2 very good -- excellent --tackles. Becton and Sewell could be perennial All-Pros....and if somebody like the Texans pays their tackle Stupid Money, we may be forced to do it TWICE !!
Bengals better get on the phone if they want Sewell at 2. We gave up 3 2's for Sam from 6 -> 3. Sign me up.
I'd trade down to 6. Give me the 6, a 2nd this year, their 1st next year, and a 3 next year. Sign Godwin and Thuney, draft Chase at 6, sign a vet QB, and let's roll. We'd have a stupid amount of draft capital next year to make a move for any QB.
I LOATHE the BPA "system"! What that implies is that you haven't truly identified your primary needs and you simply default to the Best Player Available and hope that he somehow makes your team better. That was Macc's "system" and we can see how well that worked out. Douglas has to decide at each pick which player - based on my needs, from greatest to least - provides the most value? Simply taking Sewell because he's the BPA isn't reason enough to take him. Let's say that JD has the choice to take Sewell or to trade back and grab a QB he likes, or a WR or Edge, in that case he may well get more value by passing on the BPA Sewell and filling more positions with slightly less great players. Of course sometimes the BPA and your highest need match up and that's the best situation, but taking BPA without taking needs into consideration is a recipe for failure.
Aren't the Bengals currently picking 5th behind the Dolphins at 3 (from Texans-for those dead set against Sewell this is the first of 2 first rounders they got for Tunsil along with a second) and Atlanta at 4 ?
If this were Madden you could take Sewell at 2. Although this is a game for the fans, it's a business for the front office and, just as importantly, the player's agents. By the time Becton and Sewell come up for renewal, you could be paying $35-40 million per season for 2 tackles to keep both. That's insane. The Jets need meat in the middle, guards, not tackles. If the Bengals really want Sewell, you make them pay with a ton of picks and trade down.
It's much easier to hide deficiencies on the interior than the exterior. Tackles get paid for a reason. Passable guards are much easier to find. Again, not drafting a player because you're afraid they're too good is a bad reason.
The problem with that is that just because we have the draft capital it doesn't mean that some team will be willing to trade down.
Not when your RT is nowhere near the level of the player you're potentially drafting. Fant is passable but he can easily be improved upon and a draft pick would be significantly cheaper for at least the next 4 years. You can worry about his potential cap hit 5 years from now. Trying to plan for a cap hit that far down the line is worthless when you're not sure how your roster is going look at that point. This is real life, things happen. Players get injured, players don't pan out, players get themselves in trouble, etc. Everything would have to go perfectly for this to be a really fucking good problem to have. Should never sacrifice talent for need unless you have a really deep roster. The Jets do not. Half the roster probably won't be with the team next year.
We need Fields to play good in the CFP.....and Cincy wants Sewell, if they screw around with us, they're gonna lose him.
Becton looks good but he doesn't look like Penei Sewell did his first two seasons. If I was a Bengal fan I'd start looking at the WR's and try to figure out which the best was becauce they're not going to see Sewell on the #3. The Jets may trade down from the #2 but there is no way they are passing on a franchise LT if they choose to stay.
