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(03-31-2021, 04:16 PM)higgy100 Wrote: Look, I get what you're saying, but every team goes into the next season "planning" on injury-prone people to NOT be injured. Bengals did it for years with Eifert.Teams just don't sign "over" guys especially ones they drafted very high and are paying good money to. They can''t afford that luxury. The roster is only so large and to rob Peter to pay Paul, so to speak, when they need help at other positions is exactly that.

Do you think MLB teams that lose a good pitcher or two or, rather, highly-compensated ones just for a season due to an injury that requires surgery but are expected to recover just go back out and sign two more? Of course they don't. If Dr. Andrews or any highly qualified, reputable Doc says they're good-to-go in 8-10 months then those teams "plan" on them coming back.

That's 100% what they did with Tee Higgins and John Ross/AJ Green. Ross and Green couldn't stay healthy, so they drafted Higgins. You think that if Ross and Green could stay healthy that Higgins would be on this team right now? 

It's also why they drafted Dennard. Hall wasn't able to stay healthy anymore and Kirkpatrick started off his career with rocky health as well.

Andre Smith was hurt in 2014, they drafted Jake Fisher.
Eifert missed 15 games in 2014, they drafted Tyler Kroft in 2015.
Tyler Kroft missed 11 games in 2018, they drafted Drew Sample in 2019.

They have been doing that for ages. All teams do. A guy that isn't healthy contributes nothing, and then you're relying on his backup, who is likely not a starting quality player.

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It's also not like OL can't move positions. Even if Williams stays healthy the rest of his career, the Bengals still need a LG. Either he or Sewell can move there. It worked for Whitworth.




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As for MLB, they also 100% do that, it's just harder there because their contracts are fully guaranteed and you need to draft a guy 3-6 years in advance of when you need him. NFL careers are over by the time MLB players generally get called up after being drafted.

So that's obviously an apples to oranges comparison there, but yeah, you can have 5 healthy quality starting pitchers and you still can draft a pitcher in the 1st round. That's not unusual.

The Astros drafted SS Carlos Correa in the 1st round in 2012. He made his MLB debut in 2015 (won rookie of the year, was 24th in MVP voting). They used their 1st round pick in 2015 to draft SS Alex Bregman.