04-05-2021, 09:56 AM
I am on board with Sewell, Slater, Pitts, Chase and even Smith at 5. I am on board for trading down and getting Alijah Vera-Tucker, Christian Darrisaw, or Jaylen Waddle. I'm even on board if we trade down to the bottom of the round and take Kadarius Toney, Terrace Marshall Jr, Alex Leatherwood or Teven Jenkins.
But I am completely against defense in the first round. We need to give Joe a stud of some kind in the opening round. Protection or weapon, I go either way depending on the day, but Joe deserves the first round pick in some way.
We spent the last 2 free agency periods beefing up our defense with DJ Reader, Trae Waynes, Vonn Bell, Trey Hendrickson, Chidobe Awuzie, Larry Ogunjobi, Mike Hilton, Ricardo Allen and Mike Daniels specifically so we didn't have any glaring needs on defense heading into the draft. We could use an additional pass rusher on the edge and the inside, but that's basically all we need on defense from this draft.
This draft class doesn't really have an elite pass rusher in the mold of the Bosa brothers or Young. Jaelan Phillips is the closest to a true dominant pass rusher in this class but he has major injury concerns as he already "retired" due to his concussions before changing his mind and transferring to Miami to play again. And Barmore is the only DT that is even worth considering in the first round.
The value on defense is in the 2nd round. There are a wide range of pass rushers that could go in the first but would be great value at 38. Guys Like Kwity Paye, Azeez Ojulari, Jayson Oweh, Gregory Rousseau, Carlos Basham Jr, Ronnie Perkins and Jaelan Phillips would be great additions at 38 if they were there, but I'm not going near them in the first unless we somehow come up with a second first rounder somehow.
But I am completely against defense in the first round. We need to give Joe a stud of some kind in the opening round. Protection or weapon, I go either way depending on the day, but Joe deserves the first round pick in some way.
We spent the last 2 free agency periods beefing up our defense with DJ Reader, Trae Waynes, Vonn Bell, Trey Hendrickson, Chidobe Awuzie, Larry Ogunjobi, Mike Hilton, Ricardo Allen and Mike Daniels specifically so we didn't have any glaring needs on defense heading into the draft. We could use an additional pass rusher on the edge and the inside, but that's basically all we need on defense from this draft.
This draft class doesn't really have an elite pass rusher in the mold of the Bosa brothers or Young. Jaelan Phillips is the closest to a true dominant pass rusher in this class but he has major injury concerns as he already "retired" due to his concussions before changing his mind and transferring to Miami to play again. And Barmore is the only DT that is even worth considering in the first round.
The value on defense is in the 2nd round. There are a wide range of pass rushers that could go in the first but would be great value at 38. Guys Like Kwity Paye, Azeez Ojulari, Jayson Oweh, Gregory Rousseau, Carlos Basham Jr, Ronnie Perkins and Jaelan Phillips would be great additions at 38 if they were there, but I'm not going near them in the first unless we somehow come up with a second first rounder somehow.
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