LT Getting Healthy, Ready To Silence Critics

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Published: June 30, 2009

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... of LaDainian Tomlinson.  He is no longer considered the top pick, but he is still a first-round pick.

I had the opportunity to take him in a mock draft with the fifth pick, but opted to take Larry Fitzgerald instead.  If the same scenario was presented to me today, I may have to reverse my thinking and take LT.  It’s close.

Some think I’m nuts for taking a WR with the fifth pick, but Chris Johnson is in a shared backfield with LenDale White, LT, and S-Jax are coming off injuries, and there isn’t a proven track record for DeAngelo Williams and Steve Slaton. 

Fitz has 1400 yards and 10 TDs in three of his past four years.  With roughly half of first round RBs typically falling short of expectations, Fitz just seems a safer play for a top pick.  This article isn’t about Fitz, though, so let me get back to the matter at hand.

LT, by all accounts, h...

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