Building the trenches

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(09-25-2024, 11:00 AM)Synric Wrote: Side note: The Browns in 2023 went out and paid for a DL like the Bengals did in 2020/21 but so far have been kinda bad drafting DL. Will be interesting to see in a year or so as those contracts and players age.

Steelers though just continue to add good DL and everybody wonders how they haven't had a losing season. 

When you think about the premium draft capital wasted on the DL, it's staggering.  Currently, we have the following Day 1 and 2 picks still on rookie deals...

Ossai(3rd round)
Carter(3rd round)
Murphy(1st round)
Jenkins (2nd round)
Jackson (3rd round)

And 3/4 of our starters were acquired via FA or trade...and not to mention all our Day 3 picks like Sample, Shelvin, Gunter, and Johnson...and our DL is complete trash...

It's the same with the OL.  Waste a bunch of draft capital on guys you can't develop, sign FA's to cover up for your mistakes in the draft, but don't go after the real top tier guys in case the law of averages takes over and one of your draft picks actually develops into a starter.