There were still good corners on the board when they traded up. Many had 1st rd grades on Andrew Booth and Kyler Gordon. Many saw Dax Hill as a 1st rd corner. Some had Mccreary.
look at the non corners drafted after Elam. Who could we have taken? We weren’t taking jermaine Johnson or Karlaftis after how we spent on DL. Wyatt is a 3T like Ed, that wasn’t happening. We weren’t taking a S LB, or C imo, due to positional value. Breece Hall? Poor positional value.
Other than another CB, Watson, Pickens and Tyler Smith were to only guys I could’ve seen as our pick.
Or we could’ve went with Dane Jackson and cheap free agents with hopes Tre’Davious made it back after watching our corners get torched relentlessly in season ending losses to KC 2 years in a row. Offense didn’t end our season. Our defense and coaching did.