04-18-2021, 02:15 PM
For me, this is simple. Take the tackle. Why?
1) Your franchise QB ran for his life all year last year. We couldn't run for beans. He got hurt. Seriously. Protecting Burrow is priority #1. Nothing else should even be close.
2) OT is a more impactful position than WR (or TE). Having elite tackle play ripples through the team. Easier to run. Opens up play action. More time to throw helps QB & receivers. No help needed helps other OL.
For my money, I'd rank positional importance like this:
Tier 1: QB
Tier 2: OT/DE
Tier 3: WR/CB
Tier 4: IOL/DT
Tier 5: RB/TE/LB/S
Tier 6: PK/P/KR/PR
Tier 7: LS
3) When building a team, if you have the chance to draft an elite guy at various positions, you generally take the guy higher up the chart. Now, sometimes a guy is so off the charts good at his spot (Pitts) that you have to re-evaluate. Or your team has needs at a lower spot but has the more important spits covered.
4) Our needs and opportunity meet. And while we need WR1 and Chase and Pitts are dynamite, you build at QB first, then trenches. You'd think a team that plays the Steelers & Ravens twice a year would get that.
Personally, I'd be VERY tempted to go OL in Rds 1 and again in Round 2. Take Sewell AND an elite IOL guy. Turn a weakness into a strength. In a cost controlled way. Rd 3 at the latest for 2nd OL.
Worry about weapons, DE, and stuff later in the draft, the rest of FA, and next year.
1) Your franchise QB ran for his life all year last year. We couldn't run for beans. He got hurt. Seriously. Protecting Burrow is priority #1. Nothing else should even be close.
2) OT is a more impactful position than WR (or TE). Having elite tackle play ripples through the team. Easier to run. Opens up play action. More time to throw helps QB & receivers. No help needed helps other OL.
For my money, I'd rank positional importance like this:
Tier 1: QB
Tier 2: OT/DE
Tier 3: WR/CB
Tier 4: IOL/DT
Tier 5: RB/TE/LB/S
Tier 6: PK/P/KR/PR
Tier 7: LS
3) When building a team, if you have the chance to draft an elite guy at various positions, you generally take the guy higher up the chart. Now, sometimes a guy is so off the charts good at his spot (Pitts) that you have to re-evaluate. Or your team has needs at a lower spot but has the more important spits covered.
4) Our needs and opportunity meet. And while we need WR1 and Chase and Pitts are dynamite, you build at QB first, then trenches. You'd think a team that plays the Steelers & Ravens twice a year would get that.
Personally, I'd be VERY tempted to go OL in Rds 1 and again in Round 2. Take Sewell AND an elite IOL guy. Turn a weakness into a strength. In a cost controlled way. Rd 3 at the latest for 2nd OL.
Worry about weapons, DE, and stuff later in the draft, the rest of FA, and next year.
