Serious Question about OL talent in round 2.

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(04-24-2021, 01:40 AM)Murdock2420 Wrote: I changed my sig and everything so as not to come off as being one sided or an ass or anything.

I actually wanted to hear from everyone that is saying there is plenty of OL talent that will be around at 38 on one simple question.

If there is so much talent at 38, why did a team that was OL needy in KC who has over spent this off-season to completely rebuild their line move out of 31 to trade for a LT? Why not stay at 31 and get one of the plug and play guys that is going to be there at 38?

I keep hearing that Leatherwood and Eichenberg and Jenkins and Mayfield and etc, etc, aren't that far of a drop from Sewell.

To me this looks like the Chiefs evaluated the options for OL at 31 and said "no thanks" and paid a heavy price to get a guy for their line instead of gambling on the draft.

Does this not concern anyone else about the evaluation of the OL talent in the 30's from a team that has a pretty good front office?

Different situations completely.  KC was in the SB last year and won it the year before.  Orlando Brown is still very young and is already a 2x Pro Bowler.  With any draft pick, there is an element of risk, no matter how confident you are in your evaluation.  Brown is a sure thing, or as close as you can get to it.  That close to a championship and with that few holes, it makes sense.  For a team like the Bengals that needs to increase it's talent base in a number of different position groups, it doesn't make sense.  To that point, KC lost a Pro Bowl LT in Eric Fisher that they are trying to replace with a player of equal ability.  It's simply not realistic to think any rookie T, even the top guys like Sewell and Slater, will step in and play at Fisher's level as a rookie.   It should also be noted that last year Deandre Hopkins and Stefon Diggs were traded before what was considered a stacked WR draft.  It certainly didn't mean there were no good WR's left after round 1.

KC also needed a starting LT.  The Bengals don't.  The Bengals need a starting RG and/or LG.  That's going to mean the Bengals will have a lot more viable options than the Chiefs will.  Also keep in mind that Baltimore is confident enough in this draft class to find Brown's replacement, similar to the Vikings finding Diggs' replacement in Jefferson last year.