(02-09-2021, 09:18 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(02-09-2021, 08:46 PM)Predator Wrote: I'm not sure this draft will be able to solve our tackle problem. We are picking a little late for premier talent so most likely we will be picking guys in need of development before they can play at a starting level.

This might be a good year to target some young players with potential who happen to be stuck behind an entrenched starter. These would be developmental guys who have already gone through their development so they could be legit starters once given an opportunity.


We bring a few in and let the compete with what we have for the starting jobs. The competition alone forces people to elevate their play so we should get better production from whomever wins the starting spot and it also should end up giving us better depth on our roster.

This is the best and deepest OT draft I've seen in many years. I have no doubt what so ever, that we will be able to find a good one at pick #25. There is like 6-7 OT prospects who I believe would be clear upgrades over our current starting OT's. We have to take at least one of them. When you wait until round 2, you end up with duds like Robinson and Taylor. It's the second most important position on the team IMO, and it needs immediate attention. We finally have a franchise QB coming in and he must be protected at all cost. The interior is solid, but the corners of the O-Line are like swinging doors. 

I don't believe in drafting developmental players until midway through the 3rd day. On day 1 and day 2 of the draft, I'm looking for guys who can be immediate, effective starters and we have so many needs that there really isn't a priority on any position other than QB and LT. We can just sit back and draft the BAP, because pretty much every starting position on this team is up for grabs.

There isn't a big disparity in talent between the late first and early second round.

And to say someone who has never taken an NFL snap would be an clear upgrade over someone who was a similar level of prospect coming out of college and has multiple years of NFL experience is silly.

The OTs available to us wouldn't have been able to even sniff Joeckel's jock as far as quality of prospect and look how that went.

No one available where we pick would be considered an immediate plug and play guy especially when you consider your number 1 pick, face of the franchise, will be the victim of their rookie mistakes.

You and every GM and fan in the world hopes all their top picks become immediate and effective starters , but I hate to break it to you, there is this thing called reality that says just because you want something to work a certain way doesn't mean it will work that way.

Regardless of how great you think a prospect is, there is no way to predict with a high degree of certainty that they will make a successful transition to the NFL, and with a late 1st or early 2nd rd pick there is no way to predict with any degree of certainty that they will make it.

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