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If you were GM and had someone who could be the GQBOAT....


Zod

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Second pick. My first thought as a GM is getting the guy who is going to make the biggest impact for my TEAM to win. If Claiborne or Coples are there then those are the two guys who in the long-term make the biggest impact. If those two guys aren't there then I start thinking OL rather than reaching for a guy like Kirkpatrick. Agree with protecting Cam but our defense is terrible and an OL isn't going to help that. A pass-rusher or lockdown corner will.

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don't see the point honestly. we are getting 3 or 4 guys back on the line who ended the year on IR, schwartz, otah, and williams have all started and all looked solid when they have at one point or another. yes i know otah is never healthy, but his back ups are solid. add into that mix bell in his second year, who should improve quite a bit, and we are pretty deep on the O-line. cam is mobile enough to where he could thrive behind an offense made of our starters from this year plus one of those guys mentioned above.

We go defense first pick, defense second, possibly in the 4th, then we look at late round O-line talent because for whatever reason hurney is really good at finding late draft O-line gems/solid backups.

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