Drafting more OLine isn’t going to make us good right now
OLine draft is a long-term plan, not a win-now strategy. I see a lot of people commenting that OLine should have been our first priority in draft, which I agree with. But then the same people say it's because our line is bad now and we need to win now. I feel like this is flawed thinking, because OLine rookies historically take time to develop and the line right now would look worse, not better with more rookies. If anything, we should view OLine draft as a one-year future investment, with results being seen next season. What do you guys think? I think that we had (and still have) two options here: trade/sign now for established talent and win now, or just draft OLine high and not expect immediate results. I prefer the second option, because I prefer organic rebuilds and we are still on our rebuild phase where we are getting good but not contending yet. Signing talent now is expensive and the window is short. I know we dug ourselves into a hole with bad OLine picks, but this is really the only way Super Bowl contenders are built. For example, Eagles just are really good at picking good players in the draft, you can't buy-a-team to win a Super Bowl because of the lack of chemistry from growing together and the sheer cost of acquiring vets (usually overpaid relative to value).
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