(04-27-2022, 09:17 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(04-27-2022, 08:57 PM)I am Yoda Wrote: So, picking the lesser of two pass rushers (in your opinion) is going to ruin Trevor?  If we're worried only about Trevor, we better get him a weapon or a bodyguard at #1.  While I agree that the production and obvious fit is Hutch, Walker's talent and potential are also great.  If Pederson signs off on it, I'm willing to suspend my disbelief and let it play out.  We'll see how he progresses throughout the season.  And even engage in the feel good hype of rooting for him.  

They literally cannot pick a bad player.  Maybe a lesser one.  Or more likely simply a different one.

Yes, we cannot waste high draft picks, over and over and over like we do. We already gave away Jalen Ramsey for basically nothing in return, because we squandered those draft picks. Let's go back to 2010 and work forward with our first round picks. Tyson Alualu (Meh), Blaine Gabbert (Bust), Justin Blackmon (Bust), Luke Joeckel (Bust), Blake Bortles (Bust), Dante Fowler (Meh), Jalen Ramsey (Traded and squandered the draft picks we got for him), Leonard Fournette (Bust), Taven Bryan (Bust), Josh Allen (Not what we thought he'd be so far), C.J. Henderson (Bust), K'Lavon Chaisson (Huge Bust), Trevor Lawrence (????), Travis Etienne (Coming off Lisfranc surgery before the season.) This team has a history of drafting bust. We have the #1 pick and several "safe" players to pick from with high floors. For us to take the one real risk with a huge bust factor and little to no pass rush skills, would be wasting yet another opportunity to get this team on track. 

How much losing do you think a QB like Lawrence can endure, before his psyche is destroyed? I've seen it happen to good QB's with other teams before. They are drafted by bad teams and constantly surrounded by bad players. The losing is never ending and that once promising QB goes into a rut and never gets out. 

Yes, this team can pick a bad player. Just look at our other first round picks since 2010. Picking bad players is what we have done, over and over. It's why we have picked #1 for the past 2 years.

Look, I'm not trying to argue with you or get you cranked up.  I'm trying to get you to take a step back and look with less biased eyes.  The only two picks that Trent Baalke is responsible for are Trevor and Etienne, and even in those two he did not have final say.  The rest of those dudes were picked by someone else. (I am not disappointed in Josh Allen.  We've seen what he could be when he had help and it wasn't the season from the Twilight Zone.)

None of the 4 potential picks that have been talked about is going to be a bad football player.  Every single one will be a solid contributor.  They may all turn out to be stars.  Even if we pick the one guy who is solid and the other three are stars, we still got a good player.  That's the crap shoot that is the draft.  So cuss and fuss if he doesn't pick your guy.  But also keep in mind that he is not picking a bad player, either.  Whichever player it is will make this team better than it is today.

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