03-23-2024, 02:07 PM
(03-23-2024, 11:50 AM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Perhaps. Personally, I think we took Jones & Yoshi to do two things: upgrade the depth at WR (Stanley Morgan & Mike Thomas) and be a possible hedge vs Boyd & Higgins leaving.
They aleady accomplished #1. #2 is possible, but neither guy is anywhere near convincing me they are ready to be WR2/WR3 on a contender.
The Bengals don't seem convinced either, with our WR coach at the Texas pro-day (Mitchell, Worthy).
Really, guys like Turner & Hill & Murphy have shown more than Yoshi & Jones. Turner & Hill played 2,000 snaps last year between them. Jones played under 100 (on offense) and most of those were vs Cleveland's backups. Yoshi was around 200-300, IIRC.
We have 4 top 100 picks. I'd say CB, WR, OT, and DT/NT are the top priorities for them ATM. Though what happens in FA & before us in the draft could change that. TE, IOL, and RB could be in play, too.
We are scouting WRs and offering FA CBs contracts. I think it is safe to say both positions are gonna be addressed somehow.
I think our biggest "holes" atm are a NT type to replace Reader and a WR3 to replace Boyd. Maybe there isn't a true TE1, but Gesicki/Sample/Hudson is already better than what we had last year.
With Brown & Brown, OT is not a hole, per se. But given Trent's injury history and 1 year contract and exceptionally deep OT class, a chance to draft a franchise level OT may not come around again.
CB is depth for the moment. Even if you buy Turner as CB2 and Hill moving to CB, Dax is likely a slot guy. Davis is. Ivey is inexperienced and had a major injury. Hilton in his last year, and we still need another boundary corner.
I guess I coukd be talked into IOL or TE if the right name is there. Or RB day 2. But I am hoping to see OT, NT, WR, CB be the next additions.
I think they would love to trade Tee if they could get a good deal. But if they trade him they are going to need a WR. You say the biggest need is NT. I expect they draft a NT in the later rounds. They’ve made their decision on Rankins and Hill as the starters. As far as Charlie Jones & Isovias I don’t think they know if either one is a starter .
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