08-20-2018, 02:37 PM
I will admit that when we drafted Jessie Bates I thought "Why would we spend a 2nd round pick on a back up with two entrenched starters ahead of him? Are we REALLY going to do 3 safety looks THAT much that this is an appropriate use of a draft pick (especially since Bates was considered good value at our slot, not amazing value)."
The pick makes a hell of a lot more sense now. So I don't think this is a gut reaction or anything like this. It seems apparent that this has been planned for a while (you could also see that in how they pursued free agent safeties.).
The pick makes a hell of a lot more sense now. So I don't think this is a gut reaction or anything like this. It seems apparent that this has been planned for a while (you could also see that in how they pursued free agent safeties.).