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Originally Posted by RunKC
I’ve been told this is a bad tackle class and trading up for one isn’t worth it.
You can whine and throw your hands up all you want but the options at tackle are less than ideal in the draft and FA.
The worst thing you can do is reach for need on another unknown project tackle and pass on a known premier talent.
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Serious question for the masses since you brought this up...
Why do people assume (and I'm not saying YOU are specifically but it's pertinent here), that because a class is "bad" at a position, the players all suck at that position?
Because that ALWAYS happens. Just because the OT class is weak, doesn't mean they all suck. LT Simmons, LT Campbell (if he sticks due to arm length), RT Membou, LT Conerly, and LT Banks are all pretty well CONSENSUS 1st round picks. None of them are bad and most all are widely considered to be top-25 players.
The depth of the class is weak, absolutely. There are a few developmental LTs and a few developmental RTs but it's not like last year where it was stronger into the 3rd round.
We should not assume a prospect in this class is somehow less of a prospect than Suamataia because that is simply not true. Conerly is about the same prospect this year as Fautanu was coming out last year from build, to athleticism, to the way they play the game. Fautanu was drafted at #20.