If you’re a well-run organization then you draft for talent/value. You fill needs through FA.
You take Pitts if he’s there at 10.
I understand your logic there and without going into a rant about what constitutes well-run, we didn't fill our needs through free agency.
If we took a corner in FA, I'd still say we need one in the draft to be the future, but right now we don't have an immediate starter or future to start opposite Diggs.
I'm not advocating building a whole roster through FA, but if we signed two solid players on defense early on, then you don't feel the need to reach for defense so early.
For the deals they signed, we could have picked up Tomlinson and someone like John Johnson, then drafted a corner in round 2 and our defense would still look respectable.
I think they are desperate for defensive help and go defense in round 1 for sure. Not justifying it as the right move, just what I think will happen..