05-02-2021, 11:46 PM
(05-02-2021, 11:34 PM)Beaker Wrote: Except that they werent scrap heap picks. The O line would not have been fixed with one OT. By converting the second pick into a G, a DT, and an OT they did much more to fix the problems than just picking Sewell first. Plus they got the best WR. Much smarter the way they actually did it.
Thing is, could have flipped the first two picks easily. Sewell in 1 then Marshall in two. Have the same level of talent just the best one in the draft for your OL and the 4th or 5th best guy at WR.
This draft will be criticized for years. The only way the questions go away is if Chase plays mistake free HoF level football while Sewell busts and Carman is solid.
If Carman and Smith and Hill don't pan out, it doesn't matter how good Chase does.
And if the season ends, and Sewell is voted Pro-Bowl and Marshall outproduces Chase, the server might crash around here.
I can't speak for anyone but myself. I see where WR needed help but it felt like OL has needed help for 6 years where WR was literally an issue for the past two seasons of Green falling off. That is what pissed me off then and still annoys me now. We addressed the smaller of the issues with a sure patch. Meanwhile the elephant in the room got a good possible piece in Carman and two later round questions.
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