Tunsil needs to be our first pick . . .

I see all this talk that we need a CB with our first pick, and this just seems to be a reaction to what people have seen on the field recently. You all remember when Marcus was getting killed? When that was happening all the talk was we need to go OL, and now that Marcus has been better protected, and the DBs are getting burned, CB is now the en vogue pick. But I would argue that OL still needs to be the priority here. We are only protecting Marcus better because we are devoting more players and our scheme to this goal. That is a good plan for now, but it is not ideal. We need to be able to protect Marcus with our front five alone, and we can't do that with the talent we have now. Does our secondary suck? Sure it does and we need help. But if you are choosing the more important unit on a team, OL or DBs, the OL is always more important when it comes to long term success. The OL needs to be our priority with the first pick, and we have a stud tackle that is projected to go top 3 in this draft--Tunsil. With Lewan and Tunsil manning the bookends of the line, we would be in great shape as an offense. If Tunsil is there, we need to take him . . . if we take a DB over Tunsil it would be a huge mistake in my opinion.

 

Yeah, we could try that route . . . but I don't like our results with FR OL so far. And Tunsil is a much better long term fix. Also, there is a reason these guys are FAs. They might be serviceable, but Tunsil has a great shot at being elite. An elite OT usually makes far more of a difference on a team than an elite CB.

So here is hoping that we pick before San Diego!!

 

Overkill is not good . . . but Tunsil is the right guy. Don't overkill . . . get the right guy at the top of the draft. We did good with Lewan I think and most think Tunsil is a better prospect.

 

Better than FA signings, yes. Lewan and Warmack are far better than Oher, Levitre, and Bell combined.

 

So you mean overkill over the several years? I don' think you can measure it that way. Each year is different and you have to look at what you need most and the best talent you have. You can't make decisions by saying, "well we have taken two lineman early in the last four years, so we can't take one now to fill a huge need with a perfect that fills it perfectly". That should not play a role in our decision making.

I would say take the best player available in any draft and if you have two-three with the same grade then you go with need. I don't think any CB will grade out better than Tunsil, and tackle is a bigger need in my opinion.