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Old 04-25-2025, 03:02 PM   #899
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Alright.
So, what is your solution? Stay put and hope for something better next year?
The reality is there was no reasonable solution in the draft this year. Admit to that and adapt. The only option was to overpay a FA or trade for someone.

We didn't. We signed a guy who's only been a b/u we hope can become a dependable starter. We repeated the same actions of drafting a guy who's a longshot to work out once again. He only fell to us because every other NFL team felt he was too risky to take in the 1st round.

I stated this after the SB and I'll say it again - pay what it costs to get a legit LT. If that's two firsts and two thirds that's the cost. No cutting corners, no long shots, just do it. Bite the bullet, move up for a top prospect, take the highest possible odds of it working.

I don't disagree with the need to solve the LT problem - I agree. In fact I'm willing to sacrifice more to fix it. A guy who might not play at all this year does not fix the problem. A guy who might play 2 years and be done does not fix the problem.

I would not have traded for Tunsil. I would not have signed the LT we did. I would not have spent a draft pick on a LT.

I would have done ALL these things to guarantee the problem is fixed. I would have, absolutely, overcompensated because the need is that great.
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