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(4 hours ago)Clark W Griswold Wrote: I get that and agree but it sounds like he thinks they have solid starters across the board. Now I know he’s probably not going to say everything he thinks but there are a few spots where a good rookie should be able to come in and win the job. He makes it sound like they expect all of their picks to contribute as back ups.
Just hope he doesn’t really think that it would be hard for an early round rookie G or S to come in and beat out one of their current starters.
Yep. The comments are absurd on their face and deserve to be derided. And I have done so.
However, like you say, Tobin/ZT are doing 2 things that I do understand with their comments.
First, they are giving their guys confidence. The fact is, we likely have more holes than can be filled with plug & play draft picks or FA's. For my money, D. Sample, Volson, Stone, Battle, Iosivas, and McPherson were all well below an acceptable starter level last year. And Pratt and Patrick just barely above. That is 6-8 spots in your starting 25 that could easily be upgraded. 7-9 if Fig is gonna be the slot. If you think Burks is an upgrade, then subtract one. If so, we should have moved Pratt and signed a starter FA with that $$.
Anyway the point is, some/most of those guys are gonna be starting, again, for us next year. What is the point of tearing them down publicly? No good can come of that.
Second, because we have so many holes, and so few picks, out best move is to trade down. By publicly taking a BPA stance and saying we could take traits guys with little production, they are trying to make us a threat to take any non-QB and thus, hopefully, drive up the chances a trade offer materializes.
If that is what is going 9n here, I am fine with it. But if he actually believes what he is saying, he's an idiot.
