First pick of the draft(s) anyone?

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(12-05-2018, 07:23 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Other teams make bad picks too.  The difference is that most teams don't keep those players around for the entirely of their contracts.  Most teams acknowledge the mistake, and move forward in a more positive direction.

Some might point toward the team picking up Cordy Glenn and Bobby Hart, and claim that they indeed took some action.  However, I put that into the "too little, too late" pile, not unakin to pissing on a forest fire in an attempt to put it out.  Hell, they let a future HOF Tackle walk out the door, by giving him the only out of line offer that he received.  They could have addressed the OL needs more thoroughly in any of the past 3 drafts, but they chose not to.  Instead, they chose to ride or die with the bad picks that they selected.

Yeah, for the life of me, I cannot comprehend why Cedric Ogbuehi is still on this team.  Why would you even waste a roster spot?

(12-05-2018, 08:18 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I forget who we took in the 1st round this past draft.

You can be mad at the picks all you want, but they have tried to address it. Cordy Glenn was about the best we could have hoped for. We recently spent a 1st and 2nd round on Olinemen. We recently re-signed Boling and we replaced our oline coach.

You can put it in the "too little, too late" category if you want; but they've tried. 

They did try, and I actually applauded the moves in the offseason.  The problem I have, and what I think Sunset is touching on, is that 70 should have been gone long ago, and even if you lost Whit, you shouldn't have rolled into 2017 with him starting at LT.  There is no way that should have happened.  As soon as they lost Whit, they should have been working their tails off to get a serviceable LT in FA....or even working on a deal as they were negotiating with Whit as a fail safe.

I get it.  They didn't want to gamble on Whitworth.....that's not necessarily a bad decision when we look at it objectively.  However, anyone with a set of functioning eyes and some form of brain activity could tell Cedric Ogbuehi would never make it at this level.  At least not on this team, anyway.  Not only is he a terrible player, he seems to have zero heart out there.  Bad combination.  Relying on him was beyond stupid.