Zach Wilson - First round pick. When do you give up?

[leonardfan40]

It depends on the player and the situation. Zach was always going to need time and coaching. The competition increases drastically from BYU to the NFL. You don’t give up on the number 2 pick in the draft after less than a full season. This expectation that players need to be stars year one is ridiculous. I was never impressed by Wilson but giving up on him already would be stupid.

If we are talking Carman, giving up on an extremely talented OL after his rookie year would also be stupid. It’s not an easy transition to play OL in the NFL. There are tons of examples of OL struggling year one and going on to have good careers. There are just not that many good OL in the league and the ones coming in are typically not ready. It’s been that way for years, there is an OL talent shortage in the NFL and that isn’t going away any time soon. You need to be able to develop the guys you draft, not give up on them after a few months because they weren’t plug and play all stars.

I’d be fine bringing back Spain cheap to compete, or drafting o line in rounds 3-4 to compete and be a backup (Someone with G/C versatility would be perfect), but you don’t go replace him with a 1st-2nd rounder already. We have 4/5 of O line spots locked up for multiple years.