Almost no team does this.
I think there is the potential that we wait until round 2 or 3 and snag Gennings Dunker for RT competition as well. Could do worse than Borom and Dunker battling for RT. Eventually Dunker becomes our mainstay RT but frees us up to go Edge or CB in round 1.
idk, this move to me screams Penei to LT and if they get a guy they like in the draft for RT, cool. If not, I could see them letting Frazier and Borom fight it out
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If no other tackle is added, they just did. Because moving Penei to the left and starting Borom is not improving on last years line much at all imo.
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They could 100% do this, but I think it would more a product of someone they loved at another position falling within reach. A Styles or Downs or Bain type.
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I actually think Downs has a shot to drop to 17. I didnāt think that a few weeks ago.
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Precisely. And weād be dumb as hell to pass on him. Especially because then the Vikings would take him at 18.
Iām so not comfortable with our tackle position. I donāt care who drops I need a tackle. If our starter wasnāt Jared I would be open to it. But itās so vital that I canāt look past it and roll with what we have.
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Agree to disagree, Sewell at LT is a big upgrade from the Decker play of LY. May over GG is another big upgrade, throw in the growth of our young guards and a decent RT in 26 is a large scale upgrade over the play of 2025.
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I would prefer one, but what if, say the next TJ Watt dropped? (He was the 30th pick his draft) Are you really passing on that? Personally Iāll take that sort of talent all day and figure out a plan B elsewhere.
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My initial gut looking at Borom is that theyād be comfortable with him holding down RT for a year. In no world do I think he keeps you from taking a RT if Bradās RT is sitting there, but I do think itās enough to keep them from taking a RT 1st round just because thereās a āholeā
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Silly hypothetical haha
Not all youngsters progress and get better. In fact, itās probably more likely than not to say one of Mahogany or Rat wonāt get better. Canāt put all your faith in projection.
The point being if you evaluate a guy and think heās the next TJ Watt, you trust your evaluation and take that guy. It doesnāt have to be Watt, multiple superstars come from pick 17 on.
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Iām fairly confident this draft isnāt going to have a āfallerā to pick 17 other than downs. This isnāt a great draft at the top.
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Completely agree
The Lions had to fill in so sod these holes or at least partially fill them so they can go into the draft unburdened with a must have position draft wise.
I still think they need to go defense hard core
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Agree.
I look at Mays, Scruggs, Borom as fringe guys .
Has any of them ever started a full season ?
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These are Bradford moves
Iād start those Blake Miller photoshops.
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I get it, but like, Jared Verse went 19th two years ago in an OK overall class. Heās a stud, Iād take him in a heartbeat now. So if we think, oh, I donāt know, Faulk is the next Jared Verse, we should 100% draft him regardless of need. Now I donāt think that of Faulk (of course I wasnāt a huge Verse fan either), but my point is you canāt pass on elite talent for need. You just canāt do it. We can create another solution at RT, but you get another chance at that superstar.
Like I said, if any of Downs, Styles or Bain falls to us, Iām taking them over any tackle because I think they will be superstars. Well, unless Mauigoa falls too, then it would be a decision.
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