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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
When you can't draft 'em, you can only work with what you've got.
And no matter who we draft or how high we move up, we CANNOT expect a rookie to be a viable starter next season. I don't know how many of these guys we have to see struggle in year 1 at OT before we come to grips with that. Even the blue-chippers need time more often than not.
The odds of there being anyone better than Robinson or potentially Humphries on the market are just really remote. Terron Armstead could be a cap casualty, I guess, but they don't clear much space by cutting him. I believe Bolles is a FA but he'll get tagged if not extended. Maybe Ronnie Stanley? Tyron Smith has the same age/injury concerns he had last season, I don't want to give him a long-term deal.
Robinson (or Humphries) will be the best of the lot in FA unless the Ravens let Stanley walk and I just don't see that as terribly likely.
That's your market and scarcity is gonna make 'em expensive. So I guess you draft in the areas you draft well and pay for the expensive veteran where you haven't.
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This, all day
We don't have time to develop an in game, plug and play young tackle and go through his growing pains with him
We're in the middle of an historic window, we need basic competency at LT immediately and thats what an expensive but proven vet provides... meanwhile keep coaching up Suamataia hoping to break that vicious circle