Why does everyone keep saying we don't need a Tackle at #3?

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

No one here is equating a CB with a top flight tackle, end or QB, hell, even a DT, but a true lockdown corner changes the schemes that your D can run.

One can make that argument with any position. A dominant player is going to make a difference regardless if they are a LB, CB, DE, DT, etc. My point is that with the changes and enforcement of pass interference rules since 2004, the overall impact a cornerback has on the game has been minimized to a certain degree.

As such, I would think that the days of the "shutdown" corner as an area of importance and "value" would be also minimized in terms of looking at a players relative value in the draft.