Sewell vs. ????

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(10-18-2021, 12:14 AM)Benton Wrote: To the bold, that may be fair. Overall, though, I think people that weren't "team chase" or "team that te who hasn't done anything" were lumped in to "team sewell". 

Which wasn't really the point. A lot of folks just wanted a better line before we got a better TE or WR.

Slater had his fans, though they were in the vast minority.  There were also those who wanted a trade down.

I understand people prioritizing the OL.  I mean, I was actually Team Sewell early in the draft process.  However, the more I looked at him, the more I saw a guy with an insanely high ceiling, but a low floor.  Kid has Jonathan Ogden type potential, but he was a guy that was able to cruise by on pure talent and physical gifts against inferior competition.  I had him as a boom/bust type guy.  Chase, on the other hand, I had as a very safe pick and the more I looked at him, the better he looked as a prospect.  He had insane production at a very young age in the SEC.  He had off the chart measurables.  He had an ultra competitive alpha personality.  Kid played tough and physical and wouldn't get bullied in the AFCN.  There's a ridiculous line of top flight NFL WR's from LSU including his teammate Justin Jefferson that he outproduced in college.  The Burrow connection.  I had supreme confidence in him being able to come in and immediately play at a high level and develop into a franchise cornerstone type player, but the kid has blown my early expectations out of the water.

Last year, this was a team that it was painfully obvious had held onto it's cornerstone players too long.  We needed new ones and had to get that kind of player at 5 to team with Burrow and Bates.  Chase looks like that kind of guy so far.  On top of that, Wilson has stepped up in a big way and Hendrickson and Awuzie have that kind of look to them.  It's certainly fair to say we need some more pieces on the OL, but the team definitely seems to have had a great off-season.