Double-dip at WR this year?

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(01-20-2020, 11:11 PM)Whatever Wrote: So you don't count LB's who are under contract, but count WR's that are UFA's as locks?  The LB talent on the roster is debatable, but saying we only have 2 under contract to make it seem like we need to draft multiples to fill out the depth chart is flat out false.

OL take years to develop.  You draft and develop.  When you draft youth on top of more youth, you wind up cutting guys before they have finished their development curve and rinsing and repeating.  You don't get better.  If you need an immediate upgrade, you need to look to FA to do it.  You also need veterans to help the young players along.  They have plenty of young guys to develop.  They don't have capable vets to help them develop or keep Burrow upright.  

No I don't count some athlete from Ferris State who has been cut from multiple practice squads and is going to be 27 years old and has zero NFL stats. Do you realize how desperate we were for LB help last year? We do need to draft multiple LBs to fill out the depth chart. I am not OK with just accepting barely practice squad caliber LBs to try to fix our biggest weakness. 

I'm not sure what you are looking at. Please fill in the blanks after Pratt and Evans. And don't give some 27 year old about to wash out of the league. And Vigil is more of a question mark to return than AJ. 

And yes I am counting the best player on our team. AJ Green is not going anywhere. If he is healthy he will be catching TDs from Burrow.

We have 3 veterans on the OL to offer advice and help young guys. Hopkins, Miller, and Hart. We have coaches who were hired and are paid to develop players. We need to build around our future franchise player. We start by protecting him. Rolling with a paper thin OL group filled out by UDFAs and guys picked up on waivers is not the way I want to build the team around our new QB. We only have 3 offensive linemen on the team who came to us with one of our draft picks. 2 of those came last year.... After a 2-14 season now is not the time to stop trying to fix the OL.