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The one where Gettleman trades back - a review of the 2021 NFL Draft First Round

O me-o, O mi-o, O Cleveland, Ohio. The host of the 2021 NFL Draft. It was certainly no Rocky steps in Philadelphia, or Broadway in Nashville. But someone had to do it, in this strange, beginning-to-be-post-Pandemic world. The mistake on the lake, really no longer refers as accurately to this resurgent city in general, but for this Draft it might apply to the odd decision to place the stage on the lake but in front of a parking lot. They hid it well but you could still see it if you looked hard enough.

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Missing Orlando - who could be our next Right Tackle?

The last piece I wrote was for Russell Street Report and it was a potential, Raven-like approach to the first two days of the 2021 NFL Draft that would see us take four prospects on day two that I believe, play like Ravens on film. My piece was predicated on us having ONE pick in the first round and trading back off that pick to acquire more picks in what I believe to be a loaded day two this year. It was surely this that tempted fate and caused our favorite Right Tackle to be traded to the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday. Giving us two picks in the first round this year and a chasm of a gap to our next pick in the 90s, in a draft where I believe the sweet spot for talent is right in the middle of that pick desert for us.

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