(11-27-2020, 11:39 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote:

(11-27-2020, 11:26 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I gotta disagree with this assessment. I like Lawrence a lot and see him as by far, the best QB prospect in this draft, but I definitely don't consider him a generational talent. In fact, I don't think he's as good as Joe Burrow was coming out of college last year and I certainly don't think he's as good as Andrew Luck was either. Luck was the last QB that I would've genuinely given almost anything to trade up for. I just don't like trading up, ever. Luck was the only time I went against that idea. In general, I like trading down and accumulating picks or just staying put. If we finish with the #2 pick, I say stay put and take Sewell. If we finish lower than #2, I'd have to see who's ahead of us. In my mind there is two elite players in that draft (Lawrence and Sewell.) If we can't get either one, we might as well trade down a few spots and accumulate more picks for 2022.

Its not my assessment; I haven't  watched him enough to form a strong opinion one way or the other.  I'm just saying that the hype and rhetoric around him hasn't been this high on a QB prospect since Luck came out, and only matched by the other guys I've mentioned.  I'm just saying, if you believe this guy is that type of talent, then you try to go up (within reason) to get him.  As a rule, I'm with you on moving back and accumulating picks unless you love a guy's value at your draft position.  If you move up to get a guy, its OK to be aggressive... but you better be right.

Being too aggressive, even if you hit can be costly as well. Keep in mind that we could really use a good TE as a "safety net" for a young QB. Then, take into account that our LT will be an UFA and he's only a middle of the road type of OT, that isn't worth a big, long term contract. Then figure in that we are currently 19th in the league in INT's, 29th in passing yards allowed, 26th in passing TD's allowed and dead last in sacks. We have A LOT of holes to fill. That means many new starters. We can't use too many picks to trade up, because our defense is a complete mess. I don't wanna burden a young QB with having to score over 30 points a game in order for us to compete.

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