(05-04-2019, 08:22 AM)PF* Wrote:

(05-03-2019, 04:31 PM)Caldrac Wrote: I don't think we got an "equal" OL. Taylor was considered a top ten prospect. Ford and Risner? I can't recall. But I don't recall seeing very many media faces hyping up Ford nor Risner as much as Taylor was. The fact that we gave up practically nothing to land him is a combination of luck and good scout work. 

Great post. The draft team sensed correctly that the tackle run on Taylor-Ford-Little-Risner was about to begin at the top of the 2nd and knew that they were likely to get one at 38, six picks in. If they judged all 4 to be equivalent, they could sit and see which one(s) were available then. 

But,instead, they shopped around and made a fine trade, giving up little to get into position to take the guy they wanted. Very Belichickian. 

Imagine, just imagine, if all 4 were gone by 38.