Big Red
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- Mar 16, 2019
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Well, didn't you answer your own question? Levi Brown was going to be a top 10 pick that year regardless, and he was the second-best tackle. But the Cards felt they needed to fix the OL in 2007 under any means necessary. So they passed on Peterson. So if you're OK with it in 2020, you have to be OK with it in 2007, don't you? Because the real answer is you want a guarantee. The Cardinals drafted Jonathan Cooper in the first round. They drafted D.J. Humphries in the first round. Those guys have not been what was hoped, but the Cards were trying to fix the OL that desperately needed help. I'm not arguing that the offensive line shouldn't be addressed or that it doesn't need quality infusion from the draft. But next year, if the Cards took a "B+" lineman, if he becomes a Levi Brown -- who did start for a Super Bowl team and was fine that year -- is that good enough?
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