Okay, so now we are getting somewhere, everyone agrees that there wasn't a viable, affordable solution via FA. So that leaves us with this past draft right?
Okay which of our first 4 picks would you rather have traded for a lineman? We didn't know if Ricky was coming back or not, so we obviously would either trade down and draft the next best back availible, and maybe a lineman, but since we couldn't our first pick remains the same.
IN the second round I would've still picked the BPA, and that definately seemed to be roth.
In the Third we had Crowder, a first round talent that slipped because of injury questions, you could make an arguement for drafting a lineman here, but then Saban had the inside track info that Crowder was good to go, and I am sure there were no linemen availible in the 3rd who rated 1st round, plus Linebacker depth is a concern as much as line depth, so the third round pick stays the same.
In the fourth we pick a CB, which we needed, and because Pat had just left, and other than madison none of the other CBs had proven themselves, so again our secondary needed depth, after the injury to poole, I don't think anyone regrets this pick, but maybe a lineman in the fourth, but by this point is there a lineman that could come in and dominate enough this offseason to take a spot away from any of the current crew? Nope.
Nick and the team did everything reasonably possible this offseason to improve the line, short of giving up picks and players.
