(03-16-2021, 08:56 PM)Upper Wrote: Just because some of y'all love Collins more than his own mother does doesn't mean he makes sense as our first round pick. If you look at the total amount invested whether it be $ or picks, our 4 LBs are in the top 5 or 6 on the team. Collins is simply not better than the guys I mentioned by enough to throw him displace someone from that LB group.

And Barmore will probably be gone by 25.

Consider that Jack and Schobert combined are going to cost over 20M is salary alone in 2022. We might eat some dead money in bonus proration, but I think that is when you begin to look at moving on from at least one of those guys. You don't draft a guy like Collins based on today. You draft him based on 2-3 years down the road.

If you believe he is capable of replacing either LB, not necessarily this August, you can't dismiss him as a potential pick.

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