05-01-2022, 06:21 PM
(05-01-2022, 05:45 PM)AtomicBlaze Wrote: My least favorite is not trading up to get Tyler Linderbaum and letting him go to the Ravens. I would have traded our 3rd or 4th rounder to go up and get him. I am fine with the rest of the draft. But the first mistake will cost us for the next decade since the Ravens will be our biggest rivals. I feel like we found replacements for 2 of our best players (Bates, and Bell). So even though we drafted well I don't think we improved much as a team and pretty much guaranteed we won't have Bates back next year. The Ravens improved much more than we did, so that might be the difference in the division. So pretty much the draft was a failure in that respect.
It’s not a fair comparison with the Ravens having 2 first rounders before us and 5 in the 4th round. They got great value in the draft. Why on earth would we trade up to select Linderbaum just to keep Baltimore from him? It would have taken a 3. We have a center BTW. So we lose our backup DT at 3 and lose Dax Hill in your scenario. We are on the verge of losing both safeties next year because keeping Higgins and Joe is going to take a lot of money. Maybe we can keep Bell. It was smart to bring Hill in early. I disagree trading up to get Linderbaum. It’s more heck no than hell no. Linderbaum is going to be good.
