03-09-2021, 02:07 AM
(03-08-2021, 06:55 PM)Whatever Wrote: Dude, seriously. This mock had a great FA/trade that got us 2 quality OL. The draft fell off the rails. By his own admission, he took a bad trade to move back to #19. Then, even though he shored up T with Havenstein, he makes a massive reach for a LT in Eichenberg who he is then going to try to convert to RG. He then takes an Edge/stack LB tweener who he himself says he's not sure where to play him and a C who can't stay on the field and will miss a bunch of OTA's in 2.
I didn't say it was bad. I said it was in their favor, and that was just to get ahead of people saying it was unrealistic. Rarely is a trade going to work out perfectly fair in the eyes of all. Dropping in the first round and staying in the teens and adding an extra 2nd and 3rd is a best case scenario. As I said we have a ton of work to do on this roster, two extra day two picks would help out a lot.
Eichenberg in the first is not a reach. He hasn't given up a sack in over two years and has gotten better every year. And the best offensive linemen on the team usually ends up at LT in college. Just so happens Notre Dame has been pumping out good NFL OL. Eichenberg is going to add to that list.
Ossai is a tweener because he can do both not because he doesn't have a spot. We want to have a multiple look defense. FYI having a guy who can do more than one thing helps us do that.
Watching Dickerson's injury it sure looked like a freak thing. Guys get hurt in football all the time. He is a stud when he is on the field. This goes back the good old Munoz argument. If it was a skill position player with multiple lower body injuries it would scare me away. But OL it doesn't seem to impact as much long term. Seeing the quote from an anonymous NFL exec on his draft profile on NFL.com made me smile, and want him even more. "I love him. I know some people around the league think he's still under the radar, but I doubt that. He reminds me of Mountain from 'Game of Thrones'. Just big and strong and tough." -- Executive for NFL team I'll gladly plug the Mountain into the middle of our line.
