03-26-2024, 06:43 PM
(03-26-2024, 03:54 PM)depthchart Wrote: I here you and am not against a small Trade up in round 1 (say 4 or 5 spots) to get a Fuaga or Latham.
I doubt either Fuaga or Latham will be there at pick #18.
OT options may get thin by pick #18 but would not be against an OT pick if the Bengals can Nail it.
Brian Thomas Jr could be getting near BPA level at around pick #18 but there are other options.
Duke had mentioned wanting to solve the revolving door at TE which made me think of one here at 115 in Theo.
If no TE at #115 then there are a number of ways to go there that I would be open to.
People keep banging the Fuaga drum, but he projects more to being a Guard. His arms measured in at 33 1/4".... Minimum teams look for in a NFL OT is typically 34. Jonah Williams was 33 5/8", for example, and he was also labeled as a better G or even C prospect than OT. After seeing mixed results over the last 5 years I am more in favor of finding monsters as bookends than guys like Williams: Technical players who's #1 trait was "He studies opponents hard" or "cerebral". I almost vomited in my mouth when they announced Williams as the pick in 2019.
I would never say any physical trait is a guarantee or be all end all.... but NFL OTs need to be big and have reach and this draft has prospects for OT all over it that have every physical trait you'd want.
BTW, I like the idea of taking an interior lineman in the first. Fuaga or Powers-Johnson would be great and they can move Volson to swing G. As of this moment, he is a weak link on the line.
