Gearing up for sadness in PHI - no first round pick, dwindling talent on roster. Perfect recipe for summer.

I counted real quick but from 2039 to 2041, Atlanta made 23 premium(1st and 2nd rounds) picks in the draft with a couple being top 5. I'll agree with anyone the draft is a **** shoot but don't go trading your picks unless you know what you're going to be giving up!

And if you are going to trade, don't trade them to Bruno!

In all fairness, Bruno tore it all down when he took over, made some trades for future picks and lived through a 1-15 & 4-12 season before making the postseason.

It's a solid blueprint if you are patient and put in the work longterm!!!

Yeah but now Bruno must be destroyed at all costs!!!!

2046 DRAFT CLASS

I've listed 37 players below I think have a chance to go in the 1st round. Obviously, this is all based off my own personal weights & style of play so I'm sure players I haven't listed will go in the first round. That's also because I simply may have missed someone is my quick analysis.

I will use this list of players to break down my annual 1st round draft review but if you select someone off the list I will make as honest an opinion of that pick as possible. I'm well aware that everyone has a different style, different weights & focuses on different aspects of the game so my reviews are done with a sense of humor and I'm willing to blast myself seasons later when I was so wrong in my review of a particular player.


QB
If you are looking for a francise QB, this isn't the draft for you. Only 1 QB has any chance to go in the 1st round and he is honestly more of a 2nd rounder.

1. Roger Jeanpierre 26/80


RB
There is only 1 true 1st round RB in this draft class but several WRs, a TE & FB all could be moved to RB and excel.

1. RB Raymond Lecompte 33/88
2. WR William Gorsuch 29/80
3. WR Charles Claus 24/80
4. TE Bryant Minick 28/78
5. FB Paul Johnson 27/73
6. WR Marvin White 22/71

TE
Again there is 1 true 1st round TE with several other players that could fill the role if needed.

1. TE Bryant Minick 39/87
2. WR William Gorsuch 30/77
3. FB Paul Johnson 29/72
4. TE Terry King 35/73

WR
If you need a WR, This is the draft for you. There are 5 WRs with elite speed plus 4 quality possession WRs along with a mix of both and RB Lecompte who may be the best WR of the bunch but should end up as someone's RB.

1. RB Raymond Lecompte 31/87
2. WR Jacob Jeter 37/78
3. WR Thomas Eveland 36/84
4. WR Noah Watson 36/78
5. WR William Gorsuch 33/75
6. WR Jason Quinones 35/74
7. WR Marvin White 32/74
8. WR Travis Bacon 31/76
9. WR Brian Thompson 35/73
10. WR Carmello Cruz 31/71
11. WR Andrew Lee 31/72

OL

I usually don't recommend taking OL in the first round unless he is a stud. This draft really doesn't have that 15 year HOF type O-lineman but a couple could go at the end of the 1st round especially Roberts who has the size & strength to play RG or RT in the XFL.

1. LT Marvin Roberts 30/89
2. RG Stephen Holland 26/86


DL

I'm not the best judge of traditional DL but 2 players catch my eye in this draft. I look for a combination of speed, acceleration & strength along with pass rush for my DL. A couple LBs really catch my eye for edge rushers based on speed & strength.

1. LDE Shannon Shockley 46/84
2. RDE Keith Aguilar 43/77
3. WLB Joseph Carpenter 37/72
4. SLB Levi Dolan 42/76

LB

Finding a good LB in the first round is rough because you want speed, acceleration, good tackler, run defense & M2M coverage skills. There are a few possibilities but none are top of the draft MLB quality

1. SLB Robert Shearer 31/77
2. WLB Joseph Carpenter 38/74
3. SLB Gino Dixon 31/74

DB

I want speed along with cover skills or dominate cover skills with lesser speed but obviously both make a top of the 1st round pick. Much like WR, there are a nice selection of playmaker DBs that should go off the board in the 1st round.

1. SS Roland Mathis 38/87
2. CB Dale Wilson 35/85
3. CB Carl Bowman 34/80
4. CB Richard Arviso 31/73
5. CB David Swain 31/76
6. FS Andrew Smith 31/74
7. CB Manuel Harris 30/79
8. CB Claude Miller 31/73
9. CB Eric Wicker 29/70
10. CB James McGuire 32/78

I also got very, very lucky that pronfl decided to tank for me going into the 2041 draft and I was able to leverage enough capital to get 4 top 12 picks as a result in a class where I was able to draft all low vol top quality players with those picks.

Pitt got Scott…

Could have been worse...he could've signed with Atlanta!!!

Very true

2046 Owners Tenure

The league has a nice mix of longterm owners (20+ seasons), vested owners (10+ seasons), emerging owners (5+ seasons) and new owners (under 5 seasons).

Congratulations to Voryzover for reaching his 20th season as owner of Daytona. A shout out to Mlowe who becomes vested this season, his 10th in the XFL.

A hearty, warm welcome to all the rookie owners playing their 1st season in the XFL. Check the forums often becomes content comes fast & furious during the season and in the off-season.

The annual 1st round draft review will be posted in parts during the 1st round tomorrow and during the preseason an analysis of all 32 teams will get posted with my personal predictions for the upcoming season.

20+ seasons
29. Cjfred68 (Dakota)
29. Smirt211 (Buffalo)
27. Trslick (Montana)
26. Raidergreg69 (Gem City)
25. Claymore (Vegas)
23. John97334 (New England)
20. Voryzover (Daytona)

10+ seasons
17. Privatesnowflake (Houston)
13. Blondie1977 (Cincinnati)
13. Jabillups85 (Texas)
11. Duane_Bickett (Pittsburgh)
11. Ctiger77 (Zehlendorf)
10. Mlowe (Indiana)

5+ seasons
9. Waitwut (Philadelphia)
9. Bruno77 (Atlanta)
8. Brucehum (Miami)
8. Armoredgiraffe (Arizona)
8. Rialto (Seattle)
7. Brxnivy (Providence)
7. Legendruthless (Memphis)
6. Almaric7 (Washington)
5. DrHayHurst (Carolina)

Under 5 seasons
4. Warthog (Los Angeles)
3. Thanos4real (Toronto)
3. Pc2246 (Saint Paul)
2. Dangalanti (New York)
2. Mcbolt55 (Kansas City)
2. Mwd65 (Oakland)
1. Lemon97 (Vancouver)
1. Loftusranger (Orlando)
1. Dadub3 (Brooklyn)
1. Action-Jackson (Tampa Bay)

1st round draft review here:

https://xfl.myfootballnow.com/forums/7/1362?page=1#10635

Some shocking picks in the top 10...Wow!!!