Mock draft LT at 19

[frankw]

I get the need with the Icky injury but looking at this defense and the salary cap we already have allocated to the OL man it is a tough pill to swallow to sink another first round pick in the offense. Where does it end?

[SOJA]

the guy from georgia also intrigues me but I admittedly haven't looked into him very much

[Captroop]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

I get the need with the Icky injury but looking at this defense and the salary cap we already have allocated to the OL man it is a tough pill to swallow to sink another first round pick in the offense. Where does it end?

Never. You should be trying to put starting your offensive linemen out of a job every draft. 

[UnluckyforSome]

4 minutes ago, Captroop said:

Never. You should be trying to put starting your offensive linemen out of a job every draft. 

Historically, for whatever reason, we don't value drafting lineman every year, or we will draft some bum in the late rounds and that will be it. Then we see teams with depth and good starters and we wonder why we can't have nice things.

[frankw]

14 minutes ago, Captroop said:

Never. You should be trying to put starting your offensive linemen out of a job every draft. 

Sounds reasonable in January but when the fall rolls around again and our defense isn't singlehandedly winning us games and our OL is banged up anyways we know how it's gonna go.

And to be clear I am very pro drafting OL. The issue is we are just burying ourselves in salary cap to the position group. The FA signings on guards are just not justifiable.

Edited 8 minutes ago by frankw

[rebelrouser]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

I get the need with the Icky injury but looking at this defense and the salary cap we already have allocated to the OL man it is a tough pill to swallow to sink another first round pick in the offense. Where does it end?

I was in favor of using the firt two picks on defense until Icky got hurt. We have a hole at left tackle and that would be a tough position to fill in free agency.