He’s not a better prospect than Smith the player now. Just because Smith has been good enough to just flip back and forth doesn’t mean it’s best for the development of the player. Keep your LT where he is and if you want a LG draft one. Maybe you draft Torrance, maybe Avila a round later.
They have to address their needs to do that, but they usually take the Bpa at a need position
Are you banking on us getting a WR in FA or are happy with our WR corp heading into next year?
I don’t see a scenario where WR is BPA at a position of need in the first two rounds and I’d be reluctant go into the season only adding a 3rd RD or lower WR. I think we at least need someone like TY Hilton at the low end or Odell at the high end in addition to a mid-late draft pick.
Team has to be more creative. If not Odell, then look to the trade market. Maybe Cooks. This mindset that you can do it all in the draft is insane. I get it that you don’t want to go all in with the Type A FA. But you have to do better.
If he’s healthy I think OBJ is the floor of what we need to do to fix the position.
if we don’t next 2 years are likely more if the same
Give me Payne Durham in the 5th.
The question I have, would you just want a solid option or would you rather have an elite option that forces defenses to count for them?
To answer your question directly, yes of course you want an elite option at every position. But that's highly unrealistic. There just isn't enough draft capital or cap space to do that. You can make your team better and make defenses account for another player by adding a dynamic WR to this weak group while staying strong (or solid as you say) at TE. And Shultz isn't out the door yet. As much as I don't see him returning, it could happen.
Today's game it's all about the pass and finding as many mismatches as possible. These new aged TE's are basically oversized receivers that forces teams to put corners on them, which opens up the rest of the offense. Yes, you could add a high level receiver to accomplish the same goals. Look at the SB teams, they both had elite TE's. I view TE like having a great Free Safety, not many elite ones, but when you got one, big advantage.
I agree with the entire first paragraph. But that's kind of my point. There are very very few elite TE's in todays game. Kelce, Kittle and Andrews that's it. There are some other guys that many consider élite, like Waller, Pitts etc., but I don't. IMO they haven't really done anything yet to say that they are elite. To me they fall into the same good group as about half the TE's in the league, including Shultz and I think Ferg will be also.
I’d be open to an upgrade but due to positional value I kick it down the list.
Really good TE class. But that‘s essentially what it comes down to. What are our expectations ? Are we getting someone significantly better than Ferguson ?
I agree, most don't usually hit and the best TE's in this league weren't picked in the 1st rd. Mayer is the only one I would consider at 26, but I would be hard pressed to pass one up if they were on the board at 58, the value would be too much to ignore.
What’s OBJ gonna be asking? 4 year, 12m per season deal, maybe bumping to 18m per season with incentives. That’s an expensive floor. I think the floor is more likely in the 4-6m per season range.
