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(05-17-2020, 04:39 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: This is not even related to what i was saying... Willie was 30/31 when we drafted Whit.. Willie was still playing well but age and a upcoming contract makes it smart to draft a possible replacement... Whit was older and with contract coming up and age was smart to do the same..  We did offer Whit a one year which again if i just drafted two tackles i probably not want to offer him a 3 year.. maybe we could have worked out a 2 year and maybe they discussed it.. not sure..

Hindsight is what it is.. the picks at Tackle did not work out.. and I love those revisionist (who look back and say never should have drafted a tackle etc... )  Both Cedric (5/6) and Fisher were in top 10 tackles in most draft boards.. I guess your board had them at Busts?  

Nowhere in my post did I say that they shouldn't have drafted them, but Ogbuehi and Fisher were both heading into *YEAR 3* when they let Whit go. 

You don't watch a player be absolutely terrible for 2 years... and then double down on it by letting your All-Pro leave so they can start. That disaster was extremely easy to predict at that point.

If Ogbuehi or Fisher showed ANYTHING in those 2 years, you could have possibly argued "hindsight" on letting Whit walk, but they didn't, so it wasn't hindsight. 

If a player is Ogbuehi levels of terrible, you don't cut an All-Pro so they can start just because you drafted them in the 1st round. It is okay to just cut your losses with the bust, admit you were wrong, and keep playing the All-Pro. That's what they should have done and there's no hindsight needed to say that.