Loveland had more yards as a 21-year old rookie than Kraft had ever had in a season. In fact, in his last 12 games, he had more yards than Kraft has ever had in a season. And he barely had targets until week 7. I really don’t see how anyone could possibly argue Kraft over Loveland.
Thank god I’m not the GM because if you told me there was a defensive tackle with a perfect 10.0 RAS with the 2nd highest pressure rate and 2nd most TFLs who was also 310 pounds and had a shuttle time faster than Julio Jones and Christian McCaffrey, I would have picked him at #25. Now, his production wasn’t very good until his last two years and that could be a man amongst boys effect (he’s already 24), but here’s a fun fact: he didn’t even play football in high school, he played rugby. I would argue the reason his production wasn’t good was because he was still learning to play the game of football. I think that when you have a player with elite athleticism and production and that much potential as a pass rushing DT, you should start him week 1. Do you guys agree?
Booker is only 23 years old which makes him younger than ~30% of the edge rushers drafted this year. He has improved each year he's been in the league and in his last 6 games he had 4.5 sacks and improvements to run defense. With the 10+ pounds of lean mass he's already added in the offseason and another year with Dennis Allen, I think he could make the step to be a top 10 edge rusher and even outproduce Sweat by the end of the year.
Kind of pointless, but fun. This is what the draft could have been if we knew where everyone would land in retrospect.
Trades:
Trade #25 for #42 and #71 (with Saints)
Trade #89 for #101 and #123 (with Bills)
Trade #71, #123, and #129 for #63 and #119 (with Panthers)
Trade #63 for #73 and #136 (with Saints)
Picks:
#42: Christen Miller
#57: Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
#60: Logan Jones
#73: AJ Haulcy
#101: Jermod McCoy
#119: Dani Dennis-Sutton
#136: Bryce Lance
#239: Uar Bernard
#241: Carsen Ryan
UFA: Daniel Sobkowicz, Vanilla Gorilla, Gabriel Plascencia (Thiccer Kicker 2.0), Squirrel White, Coleman Bennett, Hayden Large, and Jayden Loving
I had never even heard of this dude before. But he had a 10.0 RAS and pressure rate of 9.9% which is ranked FIFTH among DTs nationally in 2025. That’s kinda crazy. Solid pick up, Poles 🫡
Maybe the d line is the friends we made along the way.