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I don't really agree with that. The NFL doesn't either which is why WRs are making bank. Now guards, that is a position you should be able to find later. It's why guards make far less salary. Even the Packers who you pointed out needed Adam's in the second round.Agreed. Wideouts are like RBs: you can find them anywhere ... if you know what you're doing. Green Bay has for years.
Now that isn't to say you can't find a WR outside of the first. Of course you can. Hell NFL teams are running 3 WRs, if you had to have 3 firsts to run 3 WRs you'd be screwed. But let's not pretend that a lot of the best WRs weren't picked in the first 2 rounds. A lot of them are. We saw what this offense and Dak looked like with free agents and mid round picks at WR. We ended up trading for Cooper.
The highest paid guards make like 15 mil. The highest paid WRs are starting to push 25-30 mil for a reason. We should be able to draft a guard outside of the first who can be a really good starter. But I don't know if we can.
Now that doesn't mean we have to take a WR at 24. But my list of WRs that I'm comfortable with probably only goes 2-3 rounds. Beyond that it gets pretty dicey. If you say, Pickens will be available for us in round 2, great I'm good with that. But there is a good chance he won't be.
Ultimately I like a guard in the first or a WR. But we need to run the ball better. Teams were running cover 2 shells and rushing four against us with success. It limited our WRs on the outsides ability to get open and we couldn't take advantage because our running game wasn't good. So we had to rely on the slot and TE for our yards. We won't fix RB so we have to fix the Oline. I just disagree that the only way to do it is with a first round guard.
				