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Originally Posted by Rausch
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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Ok. What about next year? How do you go about acquiring e LT, picking at the bottom of the standings? It's a cycle. You are not getting an elite level LT without moving up to the Top 10, and selling the farm in the process.
This was a rare situation of an elite talent becoming available and you take that chance.