Oh_Canada;3251707 said:
Nah...I am all for drafting o-lineman, but not with the first three picks. If the team believes in Brewster, than I would spend a high pick on a tackle and another mid-rounder on a center/guard.
There's PLENTY of room for those guys, including Brewster.
Brewster is projected to play anywhere from either guard positions to RT. Right about now the only two long term ( meaning 2 - 3 years from now ) that I see on our offensive line are Gurode and Biggs, and Gurode is not exactly a great one.
Not that it's going to happen, but the Cowboys could easily spend the 3 highest picks in the next 2 drafts on O-line help alone and they wouldn't be wasting any of them. The numbers would justify it. There are 10 spots on the roster reserved for O-line every year:
We have 1 prospect ready to play right now ( Free ), we have one developing ( Brewster ).
We have 5 starting O-linemen over 30 years of age, two of them ( Flo and Kozier ) who could be, and should be, replaced this minute, 1 ( Columbo ) who would need to be replaced perhaps as soon as 2 years down the line, 1 ( Gurode ) right after him if not WITH him, and 1 ( Biggs ) right after that.
That's it, unless you think Holland, Proctor, or McQuistan have any long term value.
3 years in the NFL goes by very quickly and you better be prepared for when your top players need to be replaced.