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I got 6 inches I can spare

I just get the vide that Rodriguez is "our guy" this draft and Morgan is gonna find a way to get him. I'd really like him in the 2nd, but every other team also would take him in the 2nd which means we would have to trade up real early in the 2nd round or trade down and take him late in the 1st.

Just take BPA and if it so happens to be a WR then so be it or try to trade down and pick up some extra draft capital. You can draft for needs in rounds 2 through 7, but that first round pick needs to be someone who can come in and be an impact player. Personally, I'd want us to take Blake Miller or Spencer Fano to man the RT spot for the next decade plus after Moton hangs it up and who could possibly play LT if Ickey doesn't come back to 100%. But if the grade on those guys don't match up to the 19th pick or if we have a WR graded much higher than I'll have no problem with the team going a different direction. I do think the coaching staff is lower on XL than they are willing to admit publicly so a WR pick wouldn't shock me. The offense and Bryce looked better with Coker playing the Z than XL so if we upgrade that spot, it'll allow us to be more versatile with our WR alignments as both Tmac and Coker were pretty good lining up in the slot.

I really like Caleb Banks physical tools, but those foot injuries are a cause for concern. If he were to drop to our pick in the 2nd round, I'd be more open to taking that risk.

He should he's better than CSW and looked really good in his limited reps last year

This is a great signing on so many levels by Dan Morgan. Gives us a good starting LT for next year and allows us to focus on truly BPA in the first round. Jordyn Tyson, Kenyon Sadiq, Dillon Thieneman, or even trading down to get more picks are all now on the table. This will allow us to let Ickey take the full season to heal and rehab and not force use to rush him back before he's ready. There's also the added bonus in that Rasheed Walker is a good LT in his own right and could very well play himself into another contract here at LT. This is a good Oline with Moton, Robert Hunt, and Damien Lewis. Luke Fortner can be serviceable at center but if we nail the Center pick in the draft then this is easily a top 5 unit in the league. I wouldn't be shocked if Rasheed Walker had his best season as a pro here and earned another contract and we transition Ickey to guard or RT. At the very least Walker gives us some leverage at the negation table with Ickey and if Walker signs a big contract with another team, we should be in line for a pretty good compensatory pick.

Cory Thornton suffered a Fractured fibula not an achillies injury.

The Ravens are scummy for pulling a move like this. The "failed physical" story is just some save face BS and the whole league knows it. The whole NFL knew Crosby just had a knee procedure done and you felt comfortable enough a couple days ago to send 2 first for the guy. This implies that the Raiders withheld medical information from them which I highly doubt they did especially with 2 first being on the table. Are the Ravens expecting us to believe that they gave the Raiders 2 first without having Crosbys full medical records? They saw that Trey Hendrickson's market wasn't as active as they thought so they deiced to work on a deal with him instead and save their 2 first. If I'm the Raiders GM, I'd be absolutely livid right know cause not only did they mess up the contact situation with the free agents the Raiders have agreed to terms with, but you've severely hurt the market for Max Crosby by "failing" him on a physical. The Ravens had buyer's remorse and decided to screw the Raiders

The Gary Cobb

The lack of any meetings with any of the top tackles is a bit concerning but maybe they received better news than expected about ickey's injury.

Ashawn is solid but for 12m a year we can find similar production for much less. If we can't find a trade partner, I'd be open to bringing him back at a much lower number but me personally I wanna see more reps for Bobby Brown and Cam Jackson. It is what it is with Tershawn Wharton that was a massive overpay by Morgan and Brandt but his contract is structed to where we can get out pretty clean next offseason so at least let's give him this year to see if he can turn it around.

Unless this team plans on overpaying for Rasheed Walker who in my mind is the only long-term starting LT option in free agency then bringing back Yosh is a must. We have no depth at the tackle spots and with Ickey's and Brady's injuries plus Moton's chronic knee troubles we need to bring in at least 3 tackles this offseason. Bring back Yosh plus another vet OT and take 1 in the draft. Let Yosh, another vet, and our highly drafted rookie battle it out for the starting LT job in camp and let the best man win. Ickey struggled early on his rookie year so having a vet option or 2 on the roster to turn to would be wise. I'd also like us to bring back Corbett at center as he'll likely come back for the vet minimum, and I wouldn't be shocked if Cade Mayes got a really expensive deal on the open market. Some team that loses out on Tyler Linderbaum is going to overpay Cade Mayes.

Unless they think we are going to overpay for an LT in free agency I can't take any mock draft that doesn't have us taking a LT in the first 2 picks seriously. We've lost Ickey for the year and he'll be due a contract extension or the franchise tag before he plays another snap for us and a patellar tendon rupture is a serious career altering injury for an NFL offensive tackle. There's no guarantee that he'll be able to return to his previous level of performance which even at that level there where people who question if we should commit to him long term. We also were looking at Moton's replacement last year I remember us being interested in Armand Membou in last year's draft. Moton will be going into his age 32 season and has been having chronic knee issues with an expensive contract so a new RT might be needed sooner rather than later. I don't think this team wants to return to the days of "can he play LT". Morgan being a former player has smartly recognized how important having a good Oline is to a team success.

Bring in Chanel, resign Rozeboom, and draft a LB in the mid to later rounds of the draft and let them battle it out with Wallace and Cherelus for the 2nd LB spot beside Chanel. Part of our problem last year was we had absolutely no depth to challenge our below average starters. Create some real competition in the LB room and let the best players play.