05-17-2025, 04:51 PM
(05-17-2025, 03:03 PM)Whatever Wrote: Eh, typically teams want rookies to at least appear to "earn" their starting jobs, especially a 3rd rounder. I mean, I think Volson is terrible, but he is the incumbent with 3 years of starting experience. It is a moderate surprise that Fairchild is with the first team already. Now, whether that's because they are legitimately that impressed or just trying to make a show of addressing the OL is another story.
FWIW, I do remember reading that the folks at Georgia were surprised when Fairchild declared and thoughr he would be a 1st round pick next year if he stayed in school. He was thought of ad one of the most athletic G's in this class, but a calf injury hampered his testing.
Personally, I had a 3rd round grade on Ratledge, and he was 61 on the Consensus Big Board, making him a late 2nd/early 3rd by consensus. He would also be a reach in the 2nd, though not as big of a reach as Knight.
Good stuff Whatever, didn't know all of that.
