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The Outlaws have so far been very active trading acquiring a total of 12 picks so far eight of which is first in three rounds. GM Bowman Says he'd like to acquire more as it would give the outlaws the ability to move up and down getting players they have targeted on their board. T: George Lang a excellent run blocker but we were disappointed in come pass protection we traded off and replaced with FA T Oscar Lessard only gave up 6 sacks last season. Hopefully this season it is fewer and in this we picked up a 2nd & 4th rd pick.
Another trade that was both a huge win & loss to the team was for the overall #1 in which we acquired the back we coveted the most in Hugh Schulz he has some developing to do but still feel he could have 1,000 yards rushing this season. The cost was our loss of Shane Lake that we feel was a stud WR problem was we had no decent QB that could get the ball to him and unsure when we might be able to find one we decided not to waste his career here in LV and let him play elsewhere and go with a RB that we feel can score with a line that can open holes for him.
Prior to interviews the hope was to then get a QB with 4th pick but after conducting interviews we felt there was no QB worth that 4th overall pick so we traded down to 16th gaining two 2nd round picks we feel pretty confident of getting at least one starter out of the two picks or using one of them with the #16 to move up as we have 3 players we like and are willing to move up for one of them. If unable to do that we would then be open to move down again if all 3 are taken by pick 16. Only time will tell.
GM Bowman says so far he likes how things are going in this draft & FA. Asked what are some of the main holes he'd like to address is he said QB,C,G,DE,ILB,FS are the main needs. We'd also like to find another WR to replace the empty spot of Lake but realize in this draft I doubt we find a stud. Lastly we asked with this many picks say you hit on 5 how are you going to resign 5 players in one year. His reply was I will have to really watch that to make sure we have the money to do so, that means doing a better job of planning for these upcoming contracts than we have done in the past. Not overpaying in FA will be huge part.
{ Stay tuned in for future picks and trades as they happen. }
Another trade that was both a huge win & loss to the team was for the overall #1 in which we acquired the back we coveted the most in Hugh Schulz he has some developing to do but still feel he could have 1,000 yards rushing this season. The cost was our loss of Shane Lake that we feel was a stud WR problem was we had no decent QB that could get the ball to him and unsure when we might be able to find one we decided not to waste his career here in LV and let him play elsewhere and go with a RB that we feel can score with a line that can open holes for him.
Prior to interviews the hope was to then get a QB with 4th pick but after conducting interviews we felt there was no QB worth that 4th overall pick so we traded down to 16th gaining two 2nd round picks we feel pretty confident of getting at least one starter out of the two picks or using one of them with the #16 to move up as we have 3 players we like and are willing to move up for one of them. If unable to do that we would then be open to move down again if all 3 are taken by pick 16. Only time will tell.
GM Bowman says so far he likes how things are going in this draft & FA. Asked what are some of the main holes he'd like to address is he said QB,C,G,DE,ILB,FS are the main needs. We'd also like to find another WR to replace the empty spot of Lake but realize in this draft I doubt we find a stud. Lastly we asked with this many picks say you hit on 5 how are you going to resign 5 players in one year. His reply was I will have to really watch that to make sure we have the money to do so, that means doing a better job of planning for these upcoming contracts than we have done in the past. Not overpaying in FA will be huge part.
{ Stay tuned in for future picks and trades as they happen. }
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