# NFL WEEK 7 RBs Leaping **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [October 19, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-rbs-leaping/991804 "2023-10-19T19:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-rbs-leaping/991804/7 "2023-10-19T22:28:32Z")
Checking in on my NFL Draft predictions. > [@2023 NFL Draft Thread - Fair to middling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-nfl-draft-thread-fair-to-middling/983001/3): > > Quick stream of consciousness. > > I believe… > …Anthony Richardson should be the 1st overall pick. And I think it’s more likely than people think. > …Bryce Young will be a total bust. He’s gonna make Tua look like an Ironman. > …CJ Stroud is just a guy. > …Will Levis is actually going to be great. Go ahead and laugh, but if he falls outside the top 10 it’s a mistake. > …the Bears will not take a Tackle at #9. > …Zay Flowers is the best WR in this draft class. > …JSN is not. > …the Illinois defensive backfield was way better than I realized this year. > …Parris Johnson Jr. looks like any number of busts the Bears have drafted at OT over the years, please stay away Poles. > …Bijan Robinson isn’t nearly the prospect that Saquon was. > …Will Anderson will be pretty good, but he won’t be a gamechanger. > …Cedric Tillman would be a great get at the end of round 2. > …Lukas Van Ness is a super confusing prospect. > …Michael Mayer is a guy I’d love to have but not where he’s going to get drafted. > …Quentin Johnson is going to get overdrafted by 2 rounds because he’s the only non-midget out there. > …Rashee Rice is the bigger bodied WR you want to take a chance on instead. > …Zach Charbonnet is going to be terrible. He runs like a guy in a bad football movie. > …there will be more TEs drafted in the first 45 picks than WRs. > …Yaya Diaby is a delightful name to say. So far I’m doing okay on my QB projections. Obviously too early to draw any solid conclusions, but I was mostly right about Richardson and Young. I seem to have undersold Stroud a bit. Levis hasn’t gotten any real time which is weird considering who is playing ahead of him. Let’s be generous and call that an incomplete. The Bears in fact did not take a Tackle at #9. 🤦‍♂️ Thankfully we did stay away from Johnson. Zay Flowers is the best WR in the class, I don’t think this is even a debate, though I guess Puka has to get a mention. The Illini are killing it. I may need to chalk that Bijan take up as a loss, though based solely on his usage that projection is still probably technically accurate. The Dope loves nothing more than being technically accurate. Anderson is a worthy 1st round Edge, but maybe not worth trading up to #3 for. There’s still time. Tillman so far is a nothing (to the chagrin of my Dyansty team). Van Ness remains super confusing. Mayer slid all the way to the top of 2nd which was unexpected, however LaPorta taken just ahead of him is clearly the class of the class. Johnson was overdrafted and Rice is the guy you probably want, certainly in Fantasy. Charbonnet is not showing much production, but he also doesn’t look like a total bust when on the field, so I’m prepared to take the L on this one. 5 WRs and 4 TE drafted in the first 45 picks, it was a long shot but still, this was a predictably terrible WR class. Our guy Yaya remains a delight. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-rbs-leaping/991804)._