(02-27-2022, 12:58 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(02-24-2022, 08:23 PM)Upper Wrote: I think at this point, barring any official athletic testing, that the top 2 would still be Thibs and Hutch if everyone wasn't hellbent on Trevor needs help Trevor needs help Trevor needs help. I think that's driving virtually all of the OT at 1 talk.

I agree.  I read mock drafts and find it frustrating that many go as follows:

1. Jacksonville - Evan Neal - The Jaguars drafted Trevor Lawrence last year and now get him needed protection.

2.  Detroit - [Hutchinson or Thibodeaux] - The Lions get the best player in the draft.......

Protection?  How easy is it to protect your QB when you're 10 points down in the 1st quarter?  How easy would it be for Neal to block a pass rush when the defense knows we're going to pass because our defense can't stop the other team?  

That's why I keep saying over and over, our defense can protect our QB just as well as a new LT can.  It's completely bogus to imply that the only way to protect Trevor is to spend our first overall pick on a LT.  An improved defense would keep us in games, thereby allowing us to use the whole playbook on offense, so we won't be forced into passing on every down.

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