(10-30-2019, 12:42 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(10-30-2019, 11:06 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I can. I would never draft a QB or a DE in the next draft, under any circumstances. Here's why. We have Foles until at least 2021, before we can even think about dumping his contract. His contract just has too much dead cap money if we get rid of him before that. On top of that, it's very early in Minshew's development to simply crown him as the future franchise QB. We need an insurance policy and Foles is it. Minshew looks like he has something special, but he needs more time and development before I can would make any assumptions. That gives us two solid QB's on our roster until at least, 2021 and I'm against carrying 3 QB's, so even if Burrow or Tua dropped to us, I wouldn't draft them. Instead, I'd look to trade down and accumulate even more draft picks, which would be a win for us. 

As for DE, I'm all for keeping Calais Campbell and re-signing or even franchising Yannick Ngakoue. Josh Allen is an absolute Beast and I love what Smoot has done since adding so much weight. Allen is a rookie, Ngakoue I would re-sign at all cost and Smoot is signed through 2020 and I would look to extend him as well, to a moderate contract. That gives us 3 really good DE's under the age of 25. Calais Campbell is the undisputed heart and soul of this defense now. He is still a disruptive player and probably the biggest leader on the defensive side of the football. He is signed through 2020. Next preseason, I would try and re-sign him to a 2-3 year deal. If not, we definitely have him through 2020. We are set at DE. I don't care if Chase Young falls to us, I'm not taking a DE. If Chase Young did fall to us, I'd basically sell that draft pick for a kings ransom and fill other needs. We are set at DE for the foreseeable future as far as I'm concerned. 

Every other position is fair game though. I take the BAP at any other position.

You can never have to many good pass rushers.  Campbell is getting older and Yannick is on the last year of his deal as well as Smoot.  Hopefully Yannick gets signed but you never know.  If pass rusher is at the top of their board you take him regardless of round.   QB is the only position you dont look at because we have 2 good ones and we usually only carry 2 on the roster anyway.  If Young is sitting there when we pick which he wont be, it would be a no brainer to take him

I already said, I'm re-signing all 3. Problem solved. If I can't get Yannick re-signed, I franchise him for the next 2 seasons. So as it stands, Ngakoue and Allen are going nowhere. We've got them at least through 2021. Even if I somehow can't get a new deal with either Campbell or Smoot, both are signed through 2020, so I'm not worrying about drafting a DE until at least 2021. I'm not taking a DE in 2020, no matter what the circumstances are. We tons have immediate depth at that position with 4 of the top edge rushers in the league. Drafting a DE would mean I would have to get rid of one of our existing DE's and I'm not gonna do that. If Young is sitting there, teams will want to move up. It would be a no-brainer to trade that pick for a king's ransom and use those picks to fill needs where we have no decent players, like O-Line, TE and NT. If we have 100 good DE's, but we still suck in other positions, we're never gonna get any better.

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