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OK, if Wynn were a star, he would a free agent, getting his $20M from another team.I voted CB initially but over the last week, the tackles has almost all moved up into the 1st round: B Jones, P Johnson, Skoronski, Harrison, Wright, D Jones. Seems they are ALL going to go in the 1st. So, while I think CB #1 is the type of position that is of critical importance in today's NFL, we're hurting a lot more at tackle than we are at CB. It stinks because this would've been a great opportunity to grab a Witherspoon, Gonzalez or Porter that would have locked down our D. But if Mac Jones has NO protection, it's game over. Even a mediocre tackle on the team would've allowed the Patriots to take a top CB here.
This is why the Isaiah Wynn miss ends up hurting the team many years down the road. You have to replace that hole on the team which prevents you from acquiring a crucial missing piece.
The way I value players these days:
1. QB
2A and 2B. WR1 and CB1
3. Pass rushers
4. Tackles
5. Safeties & guards
6. Linebackers who can cover
7. Tight ends
8. Run Stoppers
9. Running backs
or trade up for SkoronskiParis Johnson or Broderick Jones
Wright, Harrison, Jones, and Freeland all tested well at the combine. They will all be available later in the 1st after trading down, and might be better than the top 3. I would prefer the best of the 2nd four OTs PLUS an additional 2nd or 3rd.Maybe a blue chip player at a position of need will happen at 14.
Or maybe, we will move up a bit, especially for an OT.
There will be a HUGE difference between these top 3 and anyone that we could get in the 2nd round, after using our 1st for a CB or WR.
Every star is going to cost that much. That's where we are.OK, if Wynn were a star, he would a free agent, getting his $20M from another team.
My point was that the miss on Wynn didn't change the fact that we would need a starting OT in 2023 free agency.Every star is going to cost that much. That's where we are.
I don't know, we seemed to have signed Solder and Light to top deals when we renewed them. Solder left on his 3rd contract. I don't think Belichick is against signing top OL to top deals when he has the money (Light, Solder, Mankins, Vollmer, Shaq Mason). I think Thuney came up in the year we took our big dead money hit.My point was that the miss on Wynn didn't change the fact that we would need a starting OT in 2023 free agency.
Are you saying a OT in the 2nd?The value is setting up right to trade down, pick up an extra 2nd, and still draft an OT.
Freeland though had a super hard time against better competition than he normally faces during the all star bowl circuit.Wright, Harrison, Jones, and Freeland all tested well at the combine. They will all be available later in the 1st after trading down, and might be better than the top 3. I would prefer the best of the 2nd four OTs PLUS an additional 2nd or 3rd.
I agree. A tackle can be found afterward but we will never go far as an offense without a top flight receiver. Never. And currently we have none.Jaxon smith njigba is going to be that guy who everyone looks back on four years from now when he’s caught 100+ passes every year of his career and wonder how everyone passed in him. Like Justin Jefferson. Draft him and figure out tackle in round 2.
Sure, draft a 2nd level OT instead of a stud.The value is setting up right to trade down, pick up an extra 2nd, and still draft an OT.
Unless JSN or top 2 CBs( Gonzalez or witherspoon or top 2 OTs are available, makes sense to trade down to mid 20s draft the best available OT and then trade up to get Darnell Washington and the best available cornerback at 46.Take the best player available at OT, WR, or CB.
NO fecking trade downs! This team needs TALENT!