Forfeit the Miami Game/Tank for Tua

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(10-13-2019, 10:17 PM)RiverRat13 Wrote: If you have to take an OT with a top 3 pick the year after taking one 12th, you might as well give up as a franchise.  Nobody spends that kind of draft capital on the offensive line.  

A competent team should be able to find a solid RT in the 30's, i.e. where the Bengals' 2nd round pick would be.  The only choice that makes sense in the first round other than taking a QB would be if they get a crazy offer to trade down.

Correct, they should, in theory. But the thought of taking Thomas and putting him at anything other than LT would be wrong.
The proper move would be to put Williams at LG or RT in that case. Given how LG is even worse than RT, I'd put Williams at LG if Thomas were drafted.

Here's how the Colts OL stacks up:
LT - 22nd overall (2011)
LG - 6th overall (2018)
C - 18th overall (2016)
RG - 144th overall by SEA and claimed off waivers (2015)
RT - 37th overall (2018)

One would hope the Bengals would realize there's no turning Bobby Hart into a Pro Bowler. But will they spend precious draft capital on two OL in the first two rounds when they arguably also could use a franchise QB?