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Originally Posted by htismaqe
There's no guarantee he's a long-term starter. You yourself admitted you're not getting a sure fire starter outside of the top 20. People are stretching to make this make sense because they're scared. It's that simple.
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Hell, there is no such thing as a sure thing inside the top 20. It's generally not as much about a "sure thing" as it is about availability. Some positions are much harder to get any quality at outside of round one, and quarterbacks and offensive tackles tend to dry up by pick 10 and pick 20, respectively. That doesn't mean that if one slips outside the top 20, they are automatically some big project. Darrisaw wasn't a project, and he fell to 23. Rodgers was never seen as a project QB and fell to 27. Shit just happens.
I really don't hear anyone calling Conerly a "project" as a prospect. The opposite really. His lone knock has been concerns about anchor strength, but everyone seems to think the footwork, the hand usage, and so on are top-notch. Nobody walks into the NFL as an OT and hits the ground running as a star day 1. They all take some pretty massive lumps. I'm looking at what I'd envision a guy to be 1 or 2 years down the road. Conerly with an added 15-20 lbs and strength gain is going to be a really good player.