Sewell or trade with QB needy teams?

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(12-23-2020, 06:31 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: The reality is very good QBS have not won at the level they wanted not because of Offense but because of lack of defense... so you don;t think JJ Watts helped Watson ?? both units need more help.. this is not a one way street.. also we keep saying FA at Oline, why not FA at WR  so if Sewell is gone pass on Chase pick top LB or DE as the #3.    In rounds 2/3 go Oline.....You good with that?

That's kind of completely backwards and suboptimal.  The college game has shifted significantly.  What we are seeing now is top end WR's performing better as rookies than top end OL.  What we are also seeing is WR's hitting the proverbial wall before OL do.  It's fairly common to see top end OL play at a high level into their early-mid 30's.  On the other hand, the only WR in the top 25 in receiving yards over the age of 28 is Cole Beasley.  It's smarter to spend your early draft picks on WR's because they will typically outperform an equivalent OL taken in the same spot.  It's smarter to spend your FA dollars on OL because they are a safer investment to give their second contract due to the trend of them being able to play at a high level longer.  Plus, it's a lot harder to find quality plug and p!ay starters in the draft.

I think most of us agree that if Sewell is there, he's the pick if you don't trade down.  If he isn't there, Chase is far and away the safest pick on the board.  He outproduced Justin Jefferson last year at LSU, and Jefferson is currently sitting 8th in the NFL in receiving yards as a rookie.  We drafted his college QB.  Because of that, we've introduced plays and concepts from the guy's college playbook into ours.  It doesn't get to look any better than that.