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Originally Posted by OKchiefs
I'd sure as hell hate that considering you're guaranteed to take a player for the 2nd year in the row in the 1st who will be sitting the bench all season. At least at DE with FAU it's a premium position and the payoff may be worth it long term if he's a hit.
Interior OL is not a premium position and taking someone who will require a redshirt year is an extremely poor use of resources.
I get it, don't fixate on having to have a certain position. But that's why I suggested they can create their own fortune and trade up or down accordingly. There is absolutely going to be someone available at WR by pick 20 that falls in the BPA category. If there is someone they feel strongly about then trading up to get that player isn't the worst idea. On the other hand, if that's too expensive and the options available at their pick aren't great then trade down somewhere in the top half of the 2nd rd. I just hate sitting at our late 1st rd pick and waiting because every year we inevitably see a run at our position of need right before we pick, time after time.
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Draft the best player. It doesn't matter what position,
especially at the end of the first rd.
The Ravens had multiple first rd picks in 2021 and 2022. In 2021 they went for positional value drafting WR Rashod Bateman and DE Odafe Oweh. Bateman is a bust and Oweh only has 13 sacks in 3 years.
In 2022 they drafted S Kyle Hamilton and C Tyler Lindenbaum. Both of those guys were pro bowlers this season. Hamilton made all pro.