(02-20-2022, 04:53 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(02-20-2022, 03:06 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: You keep saying that but he might not want to play RT. He's played LT his whole career and college and likely High School, Sercy was talking about it the other day, Cam might not be willing to move to RT and it wouldn't surprise me especially being last year was his best year along with his rookie year.  Just like Orlando Brown won't play RT.

If he gets franchised, he doesn't have a choice. You either play RT or you don't get paid. Period. I'm not giving him the LT spot. He has to earn it in camp by beating out Little.

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(02-20-2022, 04:51 PM)Bullseye Wrote: But taking Neal at #1 has at least the promise of giving TL better than merely "adequate" protection.

As for Neal being 1/5 in the OL, that would be the case no matter what position you drafted.  3-4 OLB?  You are going to be 1/4.  4-3 DE?  1/5.  Receiver?  1/3-6.  Corner?  You will be 1/4-7.

You and I differ on this. That is not a given. Neal could come in and be a disaster like Luke Joekel.

Of course that's always a possibility. 

Every team's history is replete with can't miss prospects that did exactly that.

You are old enough to remember Tony Mandarich.

Go back to the1998 draft.  Could you have convinced the Chargers that Ryan Leaf was going to fail?  There was extensive debate between who was the better QB prospect between Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf.  Could anyone tell the Cardinals fans  that Andre Wadsworth was not the second coming of Bruce Smith?

The hundreds at the town center who applauded the selection of Justin Blackmon in 2012 also couldn't be convinced at the time that Blackmon would wash out of the league within 2 years.

But here's the thing.  Just because you have an earlier draft miss doesn't mean you never invest another high pick at the position.

Should Our misses with Gabbert and Bortles precluded us from drafting TL?

Should Derrick Harvey's and Dante Fowler's status as busts stop us from considering KT or Hutchinson at 1?

Make your best evaluation of his talent, ability, and character and the rest of the guys on the board, then make your best guess and make the pick and hope for the best.

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