(02-17-2022, 06:57 PM)Upper Wrote: This little tweet thread (the Tlaw part comes in the second half with rate numbers) gives a good visual to what we already know, Trevor is already really good at making his oline better than they are. More and more people are joining the bandwagon that says an average oline with no tomato cans (as Daniel Jeremiah put it) is enough to win it all if you have a true franchise QB. Trevor can do that. 

Loading up on pass rushers is the way to win. Use the #1 pick on that. 

https://twitter.com/KevinColePFF/status/...2635351042

While I get that, there's a few other factors to consider.

1) If we don't tag Cam or sign a great OL in FA, we are left relying on Little's to-be-determined ability to last a whole season at the second-most important position on our roster.
2) If the team thinks an OT can become the next Boselli, are you going to pass that up simply because you drafted a QB OT the year before (sorry, old habits die hard).
3) If the OLB crop is deeper and you can get both a franchise tackle and a feature rushman (miss you, Cullen), I think you have to consider that.
4) Would TLaw be any better if he weren't having to rely on his escapability to make plays? Or do you want him to have to win in spite of a fair-to-middling set of blockers in front of him?

I'm not advocating for OT at R1P1, but I can certainly understand the sentiment behind it. I honestly don't know what they'll do, but I also don't think the team will fail if we go OT instead of OLB.

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