Patriots have a Left Tackle problem. Should they take the best available OL at 4?

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The #Patriots have a Left Tackle problem. Should they take the best available OL (Tackle or Guard) at 4, trade down, or potentially try and deal for a player like Kolton Miller? #NFL #NFLDraft

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00:00would do at number four you know i'd like to see if he would go the shine route and wants to go with

00:05ashton jenty right that's who you would like chime if you had the number four overall picking you we

00:11we obviously couldn't get uh abdul kata or uh travis hunter yeah if abdul kata is not there i

00:16i would go jenty at this can i just i don't want to get ahead of your mock number 12 or whatever

00:21of course but do you do you think that shador is going to go at number three now no are you

00:26you don't no not even close everybody everybody's saying that though are they no i don't think so

00:32they are i think a lot of people are like you only went to the trouble to do the whole workout and

00:37everything yeah but they they had three private workouts lined up this week not just one with

00:42shador like it's not they were working out multiple quarterbacks i think they also did it with

00:46milroy tyler shuck and jalen milrow were the other two and so uh like i just i think they are doing

00:52their quote unquote due diligence on quarterbacks because the owner is saying to dayball hey we're

00:57taking a quarterback and table's like yeah we are but we may not do it right away and so this is

01:02their way of covering their ass and so if they take shuck or milrow at the top of the second round

01:06they're good so wiggy uh to answer for shine yes you would take the running back you yeah right shine

01:16correct yes i would i would take the running back and then i would take the lineman in the second

01:20round i you know if i if you're telling me both my guys are gone and and abdul katar and and uh

01:28travis hunter but if the giants are a little unsure of what they want to do i would move on up and i

01:37would say hey listen we want to hey would you want to switch spots with us at number you know we move

01:43up to three they move down to four they pick up an extra second round pick if they know like all right

01:48we're not really gonna we don't need we need the quarterback but maybe we can get the quarterback

01:52later in the second round or maybe if they move down a spot maybe they can pick up uh an extra uh

01:59extra pick and they move back into the first round what decision most hamstrung the patriots last season

02:05in their front office outside of the coach decision i mean roster moves uh i'll give you mine

02:12o-line and wide receiver yeah chuka okorafor that decision your left tackle quitting football before

02:19the season start stopped any opportunity you had before the season even got going yeah and i don't

02:27know how you go for a luxury item like a tight end or a flashy running back when you don't know who

02:34your left tackle is you have to get that it is the least sexy i think we're going to do on tuesday

02:40of next week uh we're going to measure our wingspans yes so we'll do that and we'll see

02:45did he inform uh them that he was done with football on the phone or in person he actually

02:50flew to elliot wolf's house oh he did but curtis what if the top lineman isn't a tackle what if he's

02:56a guard like do you still just take him and hope for the best because the i mean technically the best

03:03left tackle in the draft is like sure thing left tackle is probably like josh simmons who's not going to

03:08go until the 20s right so do you really take a shot on will gamble and hope he can play tackle

03:14right so then if you want to do it that way then you can either trade back or take whatever guy you

03:20want it for and trade into the first round again and get them well so that's my thought is you take

03:24genti at four right and then you can either trade back into the first round or if one of your tackles

03:28is there at 38 or whatever you take a 407 text for you shine why do you believe a running back is

03:36more important for this football team than left tackle i don't left tackle is by far the more

03:41important position but if you have any concerns like i do that will campbell is not in fact a left

03:47tackle then it's not worth taking that risk i would rather take a known commodity at four and then get

03:53a guy who is can definitely play left tackle with my next pick why are we even talking about this

03:57because hasn't mike rabel and elliot wolf made it abundantly clear that they're going to take the most

04:02talented player at number four so why would they ever trade back out of that and why would they

04:07ever just take a player out of need they said you don't know who the most talented player is at

04:12number four but if but if you have options like shine being asked would you rather take a running

04:16back or a linebacker if both options present themselves they're to say they've made it pretty

04:20clear that they're just going to take the most talented player if that's the case then they will

04:23take ashton genti at four so because i would say this right ashton genti will campbell let's say

04:29they're both elite talents in the nfl which one would you prefer to have and is is is a lot i i

04:39guess maybe might be a lot harder to come by an elite tackle or an elite running back elite tackle

04:44you think all right 100 see i think it's harder to come back come by an elite running back where you

04:52could get a tackle in the second round then you're gonna get the same argument when we were talking

04:57about this the other day which is that elite running back you don't have them forever you

05:02know you have them for a shorter run than you're gonna have an elite and i mean just look at the

05:06pay scale wiki like left tackles are paid more than running no no i and i and i agree i agree they

05:11are paid more but when i look at the the the tackles and i say okay if i could have saquon barkley

05:19or penne soul who's an elite tackle from the detroit lions you would take i would take one

05:26if i could have derrick and that would be the only time in wiki's life he chose something other than

05:31penne you also have recency bias because of the super bowl all right but if i could take let's be

05:36honest okay if i could have derrick henry or penne soul i would take derrick henry so it would

05:42probably mike rabel because i i feel like i would say yes greg would take penny arrabbiata

05:47i would say this i do honestly like a good penne with a vodka sauce yeah we make the best one at my

05:54my apartment no i i mean i don't mean it's a spicy penne alla vodka it's delicious i mean i don't really

06:00like i when you say best like it's not a restaurant no it's and i know it's far better well homemade

06:06is i mean i define better like is it is there cream in it oh yes heavy whipping cream okay all

06:13right and tomato paste okay because a little shaved uh shaved fresh parma oh yeah onions garlic

06:20greg i i would say this and i would ask people this why did the philadelphia eagles win a super

06:29bowl this year what was the main reason because patrick mahomes pooped his pants no no because of

06:34time magazine's most important person jaylen no the main reason why they won a super bowl

06:39there's influential influential sorry the main reason why they won a super bowl because guess

06:44what they had jaylen hurts last year is because of saquon barkley yeah when you look at patrick

06:49mahomes when he wanted i thought it was the tush push no no no best defensive football for

06:52ever Patrick Mahomes they have a pretty good line too there lane johnson but they had the same

06:57offensive line the year prior to that didn't have the same defense no they brought in that massive guy

07:02that we were just talking about uh beckton yeah but beckton was a scrub beans with the giant i mean

07:06the jets and they put like you read about and they played him at god my point is they were able to take

07:12the next step because of saquon barkley we talked about this a couple years ago with the uh kansas city

07:18chiefs when they won a super bowl they were able to win a super bowl with a mediocre line we talked

07:23about it with tom brady when he won at tampa bay he they were able to win it with a mediocre line and if

07:28you have a really good quarterback you could do that it's when you start to look at the san francisco

07:3549ers they are a completely different team without christian mccaffrey and they have one of the best

07:41tackles in the league and um who's the tackle that trent williams yeah but i mean they made the super bowl

07:46mccaffrey's are pregnant yeah is that okay with amen or oh i know i wonder if he like probably

07:53shed a tear i mean talk about like final nail in the coffin yeah i'm so you guys i've never heard

07:58of this name in my life i'm so happy for them because she's like talked pretty openly about

08:02having like pcos and a few other things oh yeah so very very nice i wonder if they'll name their

08:08boy amen oh they're having a boy i don't know i was gonna say

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