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this is the time of year when everyone's projections go haywire and everyone is ROCKETING UP in draft projections.

There's still just 32 guys in that can be first rounders.

Most teams are short on weapons. To compete with the Kansas City's of the league, you'll have to score points.
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One thing to think about-

With Thuney and Long inside (and probably Reiter although it's not my preference), it WOULD make it easier for inexperienced OT's as long as they're physically talented enough. Really experienced, plus player at OG mean OT's can just ride out wide without having to worry as much about getting beat inside. The Guards are going to see danger and be able to point it out to the young-uns. It's not the worst situation, to be honest.

I still don't see Andy signing off on two rookie OT's.
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They’re about at the point where that’s just what they’re gonna have to do
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Maybe that became their plan when they missed out on Williams.

It was either Williams or rookie.
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I’d imagine it has to be

If they think he’s the LT they want, take little at 31
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Looking at the tackles in this draft, I can see three reasonable approaches to LT:

1) Most traditional: Wait until the Chiefs pick and take the best T available at 31, or - if one is not there who warrants the selection - trade down from 31 or up from 64 to get into an appropriate range for the guy they want.

2) Aggressive: Trade up from 31 to 18-20 and take Samuel Cosmi. You'd want to make sure you get in front of Indy, and from reading his scouts I think he might look like Eric Fisher in Year 1 (i.e. really struggle because he isn't strong enough for the NFL yet). But his upside is very nice.

3) Super aggressive: Trade up in front of San Diego and take Christian Darrisaw. This likely means getting into that 10-12 range, which would take 31, next year's first, and maybe a titch more.

Veach's history typically shows a GM who lives somewhere between Aggressive and Super Aggressive. Which, the more I think about it, makes me believe they're going to do something less conventional.

Chris Ballard would take #1 and be looking to trade down and still get the best guy available at 31. Probably Dorsey as well. But that's not Brett Veach, IMO.
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Part of my “trade up for a LT” comes from this thinking and Veachs time as a gm. They go hard at their top option. He’s not a “sit and take what’s left” kind of gm, for better or worse.
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4. Veach takes a WR at 31 and people bitch. LT is taken in the 2nd round, people bitch more for not trading up for one and bitch because something blah blah they drafted some smaller school kid.

They sign Fisher in August and whatever because the rookie will be an extra tackle for 2021.
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You don't trade up in the first round for an OL...you do that for a QB.

There are probably going to be 6-7 tackles taken off the board before the Chiefs at 31. I personally like Radunz & think he could be had in the 40's range.
I say trade down & get extra picks if you can find a trade partner, otherwise just go with the best WR or EDGE if the LT isn't there that you want.

Maybe trade up after the first round to get higher in the 2nd round if there's a tackle you really like.
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Where is Leatherwood on that list???

Anyway the question is which teams are likely to take a LT in round one? Cinci, Colts, Steelers...who else? Vikings?? So as much as folks want to hype up pro days and claim player x "won't be there by 31" who is gonna pick player x exactly? Teams with an established LT are not gonna spend a first rounder on another one once the very top guys are gone. I think people will be surprised to see who drops to us in the end tbh.
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Leatherwood is probably going to end up a guard in the NFL.

And I'm guessing between 4 and 5 guys go off the board before us.

Bengals, Dolphins, Vikings, Chargers, Steelers, and Colts all have needs but only the Bengals, Chargers, and Colts look to be "locks". The other teams either have other needs that could take precedence or they are rumored to have a plan that doesn't involve the draft.
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I'm thinking the Bengals don't end up going tackle. There's gonna be some better players there for them.

Chargers and Colts seem like locks.
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With the trade down to 12 and then back up to 6, the Dolphins are more likely to take a tackle now depending on how the WR’s fall.

BTW Jeremiah’s latest mock has us trading up to 25 for Jenkins.
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Dunno how I feel about that. Is he a LT? I thought he was more rt
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