Serious question.

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(04-03-2024, 12:11 PM)JoeyB2023 Wrote: He’s good when he plays.  He’s almost more hurt than healthy tho…. You conveniently leave out the massive injury risk in Trent Brown and imo if you don’t have the injury risk play in to the total value of a player then u may want to go back and do some more evaluating.  Best ability is availability.. and brown when healthy yes is good but he gets hurt.. a lot and if/when he goes down who is our option? A 5th rounder?  Nah man. I can’t have that.  I’m simply pointing out the flaw in waiting for in THIS draft for another late prospect to be a starter on our oline.  Thanks but no thanks.  We’re gonna have to do better than that.  Burrow is number 1.  I don’t think people take that as serious as they should when I hear mention of a 5th round tackle as our bank for the future.  I am most certainly in the camp of “OT early or you’re wrong”. Was in the same camp to of “if u take Ross here ur an idiot”.  Some things r just too easy.  Every season it’s the same narrative accross the globe.  “Burrow needs to be protected better”. Yet every year come draft time everyone screams for bowers or Ross or more weapons.  It’s embarrassing kinda.

Yeah. I'm embarrassed by those fools "screaming" for Ja'Marr, Burrow, Higgins...Don't they know Oline is the only important position on an NFL Team?

Tee Higgins is also an injury risk and one the franchise tag, our STARTING LG is among the worst in the NFL (I know), we have 0 NTs on the team, and the worst TE in the AFC North

The team did what it could to replace RT by taking the best one available in FA. Of course he carries an injury risk; as does Joe Burrow and our recently departed NT that made everyone mad we lost. If they take OT at 18, great, but I can also see value in Brian Thomas, AD Mitchell, Brock Bowers.....Feel free to be embarrassed if you wish.