If we are bringing Merriweather back, it better be as a coach. As for sticking with our #5 pick overall (which we shouldn't do), our best bets are NT (Danny Shelton) or OLB (Dante Fowler / Shane Ray). Everyone else is not worth taking at #5 overall (e.g., Landon Collins, Brandon Scherff) or doesn't fit a pressing need (e.g., Amari Collins / Kevin White and/or errrrr, ummm Marcus Mariota).
WR is a need we have no Big WR on our team and White with his size,speed and great hands would be a great pick at 5 if they believe he is BPA
Not having a big WR is a pressing need. Do you realize how poor we have been in the red zone? It has cost us games. Not saying the need is greater than OL, DL, or secondary, but it's as great as our need for another OLB. The reality is that if we stay at 5, the BPA may very well be a WR and we should take him, especially if it's White. He has the potential to be a game changer.However one may characterize our need at WR, I think we'll all agree that it's not a pressing one. NT/DT and OLB are needs that are on a much higher order, along with o-line.
Not having a big WR is a pressing need. Do you realize how poor we have been in the red zone? It has cost us games. Not saying the need is greater than OL, DL, or secondary, but it's as great as our need for another OLB. The reality is that if we stay at 5, the BPA may very well be a WR and we should take him, especially if it's White. He has the potential to be a game changer.
I miss the free spending first minute of Free Agency days. Not the over paying on over the hill player days but the excitement of it all. This waiting around stuff sucks.
I hear what you are saying. However - wouldn't you rather wait a few days for some (likely unexciting) free agent news rather than years and years (& years) of waiting for this team to make the playoffs (& when they do so make it more than one year in a row). Patience is a virtue.
If Mariota drops to us, there has got to be a trade partner. This is the ideal scenario. We move back, pick up additional high picks and fill multiple holes with quality players.It all depends on who we get in FA then we still take BPA during draft. Yes WR is less of a need then O-Line, D-Line scratch that all Defense positions but to improve in the long run you take the best player available when you draft. I still think if Mariotta drops to us we take him then trade him to the highest bidder.