Football teams will always be built on the lines of scrimmage. It’s going to be that way until the end of time. Like I said I agree with u it seems every year or every other year we’re going OL but in this unique situation you don’t pass on what is considered to be the best OT to come out in many years for a WR at #3. It’s just to risky bc WRs drafted that high are either going to be an all pro or a bust. Theirs no middle ground in that. Meanwhile if we take Sewell at least if he busts you’re not going to lose your job bc everybody else will still say it was the right pick at the time.
Smith winning the heisman has absolutely zero to do with how he will turn out in the NFL. The percentages say a WR drafted in the late 1st or 2nd will turn out to be a better player than the WR drafted in the top 6/7. If you take Smith or any WR at 3 and he doesn’t perform at an all pro level somebody is going to lose their job for that mistake. At least if you trade down to 7/8/9 and you take a WR if he busts you can say well at least we got a haul of picks with it.
If there was ever going to be a year for a trade up for a Qb it was Miami and SD and they just waited out Wash and Detroit and I already forget the other team and it was crickets - this year Cinci Detroit Denver and Carolina have too many holes to be handing out 1s
If you don’t ask for it then you definitely won’t get it. The worst they can say is no in which case we get the best OT prospect in years. We win either way. You never know until after pro days and combine and all that stuff maybe one of those 3 I mentioned absolutely fall in love with Fields Wilson Lance or even Trask or Jones. Maybe we catch a desperate GM looking to make a splash. Maybe we catch a GM that’s just in love with 1 of them. Maybe Miami’s smokescreens their ass off and has a gullible believer. All it takes is 1 GM to be in love.
The “percentages” also say a WR drafted late 1st or in the 2nd will turn out to be better than the 1st WR selected. I’m with you that we need weapons I think everybody would agree with that. But you don’t just start drafting just because you need that position. You HAVE to get value for where you pick the player. I understand what you’re saying and what you believe and I respect your opinion but in my opinion it’s just to risky to select a WR at #3. Especially when their are 3 premium WRs in this draft. Chase Smith and Waddle are considered the cream of the crop. Chances are 1 is a bust 1 will be above average/good and the other will be an all pro. We just have to pick the right one which is easier said than done.
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Travis Etienne and Najee Harris are the clear top 2 tailbacks in this draft. Now that doesn’t mean their going to turn out to be the 2 best players in the NFL but as it stands they are the top 2 and it’s not really close. Trey Sermon has undoubtedly played very well during the Big 10 championship game and the sugar bowl against my Tigers but he’s also running behind a massive OL and Ohio St played with a chip on their shoulder last Friday. Big props to them but I think he’s a clear 2/3 steps behind Etienne/Harris and even a couple of other guys like JeVonte Williams and Kenneth Gainwell. I’ll be interested to see how he looks against Alabama in the title game next week. Definitely a chance for him to raise his stock.
