(02-10-2021, 03:00 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(02-09-2021, 10:16 PM)Predator Wrote: There isn't a big disparity in talent between the late first and early second round.

And to say someone who has never taken an NFL snap would be an clear upgrade over someone who was a similar level of prospect coming out of college and has multiple years of NFL experience is silly.

The OTs available to us wouldn't have been able to even sniff Joeckel's jock as far as quality of prospect and look how that went.

No one available where we pick would be considered an immediate plug and play guy especially when you consider your number 1 pick, face of the franchise, will be the victim of their rookie mistakes.

You and every GM and fan in the world hopes all their top picks become immediate and effective starters , but I hate to break it to you, there is this thing called reality that says just because you want something to work a certain way doesn't mean it will work that way.

Regardless of how great you think a prospect is, there is no way to predict with a high degree of certainty that they will make a successful transition to the NFL, and with a late 1st or early 2nd rd pick there is no way to predict with any degree of certainty that they will make it.

I don't think they are similar at all. I hated Robinson and Taylor coming out of college. I thought they were need picks and that there were much more talented players at other positions still on the board. I have 6-7 OT's in this coming draft with like first round grades. I didn't even have 3rd round grades on Taylor and Robinson.  

I have no idea what you are trying to say about Joeckel, but I loathed that selection. In fact, I had a bit of a mini meltdown when he was selected. He was among my least favorite players in that draft. He lacked any kind of functional strength to play LT and it showed. 

I know that, the draft is a crapshoot. You just project the best you can and hope it works out. That has no bearing upon how I grade certain players. They might hit and they might miss.

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(02-09-2021, 10:27 PM)Predator Wrote: He doesn't care about the future says the guy who wants to spend almost 1/4th of our cap space on a 33 year old LT so he can be just 1 of 5 linemen needed to protect our QB and just 1 of 22 starters on this talent deficient team.

Yeah, you are really thinking about the future there.

We have plenty of cap space and picks to upgrade more than one offensive line position. I really don't get your opposition to signing Williams.

The only reason you don't see similarity is because one has actually played in the NFL so you are only claiming a different evaluation because of hindsight.

Robinson and Taylor were highly regarded coming out of college.

You would have called them an instant upgrade too if we had an under performing OT and a pick at their spots.

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