With the 13th Pick the Washington Redskins select...

My brain is swelling from processing all the information from the last 3 months of draft prep...from the college football games...combine...the visits...the rumors...ive discerned the fact from fiction...even analyzed the experts....ive asked myself the questions: Mel Kipers hair real?...Bucky brooks, is that his legal name?..

Right now ive entered another stream of consciousness... Draft Jedi type thing.


One thing through this process has remained...Minkah Fitzpatrick draft stock from last year til right now has remained solid as the top 1 or 2 defensive graded player from most accounts. Fitzpatrick is the pick if there

This is great news. I love Fitzpatrick. I still can't believe he'd be there, but I never dreamt Allen would last til 17 last year either.

Cooley was gushing about Edmunds today, said he would be his top choice of all the possibilities at 13

Cooley was gushing about Edmunds today, said he would be his top choice of all the possibilities at 13

Going to listen now!

Hmmm could it be Cooley is drinking again? Edmunds...?

Listening to Greg Cosell break them down he says Minkah is more versatile, James is a freak athletically but more of an in the box type of safety. And he did mention Sean Taylor in comparing their measurables.

I’d be pretty happy with either one.

I really doubt either is there at 13. Question is would you even consider jumping to 10 and brother Gruden if one still remains?

I really doubt either is there at 13. Question is would you even consider jumping to 10 and brother Gruden if one still remains?

Here are 11 players that are probably gone before pick #13, so one or the other should be available. (or both)

1) Darnold QB
2) Barkley RB
3) Nelson G
4) Rosen QB
5) Chubb DE
6) Allen QB
7) Ward CB
8) Mayfield QB
9) Davenport DE
10) Edmunds LB
11) Smith LB

no special order

Here are 11 players that are probably gone before pick #13, so one or the other should be available. (or both)

1) Darnold QB
2) Barkley RB
3) Nelson G
4) Rosen QB
5) Chubb DE
6) Allen QB
7) Ward CB
8) Mayfield QB
9) Davenport DE
10) Edmunds LB
11) Smith LB

no special orderI doubt Davenport or ward go before minkah and james. That would be shocking to me.

But of course i could see somebody trading up to get lamar jackson.

Obviously there are always shockers, but minkah and james are both top 10 guys.

A lot of expert mocks have James going in the mid to late teens ... point is only 12 guys can go before we pick, someone unexpected is bound to be there

Cooley was gushing about Edmunds today, said he would be his top choice of all the possibilities at 13

Just listened to it. The closer we get to the draft, the more I hear and understand the "100% BPA over need" approach, the idea of getting a real baller/future All Pro truly is exciting.
I'm still worried about our DL, but if we get a playmaker in the front 7 in Tremaine Edmunds, and Allen, Ioannidis and Taylor stay healthy... it would still be an improved version of our defense at the beginning of last season.

All Cooley pre draft breakdowns, it's pretty obvious LB Tremaine Edmunds and S Derwin James are the 2 he likes the most, and Guice the one he likes the least, Payne and Vea he likes but not at 13:

Derrius Guice (http://cdn.stationcaster.com/stations/wtem/media/mpeg/04_19_18_Cooley_Film_Breakdown___Derrius_Guice-1524146840.mp3)

DaRon Payne and Vita Vea (http://cdn.stationcaster.com/stations/wtem/media/mpeg/04_20_18_Cooley_Film_Breakdown___DaRon_Payne___Vit a_Vea-1524233573.mp3)

Minkah Fitzpatrick and Derwin James (http://cdn.stationcaster.com/stations/wtem/media/mpeg/04_20_18_Cooley_Film_Breakdown___DBs_Fitzparick___ James-1524492552.mp3)

Roquan Smith and Tremaine Edmunds (http://cdn.stationcaster.com/stations/wtem/media/mpeg/04_24_18_Cooley_Film_Breakdown___LBs_Smith___Edmun ds-1524580382.mp3)

A lot of expert mocks have James going in the mid to late teens ... point is only 12 guys can go before we pick, someone unexpected is bound to be there

My guess is that you're right about that, based on history. Yet I just can't get out of my head the idea that we should trade down and pick up another 2nd or 3rd or even a 3rd and a 4th or 5th. We have holes to fill. I guess I feel strongly both ways. Sigh. I have a bad case of draftitis.