(03-20-2022, 06:23 AM)I am Yoda Wrote:

(03-19-2022, 10:03 PM)Upper Wrote: Out of those two it kind of has to be Pickens by default. We're desperate for an X receiver, and Dotson is at best a Z but probably a Y and we just made a Y a top 10 paid receiver.

Pickens has an injury history, up and down production, and he is a headcase...but he has X traits. Watson has X traits in spades too, but he is very raw and I just saw that deep ball clip that he just completely whiffed on yet again and I believe 33 is just too early for him also.

WR is a no mans land from me after the top 4 who should all be gone by the early 20s and the next tier of WRs who I think shouldn't go before the 40s or so. I think the right answer is take something that isn't a WR at 33 (Cine, Mafe, LB, etc) and do whatever it takes to get Pierce at 65 or with a bit of a trade up.

I really like what I’ve seen of Pierce. Dotson is a good receiver, but he isn’t really an X. Problem is that I  think Pierce will be gone before 65. So if you feel like he fits us better than Dotson, do you dare ask overdraft him at 33?  

I like Mafe. But the only way I take him at 33 is if I go tackle at 1. If I go defense at 1, I’m not taking defense at 33. I’m coming out of my first 5 picks with OLine and pass catchers.

If all the receivers I want are off the board by #33 and the front office refuses to trade up, I would seriously consider OG Jamaree Salyer with that #33. The more I see his tapes and remember how he played during the season, the more I'm convinced he can be an All-Pro LG someday. We still have a hole at OG opposite Scherff and I believe Salyer would be a perfect fit. I have him as a first round value, so I would have no hesitation in drafting him that early. If we could land him at #33 and C/OT Zach Tom at #106, I believe our interior O-Line would be set for the foreseeable future.

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