Other O-Line options in round 1

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(02-24-2021, 12:29 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Not sure if you meant to imply this, but I'd really be nervous about only getting OL upgrades in the draft. As others have said in other threads, the draft is more of a crapshoot, so it's easy to miss on a prospect. I don't want to gamble completely on draft picks coming in and upgrading the OL. I'd like to add a good, established FA or two.

Yeah, it wouldn't be more my first choice strategy as I wouldn't want to be pencilling in two rookies starting on the O-line. A combination of rookie learning curves and not fully knowing what you're getting. But we don't know how free agency will play out. It looks likely that Moton will be tagged and Scherff extended. Maybe some of the potential cap casualties don't get released either as the cap shifts upwards - all of a sudden you could be faced with a situation where you have to pay silly money for the one or two quality remaining O-line options whilst bargains abound at other positions of need.

Or maybe they get Thuney but decide to upgrade the other G position anyway. I think the most likely scenario is they sign a vet who could hold the position down for a year or two but wouldn't preclude them from upgrading in the draft.