For Team Sewell

[Murdock2420]

(05-02-2021, 05:06 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Big Whit spoiled us.


When you have 2 top talents who are viewed pretty equally and you choose one, that's where your true priority was.

Saying picking 3 guys in later rounds trumps that, is like saying that signing 1 WR for $15 million and 3 lineman off the scrap heap means we put line before WR.

Couldn't have said it any better Shake and this is why I've really cut down on my posting since the pick in round one. I just have nothing positive to say about the team and their decision making at the moment.

When you spend 3 picks on a position group, that should be viewed as knowing that position group is a weakness. However, when you pass on the best guy at that position group for a guy that you took and then said "done with WR for the draft" that is an issue for me. Clearly this shows that WR wasn't a major concern for the team if one pick is enough to fix it. Then it gets worse when you really look into what they did for the OL. I like Jackson in late round 2, I think he'll be a good guard and it is an upgrade but this is the end of the line for upgrades. They took a developmental tackle in round 4 that will need a year (some reports say two years) to become a decent tackle. Not an upgrade in the short term and does nothing when Jonah goes down again. Then they took a C in the sixth round, who most likely is headed to the practice squad. I know people are hyping the 6th and 7th round picks, but let's be honest, most 6th and 7th rounders don't make an impact in the league. Note, I said most not all. Your impact is round 1, 2, 3, and some of 4. I think the Bengals will get impact from their 5th round pick, since he will be the starter and should be an upgrade over Seibert.

Overall, just not a situation that I'm overly excited about. Time will tell but I honestly believe at the end of the season, this same discussion is being had about how the OL is the handicap and held the team back. And, people will point to Jonah was hurt and XSF was hurt and Hopkins needs another year to recover from his ACL surgery, while ignoring that these are trends with these players and at some point you just have to give in and spend the high round, high value picks to get the reliable guys for the line, or you have to break the bank in FA to get guys that you know are going to hold the line.