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Originally Posted by kcbubb
Look at how the bengals are treating burrow. I’m not saying I agree with their strategy but they have or will pay two top WRs. They drafted Mims in the 1st last year. They signed OBJ to play LT a couple years back. The bengals are making sure to take care of burrow. I’m not saying that we need to go that crazy but we need to Invest in protecting PM. And it’s not super risky to draft Simmons, IMO, even if he can’t play LT, we need competition at RG. We will need a RT next year and we need competition across the line, except center. We just traded our best lineman in Thuney. We need oline depth. Even if Simmons fails at LT, he’s played G and RT. Don’t get me wrong, I like Simmons bc I believe he could our LT of the future and possibly start by the playoffs. It’s a great fit of need vs where he’s available, assuming medicals check out. Last years draft shows that with Mims going 18.
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It is super risky. He didn't tear an ACL. The majority of athletes that suffer this particular injury are never the same after. The risk with Simmons is that he can't play any position at a high level, not just LT.