[Dawg E. Dawg]

I HATE that draft. We were set up poorly going into the draft, with nothing at QB. I think Cody Kessler was our only “viable” QB, and it was obvious we weren’t going with him long term. I was screaming for them to sign somebody, ANYBODY else before the draft so it wouldn’t be so obvious, but they didn’t. And they went into the draft with a big flag at 11 that said “QB DRAFTED HERE, JUMP IF YOU NEED ONE.” Because of this, it’s one of the few times I was calling for them to trade up and draft Mahomes, cuz I figured he wouldn’t get to us.

But now, we stayed put, and let the chiefs get their guy. I was LIVID when they traded up. It was so plainly obvious. Then, the bar I was at just assumed it was a forgone conclusion we’d draft Watson. I mean, it wasn’t even a question. The trade down? Unbelievable.

I entered that draft with literally 2 guys that I didn’t want: Jabrill Peppers and Deshone Kizer. And we got both.

[Dawg E. Dawg]

One more thing: I usually get the “well, we got Ward with that pick, so you can’t hate that.”

I don’t hate that, but I’d counter with if we hate taken Watson, we could have traded the 1st pick (if we even had it) to a QB needy team that wanted Baker (or Darnold) and gotten a future 1st and still drafted Ward.

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