All aTwitter: 23 April 2021

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The names included in the survey are not a final or a comprehensive list...
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— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) April 22, 2021

WFT QB Taylor Heinicke is live on Instagram with @Schultz_Report right now.

He’s already provided a nugget regarding how players feel about the name:

“Guys that I talked to about it when I got here actually like it. We don’t need a mascot. We’re here to play football.”

— Brett (@BEschWFT) April 22, 2021

Washington Football Team letting 3,000 fans into FedEx Field for NFL Draft celebration next Thursday. Big step in return to normalcy. More info here https://t.co/ZdGBhRCz60

— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) April 22, 2021

Of all the WFT angles to consider, I never imagined Ron Rivera as the heavy in the Alex Smith story. If there's ever a movie, it seems like we're headed in that direction or at least someone portrayed as the WFT coach wears the black hat. Weird and unfortunate.

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) April 22, 2021

Ron Rivera played Alex Smith when he had to (Rams), and continued to play him until he couldn't play anymore and didn't give the team the best chance to win. I don't understand why Alex would be mad at that. Even in the SI article the doctors admitted his leg STILL isn't healed.

— Disco (@discoque5) April 22, 2021

Imagine the Sports Illustrated article we’d be reading if Alex Smith had suffered another devastating injury to that leg? Rivera and company handled his situation responsibly and if anything let Smith risk more than they should have.

— BGObsession (@BGObsession) April 22, 2021

So the dude green lighted a documentary that focused on him nearly dying because of this injury and now he’s still all pissy that the team was reluctant to put him back out there? What’s the endgame here?

— Not Robert Griffin (@Pseudo_RGIII) April 22, 2021

Look, Alex can say what he wants, and I still respect the hell out of him, but doubling down here and going so hard at Washington strikes me as quite odd https://t.co/x3TC9lAKNp

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) April 22, 2021

Remember when Robert Griffin III talked the Shanahans out of benching him at halftime cuz he couldn't walk then he tore his ACL? It became the Shanahan's "fault" for many.

Ron Rivera did the opposite. It was an against all odds comeback for a reason. Didn't. Seem. Plausible.

— Paul Conner (@P_ConnerJr) April 22, 2021

Is anyone really gonna get mad and blame Rivera for exercising caution and concern RE: Alex Smith's surgically repair bionic leg?

I mean really, wtf are we talking about here?

— Matt (@matt_umd) April 22, 2021

One more. The ultimate in revisionist history is suggesting Alex Smith vs. Tampa is anything other than a 42-0 snoozer.

Dude barely beat a team that was trying to lose a week earlier. It was over.

Great story. Incredible comeback. No malpractice committed by coaching staff.

— michael phillips (@michaelpRTD) April 22, 2021

With the new Alex Smith story from SI and the information from former team Dr. Robin West, this seems relevant too. Inova holds naming rights for the team's training facility and those expire at the end of the year pic.twitter.com/fcT6cj8siZ

— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) April 22, 2021

Cole World ❄️ pic.twitter.com/AsLgpiDKit

— All-Pro Reels (@allproreels) April 22, 2021

London Fletcher holds the #NFL record for the most seasons with 100+ tackles with 14 pic.twitter.com/zTmJ67K6LN

— NFL Stats (@NFL_Stats) April 21, 2021

25 Saquon
24 M Williams
23 Ragnow
22 Lattimore
21 Bates III
20 Quinnen
19 Burns
18 Burrow
17 Wirfs
16 Minkah
15 Jefferson
14 Dev White
13 AJB
12 Warner
11 N Bosa
CMC
9️⃣O Brown
8️⃣Humphrey
7️⃣Chase Young
6️⃣Herbert
5️⃣DK
4️⃣Jaire
3️⃣Kyler
2️⃣Josh Allen
1️⃣Lamarhttps://t.co/wtfmSHBTXl pic.twitter.com/oLcKU39tAJ

— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) April 22, 2021

This is the exact reason why the “trade down to get more swings at the plate” debate really depends on who is taking the swings.

If you’re giving Chris Grier or Chris Ballard more swings, sure trading down is ideal. If it’s not a good evaluator tho? Ehhhh just take Julio. https://t.co/cQVcnZrJ2i

— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) April 22, 2021

Per sources?

— Chris Russell AKA The Rooster (@Russellmania621) April 22, 2021

"I'm not sure those opt-outs were in shape" is, of course, NFL code for "I don't trust any mamby-pamby who was afraid of a widdle virus when he should have been sweating and panting with his teammates."

Don't be too hard on Gettleman. He's just the one saying it aloud.

— Mike Tanier (@MikeTanier) April 22, 2021

I started on fanspeak, but I like TDN now. Don’t love the PFF one

— Mark Bullock (@MarkBullockNFL) April 23, 2021

Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond is one of three QBs likely to come off the board on Day 2 of the NFL Draft, with multiple people raising the long-shot possibility he even could sneak into Round 1. @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/zHCUeFnYFx

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 22, 2021

Heard today of a team looking at NDST OT Dillon Radunz late 1st. Seemed rich, but now seeing that yesterday @MoveTheSticks said he's moving Radunz into the 30s on his board and could see him going, "a little bit higher than we had initially expected." Lots of OT action in top 40.

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) April 22, 2021

I'm with the league on this one. https://t.co/3xl4P10q7u

— Robbie Duncan (@RobbieDuncanOL) April 23, 2021

Not concerned. Brandon Thorn puts it in a better way than me here:https://t.co/GFi4HqoASA

— Robbie Duncan (@RobbieDuncanOL) April 23, 2021

Smith. McGary is another not listed at sub 33.

— Brandon Thorn (@BrandonThornNFL) April 23, 2021

Justin Jefferson thought he was going to be an Eagle: "I'm definitely, definitely, definitely excited that I'm on the Vikings rather than Philly"https://t.co/UDJzjtFWIQ pic.twitter.com/zGdPX9cyEf

— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) April 22, 2021

Gettleman has a talent for coming across as the uncle who is SURE the car salesman is trying to put one over on him but can't be bothered with Carfax or the Kelley Blue Book.

— Mike Tanier (@MikeTanier) April 22, 2021

Hard to argue with the Giants success over the last few years. https://t.co/9vmY6XQAez

— Football Perspective (@fbgchase) April 22, 2021

Tom Brady doesn't like the league expanding the use of single-digit numbers. Says it's "going to make for a lot of bad football." pic.twitter.com/fsO128sNTX

— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) April 22, 2021

What @TomBrady is referencing is a real concern coaches have talked about. Some feel like the prospect of more confusion among lineman, and potential for more free runs at QBs, runs counter to what the league has done historically.

Will be interesting to see if it's a problem https://t.co/F4zkDgFKN5

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 22, 2021

If @TomBrady aint happy abaht the single digit rule... NEITHER AM I pic.twitter.com/Ni8AtVnPn9

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) April 22, 2021

The #broncos have said constantly they want to bring in competition at the quarterback position. They haven’t yet. Here are all of their potential options. There are not that many. My report on @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/BC5I8ujui4

— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) April 22, 2021

College scouting director on Trey Lance: "It's hard to say, 'We're gonna take this guy top-three' -- what's the best team this guy has ever played? James Madison? That's scary" (per @TomPelissero)https://t.co/mk51Pt2qf0 pic.twitter.com/q1uGPukxP3

— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) April 22, 2021

Proud of @Ethan_Cadeaux for how he attacked this story. Give it a read https://t.co/ksihqEaiFv

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) April 22, 2021

There were no rookie minicamps at all in 2020, so dozens, if not hundreds of unsigned players never got a chance to compete. COVID continues to impact normal football operations, and those opportunities will be limited again this year.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 22, 2021

how do you measure the most "reliable" position to draft in the first round?

one way is to look at positions that get their fifth-year options/extensions



top "hit" rates:

TE: 100%
DB: 70%
OT: 68%
C: 67%
DT: 67%
LB: 61%
QB: 55%
DE: 55%
WR: 54%
OG: 45%
RB: 44%

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 22, 2021

since inception of the 5th year in the CBA, which began with the 2011 draft class

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 22, 2021

Isn’t the entire list still only like 4-5 guys? Also, Ebron’s 5th year was excercised, but he was released before his 5th season. Just seems like a small sample size to me 1/2

— Jake Domachowske (@JakeDomachowske) April 22, 2021

RIP SHOCK G aka Humpty Hump. A Hip Hop Legend. A kind and super talented man. So Many Tears one of my favorite songs ever and he produced that! A big loss for the world. pic.twitter.com/tFUCCxCkiH

— BEN BALLER™ (@BENBALLER) April 23, 2021

Thank you. https://t.co/lcFMUVD7C0

— Jordan Reid (@Jordan_Reid) April 22, 2021

It’s a joke that I’ve just been forced to embrace at this point bro lol. My mentions were on fire when he retired the other day.

— Jordan Reid (@Jordan_Reid) April 22, 2021

Part 1 of all of them pic.twitter.com/xIj9uvccYc

— Scott Seiss (@ScottSeiss) April 20, 2021

Part 2 of all of them pic.twitter.com/9CjyC6EoCz

— Scott Seiss (@ScottSeiss) April 20, 2021