Yes, and judging prospects in this draft, I think Love is leaps and bounds better than Mauigoa.
Strange...they play different positions.
It's hard for us to come to an accord because you see Love as nothing more than a middling prospect.
Hyperbole. Can we discuss this without you putting words in my mouth? I said he's below the Bijan tier. He's similar in skill level to Jeanty.
If this was Joe Alt vs. Love, we don't have to have a conversation, really.
Mauigoa is very close to Alt. Look at their resumes and their workout numbers. Very similar. Both incredibly dominant players in college.
Judging Mauigoa in this draft against his peers, I think he should barely make the top-10, and really more be picked in the middle of the 1st.
Positional value.
It's absurd to simplify it into "content." I work in Digital Media - I can certainly differentiate. I'm not building my opinions off of unpaid YouTubers or TikTok videos, I'm reading, watching, and listening to people who actually get paid to do this for a living, many of which have been doing it before #content was a thing.
Lol you don't seem to understand what the #content means. We're also including Mel Kiper, Field Yates, etc. Those guys are the ones we're talking about .
Consolidating these three points, yes, Bailey is a clearly deserving top guy, with a position match. He won't be there. Your assertion that Mauigoa is a good player in a draft bereft of good players, but as you continue into Love... I think Love is a great player in a draft bereft of good players. I see amazing burst and vision that will impact games.
He has burst for sure, but he's NOT a pile mover. If I'm looking for a back high, I want a very well rounded back and Love isn't able to do that. He's well rounded, but he's probably not going to be your short yardage back.
Sure, no players win games on their own, it's the NFL. But certain players impact games in a way that others simply can't. Mauigoa isn't making a play by himself that goes for 90 yards and a TD.
Neither is Love LOL.
Wilkerson is a scary starting option, but there's other ways to acquire RTs.
Ways...like drafting Mauigoa, because he's the top rated RT (a more premium position than RB), had a stellar career at a top program, and worked out well. Hes good to great at everything you want out of a RT.
The second round guys have some potential but are way more iffy. Granted, I actually want Bailey and one of the second round guys to be fully transparent, but if Bailey is gone, I switch to Mauigoa and a pass rusher later.
If the cupboard is bare at the start of round 2 at tackle, then make a trade. Something.
Good tackles don't just grow on trees. Your plan sounds like a Lossenfort plan.
Money talks, but we're about to see premier players finally get paid as their contract comes up. The market is about to flip on its head at RB. Part of the reason RBs were going underpaid is because there weren't a lot of elite talents, and that's starting to shift.
Not. This is so patently false brother. Did you read that New York Times article that Harry posted? Reggie Bush's rookie contract would still be a top ten RB contract today. RB pay isn't likely to flip because most teams still run back by committee and if they expand the season longer, RBs pay is likely to decrease because teams will have to focus more on having two good backs.
Just like you want a guy that you know can hold up with that much work if you're picking top 5, I want an RT that's going to dominate his side of the field for years, and I just don't see it.
Mauigoa dominated in college and has the traits and mental makeup to do so in the NFL.
I see it as settling for mid-tier talent because we failed to prepare. Just like Levi Brown.
I see Love as settling for a mid tier position. Look at how many top rated backs don't even make it to a second contract with the team that drafted them.
Build the line first. No reason to draft a RB when the team isn't in a competitive window, wasting the short amount of time they have to actually star.
Nuance matters.
