If we trade back out of the first and end up with 2 2nds and 2 thirds, we should be able to plug our holes with a starting safety (with a high IQ), a starting left guard, a left tackle project (underclassmen with high potential), and another OLB project player. I like the Jones kid and would like to see what he can do with another training camp under his belt.
Now, if Iupati is sitting there at 23, you snag his ass and don't look back. I have a feeling the Cowboys are going to be trading up to get this kid. I am not on board with the thinking that we need to take one of the second tier offensive tackles in the first round just to have him. There's no Michael Oher presents this year.
"DakotaT" wrote:
First off, I gave you your plus one, so quit your bitchin' :tongue3:
What 2nd tier OT? Okung, Campbell, Davis, Bulaga, Williams or Brown?
None of those are a reach at 23, although Davis makes me nervous, but I am far from in the majority on that.
If you are talking Selvish Capers, Jared Veldheer, Jason Fox, or Roger Saffold--Then I agree with you.
...But THEN we have to have the OLB, CB, and safety discussion ALSO.
Duke Robinson was the consensus best guard in this country at this time last year. He was projected as a first or a 2nd, dependent upon who you asked. He went to Carolina one pick AFTER our Jamon Meredith pick. (great fit, btw--Carolina) Now he's a big fella, and I personally wanted him in the hopes we might be gravitating away from the ZBS, but the fact is that guards are one hell of a lot easier to get than left tackles...Christ, I have a list of 90 "semi-projected" tackles, and most of THEM will probably wind up competing for guard spots.
We probably have a guard for the future. We just don't know who the hell it is, lol
Tackle OR guard, I submit you have your BEST SHOT at getting a REAL CONTRIBUTOR by going o-line in the first round, compared to just about any other option, and the numbers tend (actually, far better than "tend", but I don't wanna go overboard) to prove it. Invest a moment of your time to look this post over from the head honcho over at draftek.
The big uglies He calls olinemen and d linemen "The big uglies".
It is very enlightening, imo.