12-02-2023, 04:44 PM
(12-02-2023, 02:36 PM)Jpoore Wrote: 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.
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.
You cannot argue "TE isn't used in this offense" when our starting TE last year was 15th in the league in targets, which is slightly above average usage.
Beyond that, our WR2 and WR3 are both slated to hit UFA, which means we are going to need talented targets in the passing game.
Are you seriously looking at what our projected draft needs actually are? We likely lose Jonah, so T is a need. We likely lose Boyd and/or Higgins, so WR is a need. Our top 3 TE's are all UFA's, so TE is a need. Reader and Tupou are both UFA's, so NT is a need, but Newton is a 3 tech, which makes him a luxury pick, not a need.
So you're talking BPA at a position of need, but Newton doesn't play a position of need and he won't be the BPA at our pick, so there's absolutely no reason to even consider him. It would be nice to upgrade at 3T, but there are plenty of guys in FA or later in the draft that can do that.
