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Originally Posted by DRM08
And even then you have a risk that the draft choice will be a major bust. Hard to justify putting that much capital into an unproven player.
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Not that hard. If they trust their scouting then if they made that move, they'd have to believe that player can start for the next 10 years or so.
Every move they can do carries risk. This isn't the time to be risk averse and end up going into next year with a question mark. Whether it's signing a FA, finding a trade, or trading up for a draft pick, they need to go 100% at it.
If it means the rookie LT will have growing pains and at times make mistakes, fine. That will be the coaching staffs job to coach him up and Patrick to help him out when he can and not exacerbate those mistakes.