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Originally Posted by Balto
I don't agree and believe that Simmons would have actually been the top LT of this draft. Go look at how he was doing before getting injured. He was ELITE.
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He MIGHT have been. Perhaps even PROBABLY.
What you're missing is:
1) the history of players with this injury returning at their prior ability level is terrible, and
2) It's not a good LT draft. So being the best of a mediocre group doesn't make him a great prospect, even IF he was a lock to return to his previous ability level. Which, as we've covered, he is NOT.
There is no slam dunk LT at all in this draft, and Simmons is a huge risk. I would say that Conerly, Ersery, or maybe even Grant are better bets to be starting level LT's. And those aren't guarantees by any stretch. Most likely not.