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bamachum
I'll say the difference is this: having a Jonathan Ogden, Willie Roaf, Chris Samuels, Walter Jones-type that will be a figure at LT for 10 years, is possibly the most valuable asset to a team. They are much less risky picks in terms of being able to evaluate their ability and typically stay healthy.
Look over the first-round busts at QB in recent history and how it cripples teams for years when they invest that kind of money in a "glamour pick." Look at the Dolphins, they took the LT with the first and picked up a Chad Pennington, who is playing well. In the long run, this will help them moreso than would've taking Matt Ryan, for example---even if he ends up being a great one.
My first argument is that solidify the OL which helps a) protect the QB and b) help the running game---the essential tool for winning. RBs are a seeminly a "dime-a-dozen" these days and can usually be replaced without sharp dropoff in production.
My other argument is one I made in an earlier post. QBs like Jeff Garcia, Kerry Collins, Jon Kitna, Chad Pennington, Marc Bulger, can lead and manage a good team to the playoffs. An elite QB is not a necessity given talent around him. KC has some young talent in Dwayne Bowe, Gonzalez is still around, foreseeably, as well as Larry Johnson.
Sure up the OL. Get a journeyman QB. Keep builing up the defense and it'll win.
Oh and give Ingle Martin a chance to play this year---what could it hurt--he is a talent. He is the same age as Brodie and I've seen him play a lot over the years at Florida and Furman, he has tools. He threw the fastest ball at the combine the same year that including Croyle. He got shafted at Florida by Ron Zook who promised the job to the freshman Chris Leak and was never given a fair shot, thus he transferred to Furman. Thigpen just really hasn't been too impressive to me in what little I've seen. Then again, who really would look that great behind the current OL? That's my point.
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