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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
A mid-round tackle, guard or center?
Unless something happens with Schwartz or Fisher's rehab, I don't really understand the need to draft yet another tackle in the first 3 rounds, which is something they did last year.
A late round guard or center? Sure, no problem, they need depth at those position or at least one guy versatile enough to play inside or at center.
But it just doesn't make any sense to me to draft a tackle when they're heading into the season with Fisher, Schwartz, Niang and most likely, a true veteran Swing Tackle, especially considering they could use their first three picks on starters, whether it's at Safety or CB or DE or LB or WR.
Those skill position guys are far more important, IMO, than drafting a tackle to sit on the bench.
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I think I would only draft a tackle if it was truly the best position there in the mid rounds. It’s not likely but it has happened before. As it stands I think you’ve got a very good 3rd tackle option in Niang.
Generally I think we need to bolster the depth on the OL and push for competition. Anywhere from rd 5 on doesn’t bother me. Get those Zach Fulton’s LDT’s and Allegretti’s. By all means load up. Ideally I’d like to replicate what we did in 2015 when we drafted Fulton and LDT in the later rounds.
This is Patrick’s last cheap year so we’re going to need to move off of guys like LDT (who is in a contract year anyway).
You know the more I think about this the more I believe they’ll keep Reiter. C is the only position I could see them drafting early on the OL unless a badass tackle somehow falls to us, but I believe that with no OTA’s and a weird training camp they will not want a starting C week 1. It’s just too much to learn with these type of limits.
I’m 100% with you on the weapons. At this point it’s 3rd receiving option and pass rusher as biggest needs in my eyes.