12-23-2019, 04:42 PM
(12-23-2019, 04:31 PM)OswaldsLegacy Wrote: OK, let me try to explain this to you better then.
If we didn't botch the whole thing with Dalton and Dalton played this whole year. Now our record is probably different as the 2nd Steelers game and Raiders game probably would have been wins if Dalton were in at QB. However let us assume they are losses at this point and that we still have the number 1 overall pick.
Now I am all for upgrading if possible and Dalton, while good is not the best QB, however I am also more of a fan of the right person over the best person. I do think Mallet is a better QB than Dalton, but Mallet isn't the right QB for any system, but Mallet can throw the ball very well and hit his guys very well. Dalton on the other had may not be the best but he can be the right QB. Yes, you have to build around him to make him successful, but as I have said many times, that same rhetoric is true for all QBs.
With Dalton under center next year, we know what we have. A Pro Bowl QB that has played in 4 playoff games and lead us to the playoffs 5 times in 9 years. He was a part of a 0-8 season this year but he has also been apart of a 8-0 season as well.
So could we spend these picks and improve the team for immediate success as well as looking toward the future? Keep Dalton at QB and draft Thomas and Bredeson (Kindley if available). Being from Georgia, Thomas will be an immediate starter in the NFL, Bredeson as well for being a product of Michigan.
This improves the line with Williams at one OT spot, Thomas on the other side. Hopkins and Bredeson in the OC. Leaving only 1 OG spot that needs to be filled.
I know, we could take Burrow and a guy like Wirfs in the 2nd round. However the talent from the best OT to the next best is pretty significant. Thomas can play both spots, and has done so at a high level. Wirfs can only play 1 spot and he has a lot of work that needs to be done. Jedrick Willis is about the same, even though he is a better prospect than Wirfs, he can only play the RT spot.
We can then take defensive players in the 3rd and 4th round. I like Joe Bachie, myself.
This is improving the team. This is making us better. Not in 1 or 2 years, but next year. Immediately.
Dalton played the same Steelers team with the same QB and scored 3 points. It is not a guarantee we win with him. Dalton is 2-16 in his last 18 starts. Burrow's potential > greater than Dalton's known. I feel like you think if we draft Burrow we don't have any other draft picks. Look at Joe Thomas. One of the greatest OTs of this generation. 0 playoff appearances. Our last number 1 draft pick at least got us 2 appearances. The potential of the team goes up exponentially with Burrow over an offensive lineman.
