(10-01-2024, 12:50 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(10-01-2024, 11:44 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: You would rather Luke Joeckel over Sauce Gardner?  Get the big guys early right?  It would be nice but you have to take the right guy.  Im not taking a tackle early just because its a need. Still a long way in the season and if Harrison has fallen off a cliff by season end like you say we need 2 tackles not just 1.  Also if you draft a tackle that is was very good at LT and played there his college career and change his position and he falls off a cliff, you might want to try him back at the position he was very good at.  Same with Armstead, he should be playing DT like he did in SF

I don't think that's what he's saying here. I think he's saying if he had to pick between getting lineman early or taking a risk on moving a guy over to another position in addition to spending more money via FA on an oft-injured lineman, it's better to draft your guy if he's there. 

If you think you're looking at the next Sauce Gardner? Yeah, you take him. Hopefully you had a good enough evaluation process though of figuring out your want's, need's and possibilities before the draft. 

Everything's a risk I guess. 

Hopefully it's not Baalke in the building or War Room anymore picking for this franchise though.

The only problem with that is you dont know if your guy will be there when you pick unless you are picking in the first couple picks I guess.  Its also usually easier to find a RT than it is a LT as well.  At the end of the season if Harrision has fallen off a cliff like he said we need 2 tackles not just 1.  Id rather not start 2 rookie tackles next year, I dont think that would be best trying to fix Lawrence. Garrett Boles would be an option as well. Its a long way to go though and  a lot of football to be played to see how the rest of the seaon plays out. As far as moving Harrison to LT, you are just moving him back to the position he played his whole life outside from one game in college, it wouldnt be new to him and the positon he played at a high level that made him a 1st round draft pick.

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