If we had picked Sewell

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I'm not sold we would have went wideout at all this draft honestly. Chase was the best player available talent wise (maybe Pitts), and he had his connection with Burrow which helped, but if he wasn't in this draft, would we have really thought wideout was a need specifically early in the draft? We did just invest a top 2nd round pick on one in 2020 that flashed wr1 skills (and was supposed to be Burrow's right hand man and the wideout he grew through his career with).

I have a feeling if we didn't go Chase, we probably wouldn't have went wideout until very late in the draft if at all. I can't remember come years end 2020 if we thought wideout was a significant need, or just recognized Chase was a top tier talent and with his relationship with Burrow made him a real option to be selected at 5.

Maybe would have grabbed a top defensive talent at the top of round 2 (obviously not knowing Ossai would be available in round 3), or not trading and getting the extra picks in round 4 which would have left us with a need at DE (or DT) if we wanted to double up.