OG and OC are bigger needs than OT

[vallin21]

I don't see Vinny drafting a O lineman in the 1st round. He hasn't had that much success (other than Dockerry). I expect him to trade down and get more picks, draft a DE in the mid 20's and maybe look at a OG in the second round.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by vallin21

I don't see Vinny drafting a O lineman in the 1st round. He hasn't had that much success (other than Dockerry). I expect him to trade down and get more picks, draft a DE in the mid 20's and maybe look at a OG in the second round.

Its bothered me for a while that we seem to do so well in the lower rounds of this years draft, while not doing that good of a job in rounds 1-2. I have nothing to base this next statement on, other than its a gut feeling...

We have a really good scouting department. Vinnys staff, especially Morocco Brown is a really good judge of talent... but Vinny and danny... not so much.

Personally, I think Vinnys an idiot. However, its also possible that he is doing what anyone who wants to keep their job will do - in business, your #1 customer is your boss and if you want to keep your job, you need to keep your boss happy. Vinnys boss likes to make a splash and his boss likes skill position players. His boss wants "sexy picks" in the first two rounds of the draft. So on draft day, Vinny didnt necessarily follow the recommendations of his staff. His owner wanted receivers, so Vinny went out and got some receivers. Then, in the lower rounds, Vinny adhered more closely to the information his staff has put together. This explains why we ignored our lines in the higher rounds, hit and miss on skill position players there... while being really good at picking up players in the lower rounds.

The reason i bring any of this up, is, this is the first year in a really long time that we can go into the draft without having a true NEED at ANY of the skill positions (assuming our rookie WRs develop as planned and we can keep 2 of Rogers, Hall, and Springs prior to the draft). So we can go into the draft only having needs for OL, DL, and LB. If Snyder and Vinny are "satisfied" with the skill positions, perhaps Vinny will be more inclined/able to address these areas.