01-11-2021, 08:30 PM
I was curious what others had to say after seeing him mocked to us. I agree that if you are picking in the top 5, you draft a top 5 prospect. Parsons would still be my pick to solidify linebacker as a strength, and lead the defense for the next decade. We need to stick to BPA and not reach.
That said, I'm not buying all the hype of Atlanta taking a QB. Qbs have long careers nowadays; and Matt Ryan has hardly been injured in his career. I see them taking BPA and grabbing Parsons. That leaves us with Chase, an edge player, or trading down. In a trade down I'd be okay with an OT/Guard pick, but I'd rather see us draft an edge player in a trade down to pair with resigning Lawson--or a CB over edge player to replace WJ3 (if he doesn't come back). Tough to say without FA as Lawson and WJ3 are major unknowns, as well as what we are doing as far as bringing in vet lineman.
To me, I see Sewell and Parsons both gone when we pick. We can either grab Chase or go with an edge player at 5. I'd be happy with Chase, but it certainly leaves holes on our roster by taking that luxury pick (how would we be able to re-sign all three wideouts as well?)
Could be that our best option is to trade down--as another team wants to move up for a QB. At that point we are looking at an edge player, CB, or an olineman--all major needs. There's also that DT a lot of people think is going to rise up into the top half of the draft. If we can get a valuable pick (2nd rounder?) in a trade down, we could come out decent. Sucks to miss out on Sewell, but we need our 2nd round pick--and having two 2nd rounders as well as a pick around pick 10 would be nice. We could grab an offensive lineman, an edge player, and a wideout or TE or CB or DT.
That said, I'm not buying all the hype of Atlanta taking a QB. Qbs have long careers nowadays; and Matt Ryan has hardly been injured in his career. I see them taking BPA and grabbing Parsons. That leaves us with Chase, an edge player, or trading down. In a trade down I'd be okay with an OT/Guard pick, but I'd rather see us draft an edge player in a trade down to pair with resigning Lawson--or a CB over edge player to replace WJ3 (if he doesn't come back). Tough to say without FA as Lawson and WJ3 are major unknowns, as well as what we are doing as far as bringing in vet lineman.
To me, I see Sewell and Parsons both gone when we pick. We can either grab Chase or go with an edge player at 5. I'd be happy with Chase, but it certainly leaves holes on our roster by taking that luxury pick (how would we be able to re-sign all three wideouts as well?)
Could be that our best option is to trade down--as another team wants to move up for a QB. At that point we are looking at an edge player, CB, or an olineman--all major needs. There's also that DT a lot of people think is going to rise up into the top half of the draft. If we can get a valuable pick (2nd rounder?) in a trade down, we could come out decent. Sucks to miss out on Sewell, but we need our 2nd round pick--and having two 2nd rounders as well as a pick around pick 10 would be nice. We could grab an offensive lineman, an edge player, and a wideout or TE or CB or DT.
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