You people. If you ask John Dorsey if he would consider doing anything, he will say yes. So yes, he would consider trading back EIGHTEEN OR MORE SLOTS into the first round.
If it was free. Because if it's not, it would cost him the rest of his draft picks, so stifle that idiocy, ok?
Dorsey needs every draft pick. He's already got several "balloon payments" (Garrett, Schobert, Ojunjobi, Njoku, Callaway, Ward, Mayfield etc) and has depleted much of his cap space.
Damarius Randall enters his contract year in 2019, as well, and he's got to be a priority.
Kareem Hunt is on a one-year contract, and there's no way he won't at least try to re-sign him (so he can trade him).
As another very smart writer described a few weeks ago, Dorsey's approach should be very effective in the short term, but is not sustainable. The Colts are building a roster that looks like it will outlast Dorsey's, and that's because Colbert has stuck to the draft.
Dorsey isn't dumb. He gets this. He's siezed an opportunity to go for all the marbles in 2019/20, but knows he needs to pay for it.
Fortunately, John Dorsey does better than most GMs on Days 2 and 3. He can find his Averys, Hunts, Hills, Callaways etc and get some youngsters in the pipeline to replace the veterans he'll lose in free---
Oh nevermind cuz he's gonna trade back up into the first round! Sorry my bad.
Jeez...
Dorsey will also need to dump some overpaid veterans, including Hubbard and Kirksey. (The Hubbard contract is the main reason I decided OT is a need after all).
Anyway, John Dorsey might move up in the draft to nab a slider he wants, but eighteen slots isn't realistic in this realiity, or on this planet.
Damon Sheehy Guiseppi is probably an underrated dirt-cheap signing.
The Browns need microscopic slot receivers like they need a hole the head, but this 4.38 speedster is a hellacious punt returner, and Dorsey is going out of his way to upgrade special teams talent this offseason.
Damon's story is kinda like Kurt Warner's; you just root for this guy.
Alonzo Highsmith is really the guy who noticed Guiseppi and no doubt bought him to Dorsey's attention.
Ideally, this guy can return both kicks and punts, and maybe help in coverage as well. I'm rooting for him.
All the mock drafters seem to agree that Terrence Mitchell and both the safeties Dorsey just signed suck, as they mock safeties and corners to the Browns in the second round.
While the players these guys "pick" for Dorsey all look pretty good, and would certainly help, secondary is NOT the need these goobers think it is.
I can now give you my updated reality-based priority list (I mean beyond "best available player" period):
1: DT. You need to ROTATE these guys, and there isn't enough depth there.
2: OLB. Kirksey is massively overrated/paid. Adarius Taylor is as good as Kirksey, which aint sayin much.
Despite the fact that under Wilks, 3 real linebackers on the field at the same time will be a rare phenomenon, as-is it's Schobert, Rodney Averyfield, and guys named Joe.
3: CB: A TALL one.
4: Offensive Tackle. Dorsey needs to dump salary, and Hubbard (like Kirksey) is a way to do that-plus Robinson will get too expensive to re-sign.
This order is not etched in stone, and doesn't trump best available. This draft is not (neccessarily) for 2019. It's for depth and embryonic talent that can emerge 2-3 years down the line to replace veterans lost to the salary cap.
The Peanut Gallery doesn't grok the fact that Defensive Tackles take a horrific beating, and any 4-3 defense needs at least THREE GOOD ones to make it through games and the season...
Nevermind. Ogunjobi just faded out in 2018 cuz he's a "quitter" or something...excuse the hell outta me :!@×￦%;?!%+*!!?!
No comments:
Post a Comment