Serious Question about OL talent in round 2.

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(04-25-2021, 12:01 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: And Draft history of late shows you much more mix history of WRs early in 1st round vs Oline and very good history of WRs in 2nd round... Shocking that we continue to actually defend the idea that we could still have 4/3 players from last years Oline starting on opening day if we pass on Sewell. and that includes cutting Hart who actually graded out higher than I believe everyone projected to start outside of Williams opening day.. not sure what has happen to the core pleading for massive changes to the line after Burrow was hurt... 

If we're looking at draft history, what does it tell us about LSU WR's vs Oregon OT's?

If we're looking at the recent draft history of PAC-12 T's in the 1st round, your chances of getting a decent day 1 starter from that conference in the 1st is pretty slim.  Let's take a look at the past few years, shall we?

In '20, Miami took USC T Austin Jackson, who had a 52.3 PFF grade, took 5 penalties, and allowed 4 sacks in 848 snaps as a rookie.

In '19, Philly took Andre Dillard, out of Washington St., who had a 59.7 PFF grade, took 1 penalty, and allowed 4 sacks in 337 snaps.

In '18, the Raiders took Kolton Miller out of UCLA.  He had a 49.6 PFF grade, took 8 penalties, and allowed 16(not a typo) sacks in 1008 snaps as a rookie.  

Denver took Garrett Bolles out of Utah in '17, who graded well overall at 72.9, but sucked in pass protection, allowing 8 sacks and took a massive 15 penalties.


If you look at them as individual prospects, Chase is a very safe pick based on his high level of production against elite talent at a very young age and elite athletic testing.  Sewell would also be safe due to his athletic testing for his size, but would be unlikely to come in and play well as a rookie due to simply not playing against many NFL caliber edge rushers in his college career.

There are in all likelihood going to be at least two different starters on the OL than opening day last year.  If the guys we have are so bad, it should be easy to find guys to step in and win starting jobs in 2-3, right?