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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
Thinking about this more.
The rest of the draft makes me feel significantly better about this pick.
We didn’t entirely miss out on RB (ours may be limited but he has the burst I wanted). We didn’t miss out on a Tranquil replacement (maybe even this year if he regresses further). We added 2 bodies to the DL. We got our WR at a tremendous value. We got another CB (not a guy most of us had on the radar but a good value regardless).
I didn’t love a RB in the first round with the depth of this class so I’m okay passing on Henderson. I wanted Burden but I like Royals a lot and I wouldn’t necessarily be happier with Burden and a project OT in the 4th. Another DL would’ve been alright, but were we realistically going to do much better than ONL and Gillotte?
I still don’t feel great about this pick, but I’m having a tough time answering “if not Simmons, then who?” with how the rest of the draft ended up.
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That’s where I’m at.
As of today, I don’t know who would have been a better pick at that spot. We may look back in 2 years and play the whole “Tee Higgins over CEH” game with someone, but with what we have to go off of, I’m comfortable taking that risk with Simmons.