re: Dimitrof likes (OT) Jake Matthews

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Front office carlos on 680 had a rundown recently on offensive linemen in the draft, the overall draft spot and eventual career success had lower correlation than any other position, or some such. I might have heard it wrong. Anyway, i think you draft for the future and sign free agents that are proven for immediate needs. Rolling dice on immediate needs is stupid. You wouldnt put next months mortgage payment in the stock market.

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You seem to be under the erroneous impression that we only need 1 or 2 OL this offseason. That should be no problem to get in FA, but I wouldn't want to go fishing for the 5-6 that we actually need just in FA. OL is such a drastic need for this team that we need to exploit both. If an elite OL prospect is sitting there at 6, you get him.

Also, you know damn well we are not going to go get an elite guy in FA on the OL. Skill guy, sure, but not the lines. We never make good moves in FA regarding OL. Talk about rolling the dice, leaving FA moves up to TD regarding OL is much more of a roll of the dice than the draft.