Originally Posted by O.city:
My worry is that we dont' take one at 31 planning to wait till 62 and it ends up being a Breeland Speaks situation where they start flying off the board and we trade up for the last available.
If that's the case, don't take one. Take one later.
They don't need a left tackle in the draft, especially if they plan on using Niang there. [Reply]
I think one of Spencer Brown, Stone Forsythe or Walker Little will be there at 63.
And I think that’s fine to sit them year 1. Especially since we are getting Lucas Niang back and Willie Gay will be ready to take over as a starter [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Just a reminder: Veach has executed 5 draft trades in his career as GM.
Every single one of them was a trade UP to get his guy
Yeah. That doesn't mean it's a good idea. It's worked okay so far but it's not going to forever. Especially when you have guys like Clark making so much money and not getting enough return. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
There’s depth at DE well into round 4.
They don’t need to do it at 31, along with any other position.
With that said, I think there will be value at 31.
Here’s the thing: they need someone to contribute now. Not sure you’re gonna be able to find a stud like Sneed in rd. That’s hard.
I think they want to do that earlier.
I know there’s a lot of coach/GM speak, but I believe Veach when he said he wants to attack the trenches.
He saw how inconsistent Frank Clark was in the regular season. He knows that Danna and Taco are nice role players but not big impact starters. He saw this DL lack pressure in many games last year.
I’d argue that DE is the biggest need on the team now assuming they think Niang is the LT.
Even though I’ve mocked corner to them this is Brett Veach we’re talking about. If we trade up it will probably be for a DE bc we can all see that tier is not gonna be there at 31 [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
What reason do we have to believe he'd flat out lie about it?
The only thing that I could see is if they don’t want it to seem like they’re desperate for a LT. Niang is an unknown so it puts smoke out there. [Reply]