2021 NFL Draft thread - Day 2 discussion - Rounds 2 and 3

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

I believe that Ballard didn't see any of the guys available in this draft as a long term answer at LT. He said that they were not prototypical LTs in this draft so I'm reading into that that they were not people he wants at LT for the next 10 years. He values line play, these lines are magnitudes better than when he took over. He is not planning on letting Wentz get killed and us losing ground on our run game. We should be happy we finally have a GM who not only has a philosophy (the lines are the most important thing on a team-both of them) and will actually live by it. If this works we will be a happy group long term. I trust him on this.

I don't think that's the case. If it was then why would Ballard wait until after the draft to address the problem at LT? I think he fell in love with Paye's physical traits, which put him higher on his draft board than any of the LTs available at 21. Then he gambled that one of the LTs he liked would still be at 54, but unfortunately for us all of the 2nd tier guys were gone by then.

[Chromeburn]

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[Luck4Reich]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

I don't think that's the case. If it was then why would Ballard wait until after the draft to address the problem at LT? I think he fell in love with Paye's physical traits, which put him higher on his draft board than any of the LTs available at 21. Then he gambled that one of the LTs he liked would still be at 54, but unfortunately for us all of the 2nd tier guys were gone by then.

None of us really know Ballards thinking... That simple.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Luck4Reich

None of us really know Ballards thinking... That simple.

While that's true, we all know Ballard isn't stupid. He has to know that LT needs to be upgraded from what we currently have on the roster. It's very reasonable to think that if he didn't think any of the LTs in the draft were worth drafting then he would have signed a FA already.