Braxton Jones Has Regressed & Bears Drafted Kiran Amegadjie
Oct 14, 2024 8:26:02 GMT -6
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Post by JABF on Oct 14, 2024 8:26:02 GMT -6
Yeah, too early to judge yet but I'm thinking about building an top-notch wall G-C-G before I worry too much about LT. You aren't gonna get a premier LT prospect in the draft anyway unless we bomb the rest of the season.
We do have the draft picks to move up and get a franchise LT. It can be done.
Reality says we need four guys: LT, LG, C, RG.
Jones is not worth $20M, Jenkins is not worth $15M, C is bad and we have a stop gap at RG but not a proven solution.
Paying Jones and/or Jenkins is a great way to enter Cap Hell. You don't give Mids big money second contracts. Try and replace them in the draft or with better FA personnel.
There's no shame in using all four draft picks in the first three rounds on OL. Or trading up higher into the first to get a LT.
If we go the IOL route then it's draft two guards and sign a center. You don't want an OL with three rookie starters. We can still draft four guys and have two on the bench for 2026, but three rookies is asking for problems.
I agree wholeheartedly about starting three rookies on the OL is asking for problems. The ideal is to never start more than 1 rookie on the OL in a given year... but of course the ideal is not always what you get. And no matter how high you draft guys next season for the OL, they will be learning and screwing up that first year in particular - so 2026 is when you'll begin getting a real return on your investment (and that is assuming they don't draft guys who bust). That is just the reality here. And this is why a team should draft a stud OL every couple of years instead of getting backed into a corner where you need 3 or more starters... crisis mode stuff. And the context for this is sobering too - the Bears shouldn't waste Caleb Williams' seasons during his rookie contract. Time is ticking away now on that window. I can see why riczaj01 is so frustrated with the Bears not having the OL at a better level than it now is. Yes, we have draft picks next year to use... but a bunch of green rookies trying to protect Caleb is less than ideal for sure.