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wayne_motley;1401668 said:The biggest problems when planning to restock starters for the right side of the line in the draft are:
1. You can't really count on being successful with two rookies at OG and OT beside each other, not even when you use your first two selections on them.
2. Most importantly, there is never a guarantee in the draft that a guy you need will still be there, that someone won't take him early and unexpectedly...then where are you with the OL for the coming year?
You have to have a decent plan in place for a starting OL before the draft...then you can draft quality OL if you want to, but you can't count on getting your starters there....way too big a gamble.
It's all a gamble Wayne... except for the money that is spent. Once the money is committed it's committed.
Given the size of the contracts (so far) for the talent signed (so far) I'm not impressed with the lack of discipline that most teams have shown. AND I don't think it's a coincidence that mostly teams that have sucked the last few years are the ones going goofy over average football talent.