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Originally Posted by kccrow
I think Cook will be a great player, in the long run. It seems a bit perplexing why he didn't prioritize DL when there were solid options available, but I do understand the draft-to-replace strategy when there is good value there.
His options at 62 weren't great overall, outside of going DT with Travis Jones or a flier on Perrion Winfrey. Perhaps he felt like going for a potential ace safety was better than a plugger at NT or a DT that's going to sit behind Jones?
His options at DE largely dried up right after we picked Skyy Moore.
The only one that I'd maybe say eh he should have taken a poke was Dominique Robinson and he didn't go until 174 in the 5th. In his defense, Robinson looked really raw.
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Once Williams came off the board, though, Veach should've been working the phones to move up. Because as you said, the options were really thinning out at that point.
Atlanta in the middle of a rebuild taking a LBer in a draft LOADED with guys just like Troy Andersen seems like such an obvious fit at 58. Just feels like 62 and 145 can probably get you to 58 there.
But like you said, barring that, feel like Travis Jones is someone you've still gotta take there over a 3rd safety. And I think you can make an argument for Bonitto or even Petit-Frere or Raimann there. Leal or Cameron Thomas as more versatile inside/outside DL pieces. Shit, Nakobe Dean (dart throw on upside) or Jalen Tolbert (youth and size).
I'm just not gonna talk myself into the idea that S3 was such a dire need, even in the longer term, that we needed to attack it at 62.