Originally Posted by O.city:
Well, shit no one knows if they'll shit their pants tomorrow but we can assume they won't.
So yeah, if they feel confident enough in a guy to trade that kind of ammo to get him, they'll start him day 1. If they don't, it was a huge failure.
Nothing is a guarantee. Drafting the 6th best LT prospect and expecting him to block the backside of the best QB in the league is a risk.
Trading multiple first round picks for a chance is a much bigger risk. Sorry but it is.
If they want to trade up into the 20's to get someone, fine. But you're still getting a guy that has some warts.
To get one of the best chances, they'd have to trade up into the low teens and that would cost 2 firsts PLUS. At that point, you're getting a guy like Slater who may or may not be better suited as IOL or Darrisaw, who is still raw.
Originally Posted by O.city:
They've drafted guys in teh 2nd round the past few years and openly said "they're projects, they may not be ready for a while".
Stop doing that.
Okay, that's fair.
We were talking about 1st round LT's so I wasn't thinking 2nd round. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Trading multiple first round picks for a chance is a much bigger risk. Sorry but it is.
If they want to trade up into the 20's to get someone, fine. But you're still getting a guy that has some warts.
To get one of the best chances, they'd have to trade up into the low teens and that would cost 2 firsts PLUS. At that point, you're getting a guy like Slater who may or may not be better suited as IOL or Darrisaw, who is still raw.
It's just not worth it.
You may not think it is.
They might.
Hence my whole argument. If they think Darrisaw is ready to play quick and can be an all pro type LT, trade up there and get him.
It would be better than the RB or CB that you end up trading in two years anyway that you'll pick in teh late first. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Are you seriously going to pretend there were no extenuating circumstances? Like they traded away Marcus Peters because he sucked or something?
You're being extremely disingenuous.
Hes an extremely impatient guy when he sees a need. He wanted to trade a first and some picks for Patrick Peterson and 2 firsts for Ramsey a few years ago.
If we move up to get a LT were giving up what we gave for Mahomes. [Reply]