubts when they replaced Marty Lyons with him but he’s good
Maybe not the best overall comparison but definitely the closest Jet comparison. Warren had a ton of wide open catches on poor covg. He’s made a few great contested catches as well bit he’s not much of a route runner in my opinion. I can’t recall one catch where he was open based on his route precision. He did run the wildcat and was effective in that. That would be an interesting wrinkle but again I’d rather take McMillan there. I could entertain the possibility of drafting Mason Graham there if we could trade Quinnen for a first and come away with 2 first round picks this year.
I gotta say I’m a bit stunned that you claim to be a Pedo State fan, excuse me Penn State fan and don’t think Warren is all that I’m a South Carolina alum, if we ever had a TE that put up over 1500 yards and 12 TDs in a season I would be dying for the Jets to take him
I dunno, I’m just not sold on the kid being some revolutionary talent in the NFL. He had a massive breakout year, but up to that point he was a starter and was pretty average. I am always leery of players that seemingly come out of nowhere. He was wide open for a good pct of his catches. Just completely uncovered on basic seam routes. There’s was alot of playcalling designed to force defenses to “pick their poison” and it left Warren open alot. He also had a huge game against USC, but most games he was in the 60-80 yds receiving range. That’s about what he projects to in my opnion, a 60-80 yd per game and about 5-8 TD’s per season. He’s gonna be a good TE, don’t get me wrong. Good TE’s don’t warrant being drafted 7 overall. Brock Bowers was the first TE in 20+ years taken in the top 15 that looks to be worth that pick. Drafting Warren in the late first, absolutely I’m on board. 7th overall, absolutely not.
Yeah I guess I should pay more attention to my math. To be clear, I seen him as a 500-800 yards per season TE with 3-8 TD’s per season. He’s not a 1200yd NFL TE. He’s in the range of Laporta, Friermuth, Henry, or Schultz. He’s a very good TE, he’s not worth the 7th overall pick.
