Intra-division trades are rare, but this one makes sense as they were collaborating to screw another rival (the Giants, who clearly were taking Smith if he was there).
Parsons basically ***** freshmen on the Penn State roster if the reports are accurate. He did not fall far enough-- again, if that's accurate.
It's easy to say that Pit was silly for not taking an OL, but there also wasn't another OL selected from that point out in the draft. So it seems likely to say they would have if the value was right. It's funny, two of the most common narratives around the draft totally contradict each other: "Team X needs to take position X" and "Don't reach to take a position of need."
I really like this edge class. There weren't any prime studs, like the Bosa's or Garrett or the WFT kid, but it's deep with high potential projects.
I didn't know that about Parsons... screw him if that's the case.
As far as OL goes, I have Jenkins and Cosmi ranked above Leatherwood, yet Leatherwood went earlier than most expected. I think both Jenkins and Cosmi are at least fringe 1st round prospects. However, I could see how a team would have the top two running backs ranked above them on their board.
Edge is pretty much exactly what you said. A lot of projects, no sure things, but it has depth I guess. Not super excited about any of these edge rushers. I think defensive line has even less depth, but I'm actually more excited about some of those players like Barmore, McNeil, Brown, Tonga, Tufele, Stills, Twyman, Nixon, Basham, and Williams.
