First off, this thread will be moved to Draft forum in a few days. So, Vegas odds as of 3/20 are like this. Some interesting bets. Apparently, Vegas doesn't think very highly of Kayvon Thibodeaux. Odds can be viewed here. https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/football?tab=nfl-draft Here are the relevant odds and payouts. My comments are in the end 2022 NFL Draft - Number 1 Overall Pick Aidan Hutchinson -420 Evan Neal +700 Ikem Ekwonu +1000 Kayvon Thibodeaux +2000 Travon Walker +3000 2022 NFL Draft - Number 2 Overall Pick Malik Willis +380 Kyle Hamilton+380 Travon Walker +430 Aidan Hutchinson +500 Evan Neal +1000 Ikem Ekwonu +1000 2022 NFL Draft - Number 3 Overall Pick Evan Neal +210 Ikem Ekwonu +220 Malik Willis +700 Travon Walker +700 Kayvon Thibodeaux +900 Kyle Hamilton +900 2022 NFL Draft - Aidan Hutchinson Draft Position Over 1.5 +290 Under 1.5 -440 2022 NFL Draft - Ikem Ekwonu Draft Position Over 3.5 +106 Under 3.5 -144 2022 NFL Draft - Evan Neal Draft Position Over 3.5 -114 Under 3.5 -114 2022 NFL Draft - Kayvon Thibodeaux Draft Position Over 5.5 -148 Under 5.5 +112 2022 NFL Draft - Kyle Hamilton Draft Position Over 6.5 -108 Under 6.5 -122 With above odds, here are my thoughts. If QB Willis goes to Detroit as it is favored now, this will be the best thing for Jets. In that case one of Ekwonu or Neal, Hamilton and Kayvon will be there at 4 So Vegas thinks Kayvon will drop to the Jets. Jets will decide if they want an OL, Safety or Kayvon.
Can someone please photoshop and then share to the world a pic of Aidan Hutchinson with a gasmask? Hurry!
Aidan Hutchinson is going to the Lions #1. He was born just outside Detroit, went to High School in Dearborn and then UMichigan. He may not be the perfect pick but he is by far a better #1 than any QB in this draft. He's a better #1 than any QB in any draft not featuring a Manning or Luck in more than a generation.
I keep hearing over and over than KT is highly over hyped by some but not worth the pick. I don’t know the first thing about top edge skill set but apparently he doesn’t have the natural bent, move repertoire nor the 100% drive needed to be elite and a force at the next level. Am I miss reading the media?
I have a feeling the Jags will take an OT at 1 and the Lions take a pass rusher at 2, possibly the local kid. So, it'll come down to what the Texans do at 3. Do they take the other of Hutchinson or Thibodeaux who is still on the board, trade down, go with Hamilton, or someone else?
Well that definitely throws a wrench in the Hutchinson to Detroit line. I'd be really surprised if the Lions took Willis or any other QB on the #2. There's too much talent out there and none of it is at QB, at least not in that area of the draftboard.
I wouldn't have thought in a million years Lions would go for a QB but Vegas hates losing money and according to Vegas Lions will either pick the QB Willis or an OL. We shall see.
Walker is the one who is being overhyped, part time player for two years and in his only starting season was mediocre at best and jumped to a top 10 pick? If JD drafts Walker over Sauce, KT, or Hamilton with the 4th pick, he should be fired on the spot, Walker is not a top 5 prospect.
Is it because he was better or maybe because he was a hybrid player and allowed the Georgia defense more flexibility with him starting as DT? Are we talking about the JJ who ended up the season with FSU with 70 tackles, 12 sacks, and ACC defensive player of the year?
Sauce is also a local boy and the Lions may want to give themselves a lockdown secondary with the capital they’ve put into the group. Houston is drafting 2x. Are they more likely to get a quality EDGE at 14 or a OT, CB, S? I think there is a realistic world where Hutch drops to #4
Either way, a strong football program preferred one over the other, is it that much of a surprise that professional organizations might come to the same conclusion? I’m talking about a kid who who went to FSU after transferring from Georgia. If there was a kid who went to USC and was so good he received an award from a different conference, I’d be on board with him.
There is a lot of Edge depth in the top half of the first round. I could see teams with multiple picks, including us, deferring on DEs until their second pick. You may not get your choice at the position, but could still walk away with a highly rated one.
My mistake with USC, thanks for the correction. Plenty of students transfer, doesn’t mean the guys ahead of them were better than them. There are plenty of examples of players that transferred because they knew they were not going to be given a fair shot. Russel Wilson, Troy Aikman, JJWatt, Randy Moss, Joe Burrow…etc, as you can see college coaches make mistakes with their depth chart, doesn’t always mean they started the right guy.
And Williams was a huge success after transferring from Ohio state. I’m not disregarding JJ, I’m pointing out how foolish it is to dismiss Walker. The people who saw him up close made their choice, dismissing him outright isn’t a good eval imo