(03-20-2020, 09:55 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(03-19-2020, 05:24 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: So it was a mistake to take Henderson in the 1st round and a top 10 pick the year after we took Stroud in the 1st round with the 13th overall pick?  The defense could be dominant with those 2 at DT

separate drafts. Completely different pools of talent. If they were the same draft, do you really think we would have taken Big John at 7, and immediately after take Stroud at 13? Who would have been there at 13 that we allowed to go elsewhere? Who did we start in that person's place, and was it worth leaving their position unaddressed?

I get that it can happen. My preference is to spread the picks across multiple positions when the value is equal. If you're at 20, and Kinlaw, Ruggs, Thomas, Henderson are still on the board and you have all four with a mid-first grade on your board, you're still going to put more chips in on that interior line? I don't think Dave would, partly because it also closes the book on Bryan, who he spent a first on just two years prior. Were it up to me in that scenario, I go with Henderson, again assuming the foursome all had similar rating on the board. Flip the script a bit, and we have Kinlaw, Austin Jackson, Shenault, and K. Fulton as the best available at 20, I personally have him a tier above the other three and absolutely take Kinlaw.

Again, my preference.