Yusuf06
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If we take anything but a stud OL/DL with that first pick, it's an automatic fail - and yes, I'm including taking a CB as a fail as well. Defensive line this year is supposedly very deep so I could see going either way, prioritizing the OL to shore up a weakness at RT for what, 5 or more years? and taking the best DL in the 2nd we can get or getting a stud pass rushing DL to help our pathetic secondary and hoping a quality RT falls into the 2nd.If we draft a safety with our first round pick, IMO , the draft will already be lost.
Bulldog,in another thread, stated it perfectly when he said : We haven't had a game changing defensive lineman in over a generation.
Think about that. Kenard Lang and Jarvis Jenkins....the last two Dlinemen we've drafted high in the last 20 yrs and nether one were game changers.
If we're going to go D in the first round,that's were it's gotta start,IMO ....upfront.
If it were me, I'd take the stud pass rusher in the 1st since it helps two areas of need at once and go with a RT second - even if it meant I'd have to trade up from our 2nd round spot a bit.
However I think we have deeper issues and bigger fish to fry before we even get to the draft. After all, if a mediocre talent evaluator like Allen is making our picks based on reportedly poor scouting, our chances of getting any more than one, perhaps two good players just aren't good. Aside from that, there have been some serious discipline issues under Gruden and Snyder needs to stop the fanboy routine with the players. All of that crap needs to be fixed or we're going nowhere fast.
**Edit** Speaking of helping two spots at once, what do you guys think our chances are of being able to move one or more of our failures at tackle inside to guard if/when we pick up a legit starter at RT?