I don't necessarily agree with the move, but I see it completely.

I've long been thinking that the idea of Williams coming to a build at age 32 was pie in the sky thinking. I prefer that we do not enter the darft with a vacuum at the position. Far too often that forced Dave's hand to sacrifice talent and value over need.

I wonder if they had considered a move for Orlando Brown. Did they consider him on par with Robinson? Did BAL want too much in trade capital? Did the other OBJ want too rich or lengthy of a deal to make the trade work? The rest of the OT available (not by trade) all had injury history, age, or lacked upgrade enough for me to think a bidding war for their services was worthwhile.

I absolutely did not want to put a rookie QB and rookie LT on the field week one. I think this affords us a season to draft a guy, get him in prime starting shape, familiar with the system, and move on from Cam next season. You always pay more for a rental, and I'm much more inclined to do the short-term deal than try to get him on a multi-year deal to save a few bucks.

The offseason isn't over. The clouds are roughly at the same altitude they were yesterday. I'll give it a little longer before I feel the need to panic.

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