yah that was a bit of a dig.
I totally agree that we need to devote more resources to the OL. As you said, it appears that the vikings are doing well for themselves by signing hutch, and on the flip side seattle's rushing attack has apparently suffered. (but...i have no doubt that the seahawks were set ot match any offer hutch got, and the vikings pulled a fast one with the poison pill)
My dig was regarding the draft, in that since we were targeting whitner, i think staying put and making sure we got whitner was a better strategy than dropping down for an extra pick and hoping that a) whitner was still there, and b) hoping that whoever we took with our acquired pick pans out. I know your thoughts differ, but if we all agreed this place would be boring.
Regarding CB's, i know that Marv has a history of taking them early on, in the 90's. (i do not count this draft, because we needed the help on defense). I still hope we re-sign Clements, thus eliminating the need to take a corner early. Hopefully Clements will not ask for the 50 mil he think's he's worth. But regarding Marv's drafting CB's early, heres some thoughts i have...
1. in the 90's, DB was our biggest problem area on defense, sohe was constantly attempting to upgrade it.
2. A 1st round CB can step in and play at a reasonably high level from day 1. They are also relatively cheap when it comes to CB contract value. Top flight CB's demand a ton of $$$, so it would make more monetary sense to draft a decent one early and not pay him as much and have the money spent elsewhere, than to pay a top flight CB 50 mil and have rooks at other positions.
I guess it may come down to would you rather have a 40-50 mil CB and a rookie OLman, or a 30 mil OL man and a rookie CB?
I also agree with the theory that it never hurts to take an OL in day 1 of every draft, and to draft a QB in round 6 or 7 every draft.