Sewell vs Chase Civil War

[Benton]

(04-01-2021, 11:59 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Sewell is about as "cant-miss" as it gets for a lineman. The best line prospect we've had the opportunity to take in many years. For a team that's been whiffing so much, that makes him an obvious choice to me.

And to your point about Burrow making WRs better, I think it's funny how we wanted an elite QB so badly because he wouldn't need to be "surrounded by weapons" like Dalton. Then people immediately proceed to demand more elite weapons for Burrow even when we have 2 good WRs and a good RB.

I'm not trying to insult anyone's opinion. Just providing my own. Probably too much.

I think Sewell is one of those guys who gets seen as the top guy at his spot because nobody can really come up with a lot of knocks. It's not as impressive when he doesn't allow sacks or pressures as it is when a receiver gets some crazy catch, but that's also kind of the point. It's about what a guy does every play, not about his highlight film. Sewell is pretty consistent across all his film.

But, yeah, I agree on the weapons issue. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but Burrow can only hit so many weapons per game and we've already got a few he can target. A healthy tight end and RB group will only help that. If we end up with four solid targets on a play through a mix of WR, TE and RB, there aren't many teams that are realistically defending those guys without leaving somebody open. Burrow isn't Dalton; we don't need four AJ Greens out there to win a game.