(02-18-2022, 09:47 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(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).

1. I think that is kind of the crux of the point. I don't think LT is the second most important position on the roster anymore. Pass rush and CB1 is far more important IMO, and I think you can easily argue that pass rush2, CB2, and WR1 is more important too. Maybe if, at some point, there is an OT so good that he is able to move around the oline at will to follow that stud EDGE no matter where he lines up.

2. If the OT was alone in his own tier then take the OT (or whatever position). No one is arguing that we sacrifice talent to take the EDGE. That's not the case here, however. The EDGE and OT are in the same tier, so we should go EDGE. If you're talking HOF Boselli vs HOF pass rusher the answer is unfortunately by a large margin the pass rusher.

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