Braxton Jones Has Regressed & Bears Drafted Kiran Amegadjie
Oct 19, 2024 14:28:16 GMT -6
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Post by mightyjoeyoung on Oct 19, 2024 14:28:16 GMT -6
So then - are we going to pretend GMs have no input in who they draft? Because if I remember right, Paris Johnson Jr was considered the top prospect in a very weak draft for LT, and overall was over inflated because of the lack of talent. Meanwhile, you have a ton of linemen who were all higher rated than Johnson overall that came out in the 2024 draft and are mostly killing it.
You don't just plug and play a guy because he's what's available when you need to draft one. Scouting and GM smarts matter as well.
If there is no LT worth it, he doesn't. That's what I don't think you understand. Who is holding a gun to his head, even if it is a need, to HAVE to draft a LT?
I am saying that, even if he agreed LT is the BIGGEST need on the team - you don't draft for need in the first round unless the VALUE is also there.
But what about the opposite?
What if there ARE blue chip LTs in the draft in the first round?
If you as a GM keep passing up on them and don't fix it, you end up like the Bengals and Joe Burrow - superstar QB who is always hurt and whose team never really make hay in the playoffs except on rare occasion, because you're a GM who thinks shit-to-mediocre Offensive Linemen are "good enough" because you have a mobile QB, which just ends up getting your QB killed and holding your team back.
Really, think about it using your logic - should the Bears have even drafted Williams? They failed at it so many times before. Williams could end up a bust. Should they have played it safe and just drafted a defensive end or a linebacker? Because honestly, you are acting like they should have in a backwards way you don't realize.
The Bears have a need at LT. They are in dire need of an upgrade. Whether that happens in this draft or the next, the Bears owe it to Williams to find that upgrade so that the team and Williams can flourish. Because Braxton Jones isn't it. The end. Nothing more to say, and there is no logical rebuttal to that.