04-23-2019, 11:29 PM
But there are absolutely guys who can Start at OG into the 3rd Round of the Draft.
Third Offensive Weapon (TE or WR) and D-Line could have someone listed one Tier higher fall to #18 or #50 and push OG to the 3rd.
When constructing a Roster teams that pass on higher Tier players to address a need with a lower Tier player generally end up turning into the Raiders or Browns of recent but not current vintage or Cardinals or even the Pukers to a lesser extent.
While this Draft Class lacks elite O-Line prospects it's friggin loaded with quality guys. I hear a lot about how deep the D-Line and TE groups are but the fall-off from each Tier is far greater than on the O-Line.
To put it a different way you might say an overall evaluation of 70 out of 100 is needed for a prospect to be someone you feel internally that you can coach up to start. At D-Line there's like 4-5 dudes or more you can easily rate in the low 90s but the next Tier is more like guys in the mid to high 70s. That's a big dip. Same for TE.
Meanwhile, at O-Line I see a ton of dudes that rate 70-85. The drop off is simply not that great between say Lindstrom, whom I'd rate at like 80 and Samia that I'd rate around 72. Would I prefer a 90 like Williams or Dillard? Of course. Those dudes won't be there.
Now let's say I have Hockenson as a 94 or Gary/Sweat as a 92 and one of them falls. Do you take Lindstrom knowing there's still a ton of guys available that aren't rated that far below him or the guy with with the significantly higher grade?
You pick Adrian Peterson and Randy Moss using these parameters. You pick Christian Ponder when you don't.
Third Offensive Weapon (TE or WR) and D-Line could have someone listed one Tier higher fall to #18 or #50 and push OG to the 3rd.
When constructing a Roster teams that pass on higher Tier players to address a need with a lower Tier player generally end up turning into the Raiders or Browns of recent but not current vintage or Cardinals or even the Pukers to a lesser extent.
While this Draft Class lacks elite O-Line prospects it's friggin loaded with quality guys. I hear a lot about how deep the D-Line and TE groups are but the fall-off from each Tier is far greater than on the O-Line.
To put it a different way you might say an overall evaluation of 70 out of 100 is needed for a prospect to be someone you feel internally that you can coach up to start. At D-Line there's like 4-5 dudes or more you can easily rate in the low 90s but the next Tier is more like guys in the mid to high 70s. That's a big dip. Same for TE.
Meanwhile, at O-Line I see a ton of dudes that rate 70-85. The drop off is simply not that great between say Lindstrom, whom I'd rate at like 80 and Samia that I'd rate around 72. Would I prefer a 90 like Williams or Dillard? Of course. Those dudes won't be there.
Now let's say I have Hockenson as a 94 or Gary/Sweat as a 92 and one of them falls. Do you take Lindstrom knowing there's still a ton of guys available that aren't rated that far below him or the guy with with the significantly higher grade?
You pick Adrian Peterson and Randy Moss using these parameters. You pick Christian Ponder when you don't.