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Originally Posted by Couch-Potato
Why? OT is an expensive position and plays every down. We picked up Taylor because he's versatile and willing to play either LT or RT. Sort of signals to me that we might take our LT of the future at #31 and ask him to play RT initially the same way OBJ started his career. If our new OT surpasses Taylor in ability, Taylor is willing to move to RT.
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You can't spend everywhere. Make no mistake about it - they signed Taylor to play LT. They're not paying him more than Brown to have him play right, even if he says he will. We don't need a LT of the future, Taylor is the future unless he flat out sucks. Even then, they have Taylor under contract through at least 2025 (when his dead cap drops from $35M to $10M) so they could take an OT next year if they really need to replace him.
You need to get used to the idea that Taylor is the LT they wanted. If they draft anybody, it will likely be a swing or right in the middle rounds. They're not taking an OT in the first.