On the contrary, if I have just paid out a $160 million for a face of the franchise QB I am not sure my confidence is in taking the risk of a post season surgery success vice trading up for Sewell or taking Slater over Parsons.
I guess it's all in how the risk/reward outcome is perceived.
I thought the loss of starting olinemen to Mahommes and Rodgers further demonstrated their importance.
Not to mention the turnstiles that were Steele and Knight against Washington's starters and even NYG in the second game.
Imo, this team will go only as far as the starting olineman's health holds up.
Regardless of defense.
I mean unless Parsons can play a little swing tackle, lol.
Most back ups are backups for a reason.
Chaz Green wasn't so long ago that I've forgotten.
Let Smith or Collins go down... Or gosh forbid both.
The tune around here will change pretty quick.
So based upon all these reasons I guess my risk/reward opinion favors the drafting of the OL as a backup plan over the hope of post surgery success.
Not sure how dumb that is, but that's just my opinion.
Nah. It isn’t dumb. It’s just your opinion, which is mostly what we all write here. I wasn’t calling anyone dumb, although I did say going OL at pick 10 would have been dumb. It was just an unfortunate way for me to say that I think the OT’s are good for a few more years and that Dallas really needed defensive help.
My bad.
I do think that Smith and Collins are going to be good for a while still. Of course they can get hurt but every team has to hold their breath when it comes to the health of their OT’s.
Collins just had a hip problem, which he got fixed. He’s young and should be fine going forward.
Smith’s neck, which had been bothering him for a few seasons, has finally been corrected. He didn’t want to miss a season to have it fixed, so he tried to work through it. Now it has been fixed, he’s still just 30 and he is maybe the best in the league at LT… so I agree that it wasn’t time to draft his replacement and cast him aside.
I understand your position that you are worried he might get hurt again but I think it is a pretty safe gamble. Not to mention that the free agent swing tackle is better than anything they had last year and Ball is much better than Steele.
And the odds of losing both OT’s like last year are pretty long indeed.
I think the OT’s are going to be fine.