Originally posted by dolphindew
I stil think we should have taken a Tackle in the 2nd round. :confused:
Which OT do you think we should have selected? I, too, thought that we'd select Hunter from Hawaii when we were on the clock. However, we had Smith rated higher than Hunter. Smith was still available when we selected in the 3rd round, so it's not like we missed out on anyone. It has been fairly well documented that we tried--desperately some might say--to trade up into the first round to select an OT that could come right in and compete for a starting job. However, our attempts to swap our #1 pick next year and other picks/players (luckily) failed.
As far as addressing the OT position in this draft, the CS did the best job they could: they tried to trade up, and when they couldn't they ended up with the highest-rated OT remaining on their board, and selected him in an appropriate round for his draft value, plus they also selected another OT prospect when he slid down to them in the later rounds.
I hear your concern, though, about an injury to either Dixon or Wade...I'm not confident that we have anyone who is able to step in right now. I guess if that were to occur, then we'd have to go out and sign a veteran FA OT (Brockermeyer, Webb, Spriggs, etc.). Of course, if some solid OLT gets released after June 1 (Deese) and becomes available to us for a low cost, we may sign him, leaving us plenty deep at the OT position.
