Draft Bowers

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(12-01-2023, 08:41 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Currently our starters are actually pretty darn good.  It's the backups that the team has failed to develop that have me worried.  Might be time to turn over the DL coach position, as well as the OL coach position.

Massively disagree. Reader is good for what he is but we really lack interior pass rush. Carter was looked at as a huge tech at the time. Not sure that’s on the DL coach. Haven’t really put much into the IDL.

(12-01-2023, 11:46 PM)Whatever Wrote: They weren't used in any way similar to one another.  Hurst ran more out routes.  Uzomah was typically used on seam routes(which are downfield throws) and TE screens.  Uzomah averaged 10 yards a catch, for Pete's sake.

TE is by far our weakest position group.  We have no quality starter and no quality depth.  At DT, we have one good starter and one decent starter.  Hell, RB is weaker than DT.  G is weaker than DT, too.  

I don't know how you can argue TE isn't important, either.  Our offense has underperformed this year and lack of production from that group is one of the issues.  

Beyond that, Bowers is a Top 5 prospect in this draft, and you would hypothetically pass on him for the #15 prospect?  That's insane.

Our offense under preformed bc burrow wasn’t healthy. Period. When healthy our offense averaged something like 27.8 points a game. It didn’t underperform. Te isn’t utilized in this offense and as such should not be given premium picks when. We have more glaring needs. And if we’re just going off prospects, we should draft qb if Caleb Williams fell right? No. You draft bpa at position of need. Take Hendrickson off this dline, do we even have 10 sacks as a unit? No. We NEED interior pass rush. It has been our biggest need since Larry o left. Why do you think we have 0 interior pass rush? Also the gap between bowers and newton isn’t that far off.