With us willing to pay big money for Norman

Not really. I think it was just a rare opportunity to get a premier player on the open market. The familiarity with having played him twice last season (specifically the game in Carolina where he sealed it with an incredible pick) probably added another layer to it.

I have to think we go D-line in some capacity with the first pick. Unless Ramsey somehow miraculously falls. But I wouldn't be completely surprised to see a DB taken, someone like Cravens in the 2nd wouldn't surprise me

Yup.

It won't matter how talented our cornerbacks are if we can't generate any pass rush. Dline should be the number one priority.

D line is the most important piece to a contending team outside of QB

We have Jordan, that's basically it. We need D line/pass rushers bad.

With the tenders signed for both Lelito and Kelemete, I am coming off OL in the 2nd, unless Jason Spriggs falls. Landon Turner is being predicted as late as the 6th Round lately, after being a LOCK for the 3rd during most of the process. I hope that just means we grab him in the 4th.

One of the safeties we like, Tyvis Powell and Jayron Kearse, should be there in the 5th. So, if you believe that we are just going to bolster the Kikaha/Tull rotation on the EDGE somewhere in the third with a Bronson Kaufusi or Yannick Ngakoue, then YES, taking a CB in the first 2 picks could be possible, like:

1st: Vernon Hargreaves III, CB / William Jackson III, CB
2nd: Chris Jones, DT / Austin Johnson, DT
3rd: Bronson Kaufusi, DE / Yannick Ngakoue, EDGE

or

1st: Jarran Reed, DT
2nd: Sean Davis, CB
3rd: Bronson Kaufusi, DE / Yannick Ngakoue, EDGE

Now, if just EVERYTHING fell in our laps, to heck with CB.... I'd love to see:

1st: Jarran Reed, DT
2nd: Noah Spence, DE
3rd: Deion Jones, OLB
4th: Landon Turner, G
5th: Jayron Kearse, S
7th: Cody Core, WR

We can't hope for Su'a or Noah in the 2nd, if we take a CB first....

The one factor we really dunno is the health of Keenan Lewis. If they are not sold that he is 100% or could have ongoing issues I could see the CB need factor prolly higher than most of us have it.

My bigger thought is if they could wriggle enough bucks for Norman then I would have preferred seeing the same money spent on a vet guard. We all want more pass rushing. Aldon Smith even with his risks went cheap. Chris Long 1yr/$2mil, Clayborn 2yr/$9mil, Jaye Howard 2yr/$12mil, etc. Disappointing we didn't even hear an "interested in" news

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The one factor we really dunno is the health of Keenan Lewis.

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That was my thought about Norman as well. We are on the hook for Keenan this year, and he deserves the chance to show us what he has, but he is easily chopped or forced to take a pay cut in 2017-18. Norman would for SURE have been replacing him. I look at our salary commitments going forward, and there is NOTHING but Cam Jordan after 2018-19. Byrd and Fleener have easy contracts to cut after that. If Drew ends up signing just a 2-Year deal after this season, to play until he is 40, we will have about eleventy billion dollars in cap when he leaves, and maybe 8 players on the team. (Yes I know we will resign Terron and Unger, and this class, and etc... I also hope Drew stays long enough to end up on top of the record books. Could somebody please bump Tom Brady and aggressively sprain his ankle?)

My guess on why Norman chose the Redskins over us, is the length of the deal. I speculate we were probably offering him a front loaded deal to be in line with the rest of our contracts, maybe 4-Years $60MM, $45 Guaranteed, whereas the Skins offered him just that little more... Good for him.