Sewell vs Chase Civil War

[Benton]

(04-01-2021, 10:54 PM)Whatever Wrote: If anything, the early round whiffs would scare them away from Sewell. The most important thing at #5 is to make sure they get a great player, not draft a certain position group.  If they have questions about Sewell and aren't confident in their OL evaluations, then they should take the player they are most confident in.  Even Willie didn't sound confident about Sewell and he's worked with him and is also a voice the Brown family trusts.

Some of those mid round guys aren't whiffs.  Bodine was a 4 year starter and graded out in the 60's every year he was here.  People bagged on him because he was the weakest link on the OL, but he was not a bad player, particularly for a 4th round pick.  Westerman was never a starter, but was a solid backup who played well when his number was called.

How so?

We try guys that fall due to injury, motor, talent. None of them work. Why wouldn't we take a guy high that is unlikely to fall for one of those reasons?

Go back to Ced. A lot of people lauded the pick. Some said he would've been top 5 if he hadn't gotten injured. But he was, he fell, and we took him... and he sucked. Fisher was supposed to be a gem when we got him in the second... I think he's a tight end now? We've had a plethora of third or later picks that didn't do anything.