Jordan Morgan, OL, Arizona 2024 1st Round Pick, #25

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[Waldo]

I think that is where I am not excited. If you want an OG, draft one. If you need an OT, take one of those. These tweener types can be super valuable, but in the 1st-round, it kind of seems like taking Datone Jones and then not knowing what to do with him. If Fautanu would have fell to us, I would have been fine with it. Pencil him in at RG for the next decade.

A LOT of successful GB guards were tackles in college.

I am well aware of that. I think the best ones there was a plan for and these guys were not taken high in The Draft. Josh Sitton was NEVER viewed as an NFL OT. TJ Lang, less of a plan, but low cost investment. Derek Sherrod was clearly an OT even though he got some reps at OG, as well, as a rookie. Bulaga is probably the best comparison to Morgan and that worked out well at OT. Morgan does not seem to be projecting the same way, at least early.

If I remember right Lang was one of those guys almost totally overlooked by the drafting/scouting process. We knew of him because of how well he fit the GB mold while being a total unknown (GB showed interest in him at the Shrine game I believe), he showed up in sleeper articles late, but otherwise almost noone heard of him. Small school with little in the way of scouting process invites.