I’m going to will it into existence

Please do.

He'd be immediately at the top of my options list.

But I will again remind folks that we COULD build our own Jackson by just drafting traits and being patient. That's all the Rams did here.

yeah, I wasn't seeing him in the FA listings for some reason.

That would absolutely be my first choice. Still young enough to do a multi-year deal with and get on with our lives.

Sure.

But are we going to waste years of Mahomes' prime being patient?

I mean, we may not have a choice.

But if we do?

This is why I think they are gonna sign Cam Robinson even though I want to draft a LT in the first rd.

I don’t think they (Mahomes/Andy) want to do the Wanya/Kingsley growing pains thing again IMO.

I get it though. Kingsley/Wanya did a lot of damage to Patrick

My thinking on it is we're going to need an OT immediately and in a year or two when/if Taylor moves on. So Alaric Jackson tides you over for now and all of a sudden it leaves the RT position in a really good spot with Taylor to bridge it while you see what you have between Morris and Suamataia with the pressure of starting immediately off the table. Maybe one is more suited to replace Thuney/Smith, who knows, but at the very least you've bought yourself time and opened up a plethora of options in house.

Edit: 'tide over' was worded poorly. Ideally Jackson is a guy you plug and play at LT for seasons to come.

Gotta think If any of those big name tackles hit the market theres probably a handful of twams that would have the ability to outbid us no?

Keep drinking the kool aid with me.

We’re going to make it happen.

My family left me years ago. I’m not leaving the Best Buy parking lot any time soon.

IMO, this is spot on.

It's certainly not ideal but for where this team is it makes the most sense that's actually a realistic possibility. I have a really hard time believing the Rams are letting him walk unless Stafford is imminently retiring and they're planning a massive rebuild in response.

I'm curious DJ what gives you possible hope with Wayna at LT? I've seen you bring this up before. To me he statyed to look lost at the position. However seems to be a potentially good RT

Regardless of what they do pre draft I'd still like to see them move up and grab Simmons if he falls far enough that a trade up with 66 or 95+chaff is possible. You're not going to be able to get that type of talent that low in the draft very often.

Is Cam Robinson really that much of an improvement though compared to the money he’s going to get? I want a LT as much as anyone but damn, if that’s our best option that’s sad.

I asked it in the other thread, but I see Josh Simmons falling to 28 in some mocks.

If he really falls that far, do we take a stab at another early LT and roll the dice with Humphries as a stop gap?

Sure, but there's no ****in' way he falls that far.