04-01-2021, 11:46 PM
(04-01-2021, 10:54 PM)Whatever Wrote: If anything, the early round whiffs would scare them away from Sewell. The most important thing at #5 is to make sure they get a great player, not draft a certain position group. If they have questions about Sewell and aren't confident in their OL evaluations, then they should take the player they are most confident in. Even Willie didn't sound confident about Sewell and he's worked with him and is also a voice the Brown family trusts.
Some of those mid round guys aren't whiffs. Bodine was a 4 year starter and graded out in the 60's every year he was here. People bagged on him because he was the weakest link on the OL, but he was not a bad player, particularly for a 4th round pick. Westerman was never a starter, but was a solid backup who played well when his number was called.
Why would inferior prospects who didn't pan out scare them from a top prospect? That doesn't make sense. Jonah has looked solid and he was the top prospect like Sewell. Actually Sewell is a better prospect than Jonah, who was the only prospect to really work out recently (and no I don't consider Bodine a hit).
People hated on Bodine because he was the 2nd weakest link on some terrible lines. He got blown up a lot. Regardless of what PFF says, him being out of the league at 27 years old speaks louder.
The last lineman we took near the top (Jonah) panned out, while the last WR we took in the top 10 was a massive flop. Looking at that and our recent history on mid round picks, they should be more afraid of waiting to take a lineman.
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