2020 January Draft Challenge

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(01-09-2020, 11:59 PM)SadFaceBengal15 Wrote: I’d be fine if u took Isaiah Simmons at 33 if he made it there...why?? Cuz that’s a massive need.  Running back is not a need at all and higgins although an eventual need does not come
Before drafting a top tackle for this offensive line.  It’s not a reach for a tackle.  That’s where these tackles are projected to go.  Late first early second round.  I’d agree on try Adams but the other three are perfect at 33.  Josh jones is no longer a project as that was scouting prior to going into this season and he played outstanding all year long.  My point on the linebackers maybe not being there in round three are to the fact that they are good players.  I do think one of them will be there in three and it’s a massive need.  This team has suffered before when drafting small and fast instead of big and strong.  We are a soft football team in a stout division.  It’s time we get big and physical while Also not ignoring glaring needs instead of investing high picks on shiny toys that don’t solve our immediate problems.  Gio Bernard was not worth the pick John Ross was not worth the pick.  This is a big mans game let’s go big and also address needs please.  There are going to be good offensive lineman available at 33 like there were last year and good linebackers available in round 3 and 4.  We need attack those holes before we go Gaga over someone unnecessary such as etienne.  I do think wr is a need but I’ll take hodgins in the 4th or 5th all day over higgins in the 2nd from just a purely need and value standpoint.  Hodgins has the makings of being a number 1 just like higgins but can be had in the 4th or fifth.  Much rather attack tackle and linebacker and still get hodgins than grab higgins and pray we can grab a good tackle and linebacker later.  Completely unnecessary.

Food for thought, Bobby Hart had a 57 PFF grade this year.  The next 4 OT's off the board after Jonah Williams had an average PFF grade of 58 with a high mark of 63 and a low of 52.  The chances of getting a 2nd round T that can step in and be a quality, let alone good, starter as a rookie are very poor.  You said there were good OL available at 33 last year? Well, that's how good they actually were.

Gio has had a good career, so I definitely don't agree that he wasn't worth the pick.  Ross has been a bust so far, but you were just pimping him for a breakout year a minute ago.

How many 3rds and 4ths have we dumped into LB's the past several years?  Pratt, Jefferson, Vigil, Dawson, Muckleroy.  Seriously, there are not 3 LB's in this class with a 3rd round grade that are going to be quality starters as rookies.  

I like Hodgins, but if anybody thinks he has legit #1 potential as a prospect, he isn't making it to round 4-5. Aside from the elite prospects at the top, WR boards will be all over the place depending on what criteria teams emphasize.  You can't pass on a #1 WR because you're convinced there's one guy you can get on Day 3 that will be a #1 WR and everyone else is totally incompetent, doesn't see it, and won't take him before you do.  If you think Hodgins is a #1, if he's still there in the 3rd you run the pick to the pod and don't look back.

You seem to think that you can just draft for need in priority order and you're going to get 4 opening day starters that are actually going to be good.  That's just not in any way realistic.