keasley45
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1-Left Tackle
1a- DT
Agree 100%. Just think at this point in the evolution of the this team, our identity needs to NOT be having Lock and our DB's pressured constantly. We have good enough talent at Safety. CB has a ton of potential but is also tenuous, and our LB's are also loaded with potential, but need to stay clean to reach it.This thread is worrying to me, philosophically. We're regressing to simply desiring hole-plugs at 9? Drafting for need on a depleted roster?
C'mon. This is the basis for the future here. Mere positional need at this stage simply can't be the primary lens through which we're sorting prospective picks.
Talent. Identity. Future. That needs to be the focus. This team hasn't had a top-10 pick in 12 years. This is where you try to find a cornerstone, or extract enough value from the pick to set up a new foundation. Not a "welllll we don't really need that spot according to -source-."
I'm fine with a non-monstrous trade-down. All about the value. They're absolutely not gonna trade out of blue-chip range, though.
Fortify the lines, let Lock blossom, the running game churn and let our back end just play instinctive ball.
That's what we were when we are at our best. That's the identity I'd personally like to see again.