I agree, but if you aren't going RB in round 1, skipping RB in round 2 will still leave you a good RB prospect in round 2, but likely a rotational back and not a dude
Good post. I agree that we could have resolved most b of our biggest needs, at least in the short term, if we were serious about winning football games. I dont think Jerry and Stephen are. They could have easily brought back Dowdle. Saying you didn't know he would sign so cheaply is just stupid and lazy. They could have brought in a guy like Keenan Allen. He isnt what he used to be, but he's a Hell of a lot better than Tolbert lol. It isn't expensive or hard to find a better NT to pair with Mazi than Rodgers SMH. They could have paid JLewis or they could bring in a guy like Gilmore with Diggs in question to start the season. Then they would be in position to draft whoever they wanted. I hate to break it to folks, we aren't getting 5 year one or two starters out of this draft. It ain't happening. If we land 2 starters and a couple of guys that play in a rotation it wipp be a great draft. We cant fix it all in this draft, no waySome pre-draft fun even if not likely or reasonable or not even smart:
Two names being whispered about as potential trade targets, in addition to all of the WRs we hear, are Jalen Ramsey and Jaire Alexander. Personally I'd take both over Diggs even though older and not long term solutions, but you need to trade or cut Diggs if you trade for one of them in a cap world I would think. Maybe not this year but by next year. You can't pay Diggs and then give Bland the contract he will surely command and also be paying one of those two all at CB. I guess you could put it off until next year though. Play whomever you trade for and Bland week 1 and then put Bland in the slot when Diggs comes back because Bland is probably at least as good in the slot as he is on the outside and then cut or trade Diggs next year to pay for Bland, but by then Alexander or Ramsey would be looking for an extension as well. One of the upsides of this is we solve CB without using a prime pick there.
Funny thing is that this team has the ability to solve most of our holes via trade if they are willing. We know there are now WRs, RBs and CBs available. OL and DL seem to be the two huge holes that you aren't going to be able to solve via trade based on who teh rumors have as available. Works fine for me because if we want to turn in to a contender THIS YEAR we need to be very aggressive. Best OL round 1 will probably be BPA. Best DT round 2 or 3 very well could be BPA. Plus Ol' Jerry has been leaking talk of the trenches which I love. With our cap space we could trade for the other spots. Problem is we only have the draft capital to do a couple of these things not all of them. I'm not sure what teams would want for these vets in a trade. Trading for a RB with the depth at the position this year in the draft probably doesn't make sense.
Draft OL (OSU OT), RB (OSU RB or Johnson), DT (Collins?) or flip flop DT and RB
Trade for one of the CBs (package of later picks plus maybe next years 4th?)
That leaves us a hole at WR but a much better team. But damn is that hole at WR huge.
Or Sign Gilmore and use your trade to get your #2 WR then the same draft as above. Helps fill your issue at OL, RB, DT, WR and CB. I really would love to see this kid Butler play at least half a season when he gets healthy and see if he is the player I think he may be at CB and we have the kid from Mia we traded for to kick around as a depth piece.
