03-28-2021, 02:13 PM
(03-28-2021, 09:18 AM)Beaker Wrote: You cannot underestimate the fact that Burrow and Chase have already played together and have chemistry. That alone almost guarantees that Chase will be successful right from the get go....plug and play. You are not likely to find a WR anywhere near as talented in the 2nd round, much less one that Burrow already trusts and has played with.
Sewell sat out a year, played in a spread offense at Oregon which is terrible for teaching proper pass protection, and faced very little top level defenses playing in the PAC12. He is not even the consensus top OT.
So Im looking at a few things:
1. Which player has the better chance of NOT being good?
2. What is the talent like in the 2nd round at that position if we don't draft that player in the first?
For me, #1 was answered above, and #2 is clear cut also....there is much better talent available in the 2nd round at O line than there is at WR. I am on the draft Chase in the 1st, take an O lineman in the 2nd bandwagon.
Well said Beaker, common sense is what you are speaking here. I know some want to just take the top projected O-lineman
but this is just too stubborn in my opinion. You have to look at the Draft as a whole and how deep it is at certain positions.
We just might be able to find an OT just as good as Sewell in the 2nd round. I don't know if we can find a WR that has played
with Burrow in the 2nd as good as Chase. Terrance Marshall I guess would be what some might say but Chase was still the
best WR at LSU, even better than Jefferson who just had one of the best rookie seasons in memory.
