2021 Draft Discussion - Bolts Pick 13th

[Fleet]

A poster from the other Charger fan forum pretty much expresses my sentiments about Telesco's off season moves:

"We are getting boxed in at too many positions, and I'm not happy about it. CB, OT, Edge, etc. We can't get them all in the first round. OT and Edge are super draft value. Hot ones go first. By the 45th pick, we'll be pissing in wind, which I do every Thursday anyway."

And today is Thursday - stay upwind: keep safe, keep dry.

Should probably be worth its own thread. Its rare we get the wisdom from those guys gracing our forum.

[like54ninjas]

Creed Humphrey is left handed.

Herb likes backwards spiral shotgun snaps
about as much as
he likes mutton on the bbq.

Creed can play ORG and be OC2

[Boltnut]

Originally posted by powderblueboy View Post
A poster from the other Charger fan forum pretty much expresses my sentiments about Telesco's off season moves:

"We are getting boxed in at too many positions, and I'm not happy about it. CB, OT, Edge, etc. We can't get them all in the first round. OT and Edge are super draft value. Hot ones go first. By the 45th pick, we'll be pissing in wind, which I do every Thursday anyway."

Freak wrote this in response to my post over there. Here was my response.

I don't think we're boxed in at all. We have #12 million in spending cash and a whole list of OT's, OLB's, and CB's (lots of CB's) that can be signed after the draft. It seems PON's can easily be BPA's each round (round 1-3).

1st round:
OT's: Slater, Darrisaw, Cosmi
Edge: Parsons, Ojulari
CB's: Surtain, Farley, Horn

2nd round:
OT's: Radunz, Brown
Edge: Tryon, Ossai
CB's: Melifonwu, Campbell

3rd round:
OT's: Hudson, Smith
Edge: Roche, Robinson
CB's: Adebo, St-Juste

nfltraderumors.co/top-50-2021-nfl-free-agents/

[Bearded14YourPleasure]

If you’re drafting in the top half of the draft you have glaring needs. Is there a team ahead of us that you can’t say ‘hey they need a guy at x position’? Heck even most of the playoff teams you can point to a given position and say they could really use an impact guy right there. The only time you’re not ‘boxed into’ certain positions is when you have so many holes is your roster that you take whoever BPA because you need a new guy everywhere (still boxed in to a certain degree by position importance and availability ie. QB overdrafting) or when you have a complete roster. We all have our opinion on #13 but let’s say Chase or Pitts fell there, we could take them and still get day 1 starters at LT and CB on day 2. In my opinion that’s not really being boxed into picks, the point of the draft is to put talent at positions of need.

[wu-dai clan]

If you’re drafting in the top half of the draft you have glaring needs. Is there a team ahead of us that you can’t say ‘hey they need a guy at x position’? Heck even most of the playoff teams you can point to a given position and say they could really use an impact guy right there. The only time you’re not ‘boxed into’ certain positions is when you have so many holes is your roster that you take whoever BPA because you need a new guy everywhere (still boxed in to a certain degree by position importance and availability ie. QB overdrafting) or when you have a complete roster. We all have our opinion on #13 but let’s say Chase or Pitts fell there, we could take them and still get day 1 starters at LT and CB on day 2. In my opinion that’s not really being boxed into picks, the point of the draft is to put talent at positions of need.

TB have boxed themselves into taking players who won't be ready for two years.

[wu-dai clan]

Creed can play ORG and be OC2

We need someone who can hike the football correctly when called upon.

[like54ninjas]

We need someone who can hike the football correctly when called upon.

Then I suppose you’d best stick with K. Green, J. Myers, Q. Meinerz, or we already have Qberry on the roster.

[Panamamike]

tight end, guard, safety, running back, defensive tackle, ...?

Tight end is not that big a priority this year.
we signed a guard....need depth...ton of them will be available. Can draft one day 3
Vet safety is available in FA as well.
RB is the easiest position to fill in the NFL.
Yes to DT. But need not be a high Rd pick.

[Panamamike]

We need someone who can hike the football correctly when called upon.

We have the best OC in the league. I dont care to spend a high pick on a backup. Push that off a year.

[Boltnut]

Tight end is not that big a priority this year.
we signed a guard....need depth...ton of them will be available. Can draft one day 3
Vet safety is available in FA as well.
RB is the easiest position to fill in the NFL.
Yes to DT. But need not be a high Rd pick.

Exactly! I don't know why we're talking about center... or TE... or guard... or even DT, RB... If Derwin could stay healthy, we wouldn't be talking about safety either (we have a 1st rounder and 2nd rounder back there). Rounds 4-7 for depth at those positions.

[wu-dai clan]

We have the best OC in the league. I dont care to spend a high pick on a backup. Push that off a year.

The only thing I am doing is building OL with position flexible prospects. Aboushi is on a one year contract.

[Boltjolt]

Exactly! I don't know why we're talking about center... or TE... or guard... or even DT, RB... If Derwin could stay healthy, we wouldn't be talking about safety either (we have a 1st rounder and 2nd rounder back there). Rounds 4-7 for depth at those positions.

Because Cook is on a one year deal and is 34.

Because Derwin likely plays the "star" and need two deep safeties in packages while he is playing that.
You need to get up to speed with the defense we will run.

Because we are still a OG short or there are some that can play OG and OC that could be better than Ques.

Because after Ekeler... Who has been injured, we have China doll Jackson in his last year and Kelly. Only Kelly is over 200 lbs.


DT I'm not sure but Joseph and Jones are in their last year.of their deal.