I started thinking about the idea that Gutes is so adept at finding monster awesome OL talent in the middle rounds that we shouldn't draft an OT in the 1st. Its not actually based on the subjective breakdown of his drafts, and his record definitely isn't so stellar that we should gamble that he can find us a new RG and hopefully a new C in the same draft. Lets break it down.

2018 Cole Madison - out of football
2019 Elgton Jenkins - Stud...but picked in the 2nd.
2020 Jon Runyan - Serviceable, got a nice 2nd contract, but a guy we all wanted replaced
Jake Hansen - If he isn't gone, he should be
Simon Stepaniak - out of football
2021 Josh Myers - Serviceable, but a 2nd round pick
Royce Newman - Thankfully gone
Cole Van Lanen - Traded for a late pick
2022 Sean Rhyan - Hope he is gone
Zack Tom - Stud
Rasheed Walker - Stud in the making imo, but its not a lock yet.

Does this inspire you to be sure we can find a new RG by throwing a bunch of day 3 picks at the problem?? Other than landing Tom and Walker in 2022 his day 3 picks are a disaster.

I'm more convinced than ever that, given the OL depth in this draft, we should probably land 2 in our first 3 picks.

*I went off the top of my head for where guys are now. If I were wrong about someone being out of the game or technically still on the roster, I stand by the position of "should be what I said"