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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
You and others are not being realistic. In this draft you know what we will have to give up to go get one of the better tackles? And how many "cant miss" tackles are in this draft? What we would have to give to move up to this level?
Then some just say just go up to 15-25 pick. That's a first and 3rd, at least you are giving up on a tackle that may or may not work out. In doing this, you have gave up a starting DT, CB, DE, RB and all our other holes to fill.
We are not in this year or bust mode. Just stop. We have been picking at the bottom of the draft for 7 years. This is the design of the NFL. We cant trade up every year. We cant trade up to get a top LT as long as Mahomes is our QB.
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I consider this view to be unrealistic.
For starters, there isn't a more important position on a team after QB than LT. It's not even particularly close.
If you want a starting LT in this league, you have to draft one, and to draft one, you usually have to get a pick in the top 20.
If NFL evaluators echo Mike Tice, then you aren't getting Josh Conerly or Kevin Banks anywhere near 31. It doesn't rightly matter what Mel Kiper thinks. You might get Ersery.
You act like we're giving up all these "starting" players. Now that's just being ridiculous. Your best-case argument is that you will give up two part-time players (role players). You're giving up a Leo Chenal and a Derrick Nnadi, in all likelihood. Solid players? Yeah sure. Franchise-altering talents? No.