(03-07-2021, 12:38 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(03-07-2021, 12:30 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Re: Collins v Jenkins, would the analysis change for you if Jenkins were a LT?

Re: McNeil, are there any NTs/DTs you would rank higher in this draft class..that you think will be better than average?


New challenge:

This is a team that is lacking in starting caliber talent, to say nothing of depth.  There are only so many starters we can realistically expect to find in one draft.  So you, as GM, are looking for depth in the 5th round.

The two players your scouts recommend are RB Trey Sermon and Georgia LB Monty Rice.

Who do you take and why?

This one is easy. I am a huge Trey Sermon fan. He has soft hands and breakaway speed. He would be a perfect compliment to James Robinson. I also like Rice and could see him as a very good player, but Sermon would be too perfect a fit for our offense imo. With that said, I see no way he would be available that late. I don't think he makes it out of round 3. I also don't see Rice making it out of round 4, but maybe he could fall a little further than I expected. I'd LOVE to get Sermon in round 5 though.

I have become a huge Monty Rice fan.  To me he would be an ideal ILB pick for us in the middle rounds, and I think he could eventually become a starter.  He is fast enough to reach the perimeter, hits with a thud and seems to diagnose well.

But I am also a huge Sermon fan.  I think he could supplant James Robinson as a starter, and I really like what I have seen of Robinson.  I don't think the decision would be as easy for me.  Part of what makes the decision so difficult for me is striking the right balance between offense and defense this offseason.  To me, the holes on offense are of more importance given the likely addition of Trevor Lawrence, but the holes on defense are more severe and numerous.

I could honestly go wither way.

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