04-03-2021, 02:04 PM
The beauty of this pick is I don't think we can go wrong. I think Sewell and Chase are destined for greatness in the NFL.
The one thing I will say is that if we go Sewell in the first, then I think we have 3 different position groups that we could draft in the 2nd round: C/OG (like Humphrey), WR or DE. WR is a need, but if you go into the season with Boyd, Higgins and a 3rd round WR that isn't a disaster. Likewise, going into the season with Hubbard, Hendrickson and a 3rd round pick isn't a disaster.
If we go into the season with Chase, a 2nd round DE and a 3rd round OG, I think that would be a huge mistake.
For that reason, if we go Chase, the 2nd round pick absolutely, positively HAS to be Oline in some way.
So picking Sewell keeps you more in the BPA lane moving into the 2nd and 3rd rounds, whereas picking Chase does kind of pigeonhole you a bit into OL at all costs in round 2.
The reason for this is we still have one gaping hole on our Oline and one future hole. So doubling up OL makes sense. Missing it in the first two rounds entirely is pretty much a disaster.
That alone isn't a definitive reason to not take Chase. If you got Chase, Leatherwood, there are obviously no issues. The concern I had is we go Chase, and then Sewell, Slater, Darrisaw, Cosmi, Jenkins, Leatherwood, Radunz, Mayfield, Vera-Tucker, Davis and Humphrey all go between picks 6 and 37. Not likely in the slightest, but possible.
The one thing I will say is that if we go Sewell in the first, then I think we have 3 different position groups that we could draft in the 2nd round: C/OG (like Humphrey), WR or DE. WR is a need, but if you go into the season with Boyd, Higgins and a 3rd round WR that isn't a disaster. Likewise, going into the season with Hubbard, Hendrickson and a 3rd round pick isn't a disaster.
If we go into the season with Chase, a 2nd round DE and a 3rd round OG, I think that would be a huge mistake.
For that reason, if we go Chase, the 2nd round pick absolutely, positively HAS to be Oline in some way.
So picking Sewell keeps you more in the BPA lane moving into the 2nd and 3rd rounds, whereas picking Chase does kind of pigeonhole you a bit into OL at all costs in round 2.
The reason for this is we still have one gaping hole on our Oline and one future hole. So doubling up OL makes sense. Missing it in the first two rounds entirely is pretty much a disaster.
That alone isn't a definitive reason to not take Chase. If you got Chase, Leatherwood, there are obviously no issues. The concern I had is we go Chase, and then Sewell, Slater, Darrisaw, Cosmi, Jenkins, Leatherwood, Radunz, Mayfield, Vera-Tucker, Davis and Humphrey all go between picks 6 and 37. Not likely in the slightest, but possible.
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