1.15 Wilburt McDonald IV - EDGE - Iowa State

[CatoTheElder]

is this guy anything like micah parsons

i'm trying to figure out what the FO sees in this guy and why they were so ecstatic to draft a guy they literally milked all of our draft time on to pick

Douglas was clearly trying to trade back for most of the pick. That trade didn't materialize so McDonald was probably the top guy on the draft board at that point.

[Heismanberg]

Gen Z Bryan Thomas

[insanity]

"Bendy" rusher that doesn't have a quick first step.

[Coach K]

Gen Z Bryan Thomas

Shame on my avatar

[d sw0rdz]

Gen Z Bryan Thomas

who is the future 'ed reed' level player we pass on for this year? nolan smith?

[Derek Smalls]

Which OL did you guys want?

I’m not defending this pick but the move back to 15 and the Steelers trade up fucked us when it comes to OL.

This. I'm not thrilled about getting a guy who's going to be 24 on opening day and was never really mocked this high.

But I think pass rusher was the best position we could have taken once Jones was done. If you want to say Kancey or Smith or Murphy or someone, I absolutely understand and I'm not arguing that. But WR? TE? LB? Reach on OL? Give me the pass rusher.

[Jumbo]

Given CD's injury issues I think taking JSN would have made more sense, but at this point he's dropping so clearly NFL teams have more problems with the WR class than was thought

[insanity]

This. I'm not thrilled about getting a guy who's going to be 24 on opening day and was never really mocked this high.

But I think pass rusher was the best position we could have taken once Jones was done. If you want to say Kancey or Smith or Murphy or someone, I absolutely understand and I'm not arguing that. But WR? TE? LB? Reach on OL? Give me the pass rusher.

Aligned.

The frustration is instead of Broderick Jones we get a 24 yr old project.  Edge is a fine choice

[Badger]

Healthiest stance to take here is "I hope he proves us wrong."

[CatoTheElder]

Campbell or Kancey would have been the ones I wanted more but the only part of this pick that upsets me is his age.

[MBGreen]

When Jones went to Pittsburgh...JSN should've been the pick

[Coach K]

I'd honestly have preferred a WR even flowers over this

Especially since hardman is coming off innury and Davis is a walking injury. 

None of this helps us win now . So at 15 it's a bad use of capital

Like Cane said im not hug le on 43 ends with undersized builds he's a weaker version of JJ imo and we just took him at 15

Belongs as a 34OLB imo

What's done is done . I get the point of us losing a 1st next yr playing into this .

But not gonna pretend I'm excited

[Heismanberg]

The frustration is instead of Broderick Jones

Can’t look at it this way because we didn’t pass on Jones.  He was gone.

We’ll need to hope he’s better than Smith/Murphy.

[Derek Smalls]

We rotate a ton of edge rushers. With Aaron Rodgers here, we should have more leads. And if we have more leads, he can help protect them.

[d sw0rdz]

But I think pass rusher was the best position we could have taken once Jones was done. If you want to say Kancey or Smith or Murphy or someone, I absolutely understand and I'm not arguing that. But WR? TE? LB? Reach on OL? Give me the pass rusher.

i made it as a excrement post in the draft thread but compared to this move i really think i would have preferred

drafting JMS
moving mcgovern to G
moving AVT to T
one of becton/mitchell/brown to pick from for the other T spot

not that that's the first route i would have gone with. it feels like we drafted a 24 year old project/question mark who may not even be an impact player this year over other EDGE prospects who are better, for a team that is in win-now mode.