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Why aren’t we talking about drafting an OT more?

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A lot of talk about Derick Brown, but do you guys really think drafting a DT is more important than having a stud LT? There’s a few great top 10 LT prospects in this years draft.  Chance are, we’re going to draft a QB high next year.. We should think a step ahead and  start solidifying our O-line in order to protect our franchise QB. Something we never did for Cam. 

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Just now, Mr. Scot said:

The team probably feels comfortable going into this season with Okung and Moton.

Meanwhile, Okung is on the wrong side of 30 and on the last year of his contract. Moton is also on the last year of his contract. Our future at OT is very much in doubt and trying to use this draft to fill all the holes on this roster for this season is akin to using a bandaid on a shotgun blast wound.

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1 minute ago, Yaboychris28 said:

A lot of talk about Derick Brown, but do you guys really think drafting a DT is more important than having a stud LT? There’s a few great top 10 LT prospects in this years draft.  Chance are, we’re going to draft a QB high next year.. We should think a step ahead and  start solidifying our O-line in order to protect our franchise QB. Something we never did for Cam. 

Of the two LT prospects in the first round, neither are close to sure things.  If they were, more people would be talking about them.  The best two OT prospects according to most experts are RTs.  It's hard to justify a RT at #7, which is not protecting the QBs blindside.

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Mainly because if we don't invest heavily on defense, we are looking at an historically bad NFL defense. We are really that bad on defense right now and the offense as it stands is at least semi competitive. We need 2 DT, 1 DE, 1 LB, 2 CB and 2 S. We have no cap room, and cant meet all of those needs in the draft. I'd like to get an OG somewhere in the 3-5 rounds, but OT is a luxury pick.

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54 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Of the two LT prospects in the first round, neither are close to sure things.  If they were, more people would be talking about them.  The best two OT prospects according to most experts are RTs.  It's hard to justify a RT at #7, which is not protecting the QBs blindside.

I just feel like we need more high end talent on the o-line plain and simple. We always have excuses to why we shouldn’t draft o-line high. This year is the Okung and Moton excuse. #1, they’re not that good. #2 most likely they won’t be here that much longer, meaning the “Post Gross OT carousel“ will continue.. 

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2 minutes ago, bobcat91 said:

Mainly because if we don't invest heavily on defense, we are looking at an historically bad NFL defense. We are really that bad on defense right now and the offense as it stands is at least semi competitive. We need 2 DT, 1 DE, 1 LB, 2 CB and 2 S. We have no cap room, and cant meet all of those needs in the draft. I'd like to get an OG somewhere in the 3-5 rounds, but OT is a luxury pick.

A franchise LT is not a luxury pick. Maybe if we had one after Gross, Cam could have remained healthy

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9 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Meanwhile, Okung is on the wrong side of 30 and on the last year of his contract. Moton is also on the last year of his contract. Our future at OT is very much in doubt and trying to use this draft to fill all the holes on this roster for this season is akin to using a bandaid on a shotgun blast wound.

Maybe Hurney has too much pride to admit he got fleeced trading up for Greg Little last year.

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A franchise LT is not a luxury pick. Maybe if we had one after Gross, Cam could have remained healthy

He is when you are looking at an 0-16 season. Vegas has us favored in 1 game, and that is Detroit. We lost every DT we had except KK who missed most of the season . No interest in a OT this year

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1 minute ago, bobcat91 said:

He is when you are looking at an 0-16 season. Vegas has us favored in 1 game, and that is Detroit. We lost every DT we had except KK who missed most of the season . No interest in a OT this year

That's exactly why it's not a luxury pick. Our LT is 31 and on the last year of his contract and we're highly unlikely to be competitive this coming season no matter what we do in the draft.

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Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

That's exactly why it's not a luxury pick. Our LT is 31 and on the last year of his contract and we're highly unlikely to be competitive this coming season no matter what we do in the draft.

Our biggest need is DT. We can get the best in the draft at 7. No need to over think this.

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