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Originally Posted by the Talking Can
and why do you want to 'bargain shop' for WRs, while spending a premium pick on a guard?
it is so ass backwards
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Because, once you get past Watkins, Evans, Beckham and Cooks, the rest of the WR's are basically the same level until you hit the later part of the fourth round. (And I'm not so sure that guys like Moncrief and Huff and Street aren't just as good as the top four guys anyway.)
The #23 pick isn't a "premium" pick. It's not a top ten pick, where you are theoretically selecting a potential transcendent level player.
As well, much the same as the strong side OLB and RT, OG is a different animal these days. It's not the Woody Hayes three yards and a cloud of dust, '70's offense that required a big ass mauler to push the guy in front of him backwards a couple of years type of position anymore.
Remember when Asamoah went out and Schwartz came in and how much better the entire offensive line looked from that point on? And Schwartz is just a guy.
Getting a guy who is potentially an All-Pro level player at that spot seems to represent good value, regardless of the position he plays.