ESPN's Schefter channels his energy into NFL

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

But anyway, I'm not saying don't address the line. I'm just saying that I think Okung is the only OT worth taking at #4 (though I actually think Charles Brown might be the better LT for us in the long term). And if he's not there we shouldn't just reach for an OT to get an OT. Because it's not like all we need is one anyway.

Inevitably, though, the same sort of argument can be applied to this quarterback class. The Rams pick first. They can take Suh, Clausen, or Bradford. Without making the misguided assumption that the Rams front office knows more than the collective, they might opt to go with the dominant defensive prospect at that position over the available quarterbacks.

If there's a situation where both Clausen and Bradford are available at No. 4, it's a great sign that the collective assumption is that both are going to be pretty reliant on teammates and coaches to help make their careers. While, in my opinion, that's part of the equation for a future successful team, it's also the kind of player that can be found later on in the draft.

IMO, that's the difference between the "first overall" type quarterback, and you're run of the mill first rounder. We already have a standard level first rounder who hardly needs to be shipped out of town on a rail.

Without question, if you can get a first overall type at No. 4, you take him, but I do not believe that you can have that surefire first overall guy who falls to No. 4.

Matt Ryan fell to No. 3 because he had a Parcells' type picking at number one, and the Rams had Bulger at QB at the time (which didn't make it the right move, simply defensable). The only first overall type who has ever fallen to No. 4, I think, is Philip Rivers, and he wasn't even the first quarterback selected.

I guess, if the Redskins come to the conclusion that (for example) Sam Bradford is a way better player than Jimmy Clausen, and Clausen goes No. 1 overall, they could be defended for taking Bradford at No. 4. But that's it. That's the only way.