If Loveland, Golden, and Banks are available at 25, who should we pick? My pick is Golden although I hate missing out on Banks. I think it's imperative to give CJ that third weapon, although an argument could be made for Loveland as the third weapon.
My favorite dual threat Receiver is listed as a multi purpose WR, If we did get him, I would consider using him as a blocker / receiver and shifting Schultz and Jordan to the WR room as Y receivers and use Bech and Stover as more traditional dual threat TEs.
I would probably pick Banks, but the thought of giving CJ a weapons like Loveland might change my way of thinking. Golden is really good, but if it was me I would rather draft a guy like Bech or Royals in rd 3 and pick Loveland at 1-25. I wonder if Caserio goes this direction what OT or OG might be available at 2-58. If Banks and Loveland are both there at 1-25 then I'm picking Banks and trading 2-58, 3-79 and a 2026 3rd for Loveland. I really think Loveland is a differencce maker. Only issue with doing this is that like CJ/WA you're at a disadvantage contract wise when you have two 1st rd picks on the same contract years.
I feel the same way about possibly missing out on Banks, but if that situation comes up, I keep going back and forth between Golden and Loveland..
Yes he did fine as a blocker in 2023. You can't run for as many yards as Coruum did and have a TE that can't block. He hurt his shoulder and had some of the worst QB play that you will ever see. Otherwise there's no way Loveland would be available at 1-25.
Is it possible that we won't pick any OL in this draft and that, going forward, Nick will acquire linemen via trade & FA?
Purely theoretically. you want the players in the draft which are most expensive in free agency to maximize your total team value. Right now, it's QBs, OTs, Edge, WR etc.
