Does Burrow Really Want Ja'Marr Chase?

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(01-30-2021, 11:21 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: He'd obviously want his friend and superstar teammate, but, like I said, will he be thinking with his head or his heart?  We need to shore-up the offensive line first and I don't necessarily expect us to make a splash in free agency.  Hopefully, Troy, Katie, and Zac are running things now with no interference from the old man and will be all over free agents once the league year begins on March 17th and stay active up until the draft filing improving our roster, with the main focus being the offensive line, but I'm not holding my crippled breath.

In his later years, Mike Brown always seemed like he'd make one or two big free agent signings like that would cure everything because it would keep the fanbase excited, but hopefully we can sign guys to help us build a foundation.  I don't know how the line will look, but I'm hoping that we sign a few players that are above average so we have some depth and not just overpay one big superstar.  In that same aspect, though, a Mike Brown move would also be to sign guys that are below average but can barely hold it together and just hope that they can at least be serviceable, which never seems to be the case.  

I guess I'm saying that I'd rather have a foundation than one or two big names.  

If we can get both, then I'm obviously happy.
He's obviously going to say that but is he thinking with his heart or his mind?  Or is he just saying that so he doesn't upset his friend?

Does Chase even want to come here?  Will the million or so dollars difference from the 5th pick to there 6th or 7th where he'd likely go?  Might be less than a million difference if the salary cap really is going down.
He'd obviously want that but do you think he hasn't seen how inactive this team had traditionally been in free agency, especially on the offensive line?

In a perfect world, that would happen, but I've been following this team all my life, so I know better than to get my hopes up while Mike Brown still has air in his lungs.

I think the issue is that you think an OT at #5 is going to be an immediate upgrade.  That isn't likely to happen, even if Sewell makes it to 5.  I've done research on it and posted the numbers before, but at least from a PFF grade standpoint, you're extremely lucky to get a rookie 1st round T that grades close to where Bobby Hart did last year.  That's the statistical reality.  The development curve for OL is so steep today that you can't just throw a few draft picks at it and fix it.  

That's not to say I wouldn't take Sewell at 5, but if I did, it would be for down the road and not next season.  I would not be counting on him to come up and be a major upgrade to fix the OL, because that isn't realistic.