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Originally Posted by Chieftain
We keep talking like this kid is borderline paraplegic. I'd take 80% Simmons over anything that's available. How else do yall expect to land a top level LT?
They are rarely available in free agency. You wanted to move up for a lesser player like Conerly who the Texans passed on, despite having a dire need at the position?
We never pick in the top 10. So, what other solution do you offer in acquiring one?
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Bingo. This isn't a binary situation where Simmons is either perfectly healthy or irreparably injured.
Simmons at 100% is a Pro Bowl or possible All-Pro caliber prospect. If Simmons only recovers to 80-90%, that is a starting caliber LT prospect. Wouldn't we take that at 31 and have years of cost-controlled steady play there? I think so.