NFL Draft Round 1 Thread

[Warthog]

All the top OT who can start right away are gone in the draft. Even the last OT picked was described as a “project player”. There are team with new QB, or old ones (Brady) who need to protect that asset. The smoke in the last couple days about Trent being worth a first rounder was just more pre-draft garbage. Trent MAY get us a second rounder, but I suspect at this point they will take a third and a fourth or fifth. Why??
Because Trent is better than anyone left on the draft. He’s a very good player in the QB blind spot. He’s got a couple good years left and is a proven leader.

Meanwhile, the limited interest in Trent over the last months has perhaps cooled his jets (no pun intended) toward his crazy, $20 mil yr salary idea. I’m sure that idea, perhaps planted there by his butthead agent, has met the cold reality of his age and limited years left. We’ll take less and he will take less. SO DON’T DESPAIR! A trade will still happen. Anything we get above our #66 will help us. My prediction is that our #66 or something higher will go to the best TE available - Kmet, Trautman, etc. If they are gone then the best WR or OT available.

Now we will see if Kyle Smith can pull out some starters from the lower draft or UDFA, like he did last year! We have holes and need depth.