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(09-16-2019, 02:13 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: According to traditional logic, yes.  However, as we have seen many times throughout the years, the highest rated college prospect doesn't always pan out to become the exceptional professional player that they are projected to be.

That's true but you don't just get the high pick in the 1st round. You get a higher pick in the 2nd round as well.

Remember we tried unsuccessfully to trade up in the second round for another O-lineman this year. Imagine last draft we'd had a top 3 pick. We could have traded back in the first round, still picked Jonah Williams but grabbed an extra first/second round pick and then had a second O-lineman Dalton Risner/Cody Ford/Jawaan Taylor etc at the top of the second. All of a sudden we have three cards to play to fix the O-line, instead of just the one we ended up with.