Justin Simmons is still available. He's getting up there in age, but he's been a top five safety for about five years running now, and has a bunch of experience in our defense
Also I selfishly would love to add Quandre
It's pick 3, 4, or 5. You typically have to add a premium when it's a trade up for a QB.
If NE wants a QB, they obviously aren't trading that pick. Everyone in the league/industry knows that LAC has been shopping that pick at #5, but Minnesota trading to #5 is risking QBs going 1-4, so it could be a trade up to #4.
I don't fully agree with this because WR should have been on the table, but I would also add that there could potentially be a small run on QBs at the top of the second round too
You do this trade if you think your first round grades are gone by pick 23 (teams typically have anywhere from 10-20 first round grades), and you have a cluster of players tiered together where you're confident at least one will still be on the board at 42
There will still be very good players available at 42, and likely some at the premium positions
Some of the players on this list in the 30s (or maybe even late 20s) will likely be there at 42
https://www.nfl.com/news/daniel-jeremiah-s-top-50-2024-nfl-draft-prospect-rankings-3-0
The Mixon contract is more of a "why was this needed?" than a "that's a bad contract!". I guess they wanted a known quantity for the next three years (they can walk away free after two years, and walk away with a medium sized hit after one year).
He never fumbles, gets the yards blocked for him plus one, and at times creates yards that aren't blocked
Draft him on your fantasy teams, he's going to be a workhorse
Conner is adequate in pass pro at guard, but in the run game you have to game plan around him likely fucking up his assignment. I'm skeptical that he'd be adequate in pass pro at tackle
He's good depth if he'll stick around for it. If he's beating our others in our "best five" on merit and not injuries, that's a really bad sign