Sewell vs Chase Civil War

[Benton]

(04-01-2021, 09:09 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Yep. Regardless of which side you're on, you have to admit we've struggled with o-line picks lately.

Billy Price
Cedcric Ogbuehi
Jake Fisher

All busts.

Then you have the mid-round whiffs like...

Michael Jordan
JJ Dielman
Christian Westerman
Russell Bodine
Tanner Hawkinson

All taken between rounds 3-5. The last solid lineman we got in that range was Clint Boling in 2011.

That's what worries me about the "just get a lineman later" line of thinking.

That's my issue.

People keep saying "take the 'generational' player" (that term is as overused as GOAT) and just pick up some lineman later, but we've been using later picks on linemen and whiffed. Hugely. We've tried journeymen. We've tried bums. We've tried guys who slip due to motor. We've tried guys who slip due to injury. They've (mostly) all sucked. I'd rather use a pick on a solid player and lock it down.

Burrow isn't hitting anyone if he's on his back, I don't care if he's the next Megatron. Give Burrow time and he'll make bums look like Jerry Rice. Why? Because he's that good of a QB. He doesn't need "generational" receivers to look good. 

Take Sewell. Go to the playoffs. Keep moving forward.