2024 Draft seems rich with quality OT's and WR's

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(12-27-2023, 02:41 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: There's a lack of quality starters in the league because CFB has been growing a poor crop of them for the past 15-20 years.  It's a vicious cycle that won't end until teams get past using measurables and traits as such heavily weighed factors when evaluating talent.  Personally, I feel that when it comes to pass protectors, teams should be targeting players from schools that still employ offenses featuring more straight drop backs and less RPO based offenses. 

If the issue was teams overvaluing traits and athletic profiles, then we'd be seeing more and more  mid-late round picks blooming into quality starters.  That hasn't been the pattern with OT's.  

Look at Jonah Williams as an example.  Blue collar lunch pail type coming out of college with a great work ethic and technique.  He can hold his own against mediocre -bad edge rushers.  Whenever he goes up against Myles Garrett or TJ Watt, he gets clubbed like a baby seal.  He's just too outmatched from a physical standpoint.  

If you target kids from traditional drop back offenses, you really limit your talent pool and most of the top recruits don't go to those schools, anyways.