Terrace Marshall Jr.

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(12-03-2020, 08:51 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Auden Tate still has two years left on his rookie contract, AJ has faded tremendously, and Ross was never that great to begin with.

I'm not saying that they shouldn't pick up WRs via FA or draft, but pass catchers are a heck of a lot easier to find than quality pass rushers and blockers.  Good blocking allows plays to fully develop, so that even average skill players make plays.  If you have good pass rushers and tacklers, you're always IN every game.  This team needs a solid foundation that can control the lines of scrimmage, something that they clearly don't right now.

All the WRs that they need can be found in the mid and later rounds of the draft, and the second tier of Free Agency.

Tate is going into the final year of his deal and isn't very good.

Without knowing who we are resigning and what outside FA's  we are signing, it's pretty much impossible to say we can pass on a WR in the 2nd.

The team dumped the majority of its FA dollars and draft picks into the D this year. The only player on this team that can carry this team to a championship is Joe Burrow. Building around him needs to be the priority.  That means quality blockers in front of him, quality targets in the passing game, and a run game so he doesn't have to throw 60 times a game.  The guy kept us in games behind a shit OL and with 2 good skill guys around him most of the year.  Give him the pieces he needs to win.