04-01-2021, 11:59 PM
(04-01-2021, 11:51 PM)Benton Wrote: That's my issue.
People keep saying "take the 'generational' player" (that term is as overused as GOAT) and just pick up some lineman later, but we've been using later picks on linemen and whiffed. Hugely. We've tried journeymen. We've tried bums. We've tried guys who slip due to motor. We've tried guys who slip due to injury. They've (mostly) all sucked. I'd rather use a pick on a solid player and lock it down.
Burrow isn't hitting anyone if he's on his back, I don't care if he's the next Megatron. Give Burrow time and he'll make bums look like Jerry Rice. Why? Because he's that good of a QB. He doesn't need "generational" receivers to look good.
Take Sewell. Go to the playoffs. Keep moving forward.
Sewell is about as "cant-miss" as it gets for a lineman. The best line prospect we've had the opportunity to take in many years. For a team that's been whiffing so much, that makes him an obvious choice to me.
And to your point about Burrow making WRs better, I think it's funny how we wanted an elite QB so badly because he wouldn't need to be "surrounded by weapons" like Dalton. Then people immediately proceed to demand more elite weapons for Burrow even when we have 2 good WRs and a good RB.
I'm not trying to insult anyone's opinion. Just providing my own. Probably too much.
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