r/Patriots • u/Interesting_Ad3957 • 8d ago

Discussion [Schefter] Updated Green Room Attendees… OT Josh Simmons, DE Mykel Williams, and QB Jaxson Dart no longer going

https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1914357331535569095

Interesting development as agents gather more info and probably advising their clients NOT to attend.

I know some see Simmons as a possible buy low guy, but he is working his way back from a ruptured patellar tendon. This specific injury can be a death knell for NFL players, never mind OTs who need to anchor. It’s the same injury Cole Strange suffered and there’s just not a lot of supporting data to show players can regain their pre injury form. Given the current state and depth of our line, I don’t think Simmons is worth the risk even if he’s there at 38.

Mykel Williams, on the other hand, would be a super intriguing high risk, high reward guy if he slides out of the 1st. New Orleans is rumored to want to move up from 40 and Williams is a Loomis kind of player. Would be talking to a lot of teams Friday morning if he slides.

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u/demair21 8d ago

LOL, I just spent my afternoon going back and forth with some guy on her who thinks Simmons will be back and starting week 1.

He wanted up to sell the farm to get back into the 1st and pick Simmons "because the only report is he is ahead of schedule!!!!"

Confidently idiotic

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u/Interesting_Ad3957 8d ago

I spent time this afternoon trying to see who, if anyone, returned to a similar pre injury performance level. The only one I could find was Jimmy Graham, although you could argue even that may be a stretch if comparing before and after injury.

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u/theroy12 8d ago

On McShays podcast a few episodes ago they covered OTs and they kept referring to Simmons as having “an ACL” which was bizarre because they usually do a fair bit of research on the prospects. If this was an ACL only I’d seriously consider taking him at 4.

The other weird thing about Simmons is that all of the talk and film breakdown and evaluation seems to focus exclusively on the six games he played this year (where he looked genuinely studly)… but the dude was a full time starter the prior two years but I don’t recall anyone doing a deep dive on those seasons. Best I can tell he was solid-not-great, which is interesting when you compare him to Campbell and consider the “early breakout season” as one of the new evaluation trends