Originally posted by stefano89:
Originally posted by AB81Rules:
Originally posted by stefano89:
Originally posted by AB81Rules:
Originally posted by pdizo916:
Lol this team and the refusal to improve the oline.
Huh? They traded a 3rd and 5th for one of the best LTs in the game Trent Williams, they drafted Mike McGlinchey with the 9th pick in 2018, they traded for and extended a LG in Laken Tomlinson, they signed a very good C(when healthy) in Weston Richburg, and have added nice depth. Can't fix everything.
Ya but I think it's clear that IOL is a bigger need than tackle. Ya we needed to replace joe but Trent Williams does pretty much nothing for our interior pass pro. I think I'd even consider it a better move to try out skule at LT again an use those resources on an upgrade at guard or center.
I still think we're gonna have to make an E sanders like trade mid season to pickup a quality guard. Unless one of these "depth" guys surprises us. Unfortunately we're running out of money to do that.
So you would have rather not trade for Trent, and have Skule at LT? I agree IOL is a need, but over the past few drafts there hasn't been many OGs worth taking high.
Good point. But there had to be at least one that could improve our pass pro.
I'm looking at the 2017-2020 drafts, Interior Offensive Lineman taken in the first 3 rounds.
2017:
Forrest Lamp 38th to the Chargers
Ethan Pocic 58th to the Seahawks
Dion Dawkins 63rd to the Bills (Just signed a $60M extension with Buffalo)
Taylor Moton 64th to the Panthers
Pat Elflein 70th to the Vikings
Dan Feeney 71st to the Chargers
We took Reuben Foster 31st, so yeah we could have went with Lamp, but no one saw Foster ending up being an idiot off the field, everyone agreed it was a great pick at time
We had no 2nd rd pick due to the trade up for Foster
Dawkins and Moton were taken a few picks before we took Witherspoon at 66th overall, and Elflein is horrible at pass protection, he may not even make the Vikings roster.
2018:
Quenton Nelson 6th to the Colts
Frank Ragnow 20th to the Lions
Billy Price 21st to the Bengals
Braden Smith 37th to the Colts
James Daniels 39th to the Bears
Connor Williams 50th to the Cowboys
Mason Cole 97th to the Cardinals
Nelson was taken before us, but we got Mike McGlinchey, so that was a solid pick.
Pettis was taken at 44, not the best pick, but Ragnow, Price, Smith, and Daniels were gone by then. We could have taken Williams.
We took Fred Warner at 70, so that was a great pick, and we took Tarvaius Moore 2 picks before Mason Cole, and another good pick IMO.
2019:
Chris Lindstrom 14th to the Falcons
Garrett Bradbury 18th to the Vikings
Elgton Jenkins 44th to the Packers
Erik McCoy 48th to the Saints
Michael Deiter 78th to the Dolphins
Nate Davis 82nd to the Titans
Connor McGovern 90th to the Cowboys
This is easy, Bosa went 2nd to us, Deebo went 36th to us, both were the right picks, no guarantee Deebo would have lasted longer.
Jalen Hurd went 67th, so Lindstrom, Bradbury were 1st rd picks, we had no shot at either of them. Jenkins, McCoy were gone by 67. Not sure how good Deiter, Davis or McGovern are. The team, and fans seem high on Hurd.
2020:
Cesar Ruiz 24th to the Saints
Damien Lewis 69th to the Seahawks
Jonah Jackson 75th to the Lions
Matt Hennessy 78th to the Falcons
Lloyd Cushenberry 83rd to the Broncos
Tyre Phillips 106th to the Ravens
Despite what people wanted/thought, Kinlaw was the right pick at 14, taken a RT to play RG or LT wouldn't have made sense at 13 had we not traded back with the Bucs 1 spot.
We had no 2nd or 3rd rd picks so none of the rest were in range.
Honestly the only year that would have made sense was 2018 taking Connor Williams over Pettis, other than that, I wouldn't change the other picks.