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(01-02-2025, 04:10 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Yep. I am all in at getting elite players at any position. If you have a shot to get one, get one. Lock that sh!te up for four years. Even if it is at a lesser spot or a niche spot like FB/big back. 

To my eyes, Skatteboo looks like he could be elite in that role. I don't mind me some Pete Johnson, Ickey Woods, Boobie Clark, Larry Kinnebrew FB vibes. 

More than the player, that kind of pick would signal to me, a change in attitude/philosophy on O. For it to make any sense at all, we'd need to upgrade both G spots. At least 1 in FA. The other one in the draft or in FA also. 

For my money, we need the following in the trenches: 

1) IOL = 2 starters. Both guards. Or a G + C if we kick Karras out to LG. If we think Lee is ready, maybe only 1. I am not gambling a year of Burrow/Tee/Chase prime on it. 

2) DT. 2 starter level guys. Plus maybe another rotation guy. We need 4 rotation level guys, and I am willing to count Jackson & Jenkins. But as starters? IDK. Rankins needs to be cut, Hill is a FA, and Tufele is a PS level guy. 

DT is a tough spot for rookies to shine, so I'd want at least 1 FA signing for the right price. Hill, Poona Ford, Tart, etc. 

3) DE. 1 starter to replace Hubbard. And 1 rotation piece to join Murphy and Johnson. Ossai & Cam Sample were not terrible. A healthy Hubbard MIGHT do as a rotation piece on a renegotiated contract. I do notcsee a many starter level guys beyond Mack & Sweat in FA. Amd I do not think a 1stcround level guy will be around at 16-18 at DE. 

We could carry 6 at DT or DE instead of 5. 

Still, that is 6 spots in the trenches. Maybe 7. I'd want 2 big/significant ones in FA, one on each side of the ball. 1-2 medium/small ones (Ossai-ish), and the rest in the draft. 

Let's say, for the sake of argument, a stud like Starks or Warren are sitting there in Rd1. I'd take either over any of the DL guys I think will be there (Scourton, Grant, Harmon, Nolen). But then we could trench up 2-4 and get decent guys at IOL/DT/DE. 

We need to address many issues in free agency on defense. If we do and a guy like Tyler Warren drops to us, I see him being an all-pro TE for many years. We also need to adress guard in FA and cut Cappa. Then in round 2 take the best available guard.