We've seen it before...you look at the holes on this team, and the glaring needs are OL and QB...in that order....QB is "tentatively" answered. OL has been addressed, but not completely yet. So logic tells you we will go OL....but there are some problems with that theory.
1) The OL class this draft is relatively weak....Gallery is head and shoulders above all others. Next level is Andrews...but after that is all for the first round. Smiley...I think he might be the steal of the draft, because someone will him in the 2nd round and he might turn out to be a day one starter. Carey is slightly better than the rest of the group (Grove, Snee, Locklear, Rogers, Dorsey, maybe a couple of others). So what do we do if Andrews is gone ?? Reach for Smiley, Carey, Grove ?? I can hear the b*tching now if that happens.
Do we trade down and possibly get a 2nd and 3rd rounder out of the #20 ? Sounds good, but also sounds to me like about 15 other teams are trying to do the same thing. At #20, I seriously doubt there will be a player left that someone covets so much that they would try to trade for. I love for that to happen...but I just don't think the quality is there in this draft after about #12.
Do we reach for a Rivers if available (although that seems to be looking less and less likely) ? After spending the cash and the 2nd round pick on AJ, they have to be pretty gunshy about taking a QB. Now, IF Rivers, Ben, or Eli are somehow at #20, that may be enough for RS to pull a Shula (ala 1983) and draft one of them, but that is only a remote possibility. I don't think any other QBs are worthy of reaching out with the #20 pick.
My point is that at #20, there are going to be some possible D players avialable....So do you take BPA...well that might be Dunta Robinson - CB. That is not even a remote need right now. None of the safeties that will be available are worth the 20 pick....maybe a DT or two will be available, which would accelerate our replacement of Timbo a year earlier than we would normally look at.
This could very well be a draft that 50% of us hate, because they take defense or it could be a draft where we trade down and get some 2nd tier players that can't help us this year or a draft where the other 50% hate because we reach up for a player that should not have been taken at #20....it's a tough spot to be in for RS. I'm glad I can sit here on Sunday evening (April 25ht) and say "RS, you're an idiot" or "RS, you are the second coming !" Either way, it'll be interesting.
