(04-01-2019, 10:22 PM)JagJohn Wrote:

(04-01-2019, 09:57 PM)Upper Wrote: Hock is great but the rest of this TE class is really good too. There is definite opportunity cost to spending a top 7 pick on Hock when the fall off later on isn't so great. This isn't an OJ Howard situation where the other elite players on the board (Adams, Hooker, and Lattimore) were also lower valued positions or a position we have two all pros. There are other elite players at elite valued positions that we should be taking IMO.

Believing that, and that Jonah/Taylor are both very overrated...I am not "trying to be different." I am just trying to make the smart pick

I think the best pick for us is a non Gary DL or Dillard. But I wouldn't be upset with Hock or Metcalf either.

I'm reaching a point where there are a load of players who I would be happy at 7... Haskins, Hock, Taylor, Sweat, Bosa, Allen, Williams, Murray... Even Oliver, Burns, Fant or Metcalf...

It all adds up to ultimately wanting a trade down.

I wouldn't mind trading down, as long as it isn't too far down.  I would be leery of any trade down that takes us past 11.

I want at least either Hock or Fant, Taylor or perhaps Metcalf or Sweat (should he fall) to be an option with our first round pick.  Trading back too far would jeopardize their availability to us, because Detroit, Buffalo, Denver, Cincinnati and Green Bay could all use a TE.  The funny thing is, just about all of those teams could also use a good RT (Taylor), a WR (Metcalf), or even a pass rusher (Sweat).

Along those lines, I am also having a problem with waiting to get a particular position in the 2nd round, though I know it is inevitable.    For instance, if we wait until the 2nd round to get a RT, we face potential competition for a guy like McGary at the bottom of the first from teams like the Houston (23rd overall, plus 2 2nd round picks), the Chargers (28th overall), the rams (#31), and at the top of the 2nd from Arizona and the Giants.  If we go TE with our 2nd rounder, we face a similar dynamic with teams like Oakland (#24, #27, and #35) Green Bay at #30, New England at #32, #56 and #64) and Arizona at #33.  I shudder to think what would happen if we waited until the 3rd round to take one of those positions.  Even though the 3rd round is typically a good round to find RTs and TEs and the TE class is supposedly pretty deep, I have the fear that there will be an unexpected run on whatever position before our pick and the guy we want/need is gone.

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