Trade down?

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(04-14-2022, 10:12 AM)WVUHomer Wrote: I'm all for 4-7th round depth players but when you replace by buying 3/4 of the bad spots on the OL and have a 2nd rd player waiting in the wings, I personally just can't justify a high draft pick to it this year. If Jackson flames out, next year sure but this year we have to give him the opportunity to start at its fullest.

A Cam Jurgens, Donovan West, Cade Mays, Nick Ford, Kellen Diesch, Zach Tom, Logan Bruss. If you can get one or more of these developmental guys in rounds 4-7, I'd still feel better about the depth.

That's about where I lean too. The only guys I'd make exception for would be Linderbaum, Johnson, or Green.

But I usually am of the mindset that if you're going to take someone in Rd 1, your goal should be for them to be starting sometime by their 2nd season.
Add a year for Rd 2 pick, and add another for Rd 3 pick.

Since Carman is only entering Year 2, I'd be ok adding a 1-year stopgap veteran like Spain or Flowers. Neither should cost more than $2-3 mill at this point, and that's still a cheap price for the first IOL off the bench if Carman did happen to win the battle.