Interior O line draft

Yeah I don’t think we should target a C this year with Ruiz still on the roster and McCoy in place.

Maybe next year

"If the right player falls and is a good value, it shouldn't be off the table . . ."

I agree with this line of thinking beginning in R3. I see too many more glaring need at positions of at least equal importance to go there before R3.

Deep iOL draft that includes some guys who are projected to do both

Hope we give Pat Coogan a look in the late rounds

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Lew could fall to us in 3-4

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Connor Lew could be gone before the 4th IMO and definitely before our 4ths. He can start at Center or Guard for several teams. He's essentially Cesar Ruiz for 1/10th the price and possibly better at Guard. He does come with a recent ACL tear which is why he may be considered late 3rd/ early 4th.

I wouldn't be suprised if we go DT/ DE in the 3rd with rumors of Downs/ Delane #8 and WR at #42. Looks like OL may be a late 4th rd pull.

Just read the write up on Jager Burton, he could be another option, he's played all 3 interior spots, ran 4.94 40, 9'3" broad jump, 32.5 inch arms, RAS score of 9.93. I think taking a versatile C prospect is the way to go for us in this draft for our OL pick unless we wanna take 2 OL

I really like Chase Bisontis out of aTm and wouldn’t mind taking him with our second pick.

I like Logan Jones out of Iowa at center. He won the Rimington Trophy, was a unanimous All-American and 3 year team captain. Dude looks like a Steeler from the 70s already.

Beau Stephens, a RG out of Iowa, also had a really good year. Had some injuries the year before though.

I’m curious to see if they might look at taking a RT like Caleb Tiernan, Drew Shelton or Blake Miller and kicking Fuaga inside to RG.

IMO, only way Loane is still there in R2 is if a Tunsil type leak happens the day of the draft.

But, while OG needs to be at the top of the list for R2, assuming they don’t reach at 8, it should not be “a must”. Labeling it a must means they could be reaching if there is a run on OGs ahead of them, or settling if another top prospect drops to R2, as is the case every year

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I still have high hopes for Torricelli Simpkins to take over for Ruiz.

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As backup Center sure. I doubt that will happen at OG. On the depth chart we actually list Nick Saldiveri as backup OG behind Ruiz. Not sure if this is a depth strategy until we find a replacement or if we are seriously going to try him out. We wanted him to start at OT and that's not going to happen now so he could have a chance to outplay Ruiz.

Banks/ L Young
Edwards/ Radunz
McCoy/ Simpkins
Ruiz/ Saldiveri
Fuaga/

Landon Young is a FA but if we bring him back then he will probably be our best backup OT pending injuries and Saldiveri moving to OG.

The depth past those guys is tough to say the least:

LT: B Wesley
LG: E Kilty
C:
RG: W Sherman
RT: A Richards/ X Truss

If we add an OL in the 3rd or 4th we are pretty solid on depth with those 4 guys+ Radunz pending injuries of course.... We still don't know wtf Saldiveri/ Young can do because they can't get on the field.