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Originally Posted by Bowser
If we stand pat at 31 and Conerly, Burden, and (name your top defensive guy at this point) are all still there, wouldn't it come down to what they feel left tackle is going to look like in the '26 draft? By all accounts, this is a "meh" draft for left tackles outside the top three or so guys, right? Take the immediate impact/value guy in Burden at 31, perhaps grab a Logan Brown type later in the draft for depth, and reassess next year?
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This draft is not very weak at OT. It's actually relatively normal. I think if Simmons hadn't hurt his knee, it'd be very, very normal in that you have two top-15 guys at LT, one at RT, and a couple of other guys that fit somewhere in the 20-25 range. I don't understand the thought that's it's overly weak. It has some nice-looking developmental prospects as well.
Next year's draft is the one that, right now, actually looks weak. You probably have Mauigoa from Miami as a top LT. I don't think teams will see Proctor from Alabama as a LT but maybe if he has a combine like Becton did AND he doesn't give up as much pressure this year. Lomu from Utah probably is in the mix. The new OT for Ohio State, Onianwa, looks legit but has to prove he can go from playing at Rice to playing in the Big 10. Freeling from Georgia is probably a RT that could sneak into Round 1 but he has to have a good year. He'll probably get talked up by the pundits as a LT conversion but I doubt it will have serious legs with the NFL.
That's it. Maaaaaaaaaybe it is a class that matches this one. I don't think it will.