Always take a lineman in first?

[BengalChris]

(05-10-2019, 10:09 AM)bengals67 Wrote: I would love to hear thoughts on whether an NFL team should always consider taking a lineman in the first- barring the opportunity for a QB or a truly transitional player like AJ.

It seems to me that good RBs and WRs can be had in later rounds.

It also seems to me that a great D line sets up the LBs and the DBs.

Thoughts?

None of our D linemen are 1st round picks and that includes Dunlap and Atkins. On the offensive side of the ball, Whitworth was a 2nd round pick, as was Boling.

It's hard to find top cover corners in the 3rd and beyond and often even in the 2nd round. Most of the top corners in the league were 1st round picks. There are some exceptions to this, but for the most part teams know the corners pretty well.

What positions are "HOT" in the draft vary as time goes on.

Our LBing corp has no one taken higher than the 3rd round and it shows as this is the team's worst unit.

So, I'd say no to such a drafting policy.