I do think 12 is going to be part of that translation for McVay. What is interesting about him is he's got that old school philosophy where he values stretching the field vertically. That naturally meshes with an ability to line up and mash, and he has trended that way with blocking scheme and talent up front. Problem is he has never found the TE with enough quality to pull a WR off the field. Even when it's a journeyman like Robinson.
So if they were to add a TE, let's say Arroyo or Taylor or maybe even Loveland, with that player on the field with Higs you have better threat to a defense than with our WR depth chart. From there the question is how do you upgrade X. And does that work better if you go X at 26, assuming one is there which is no guarantee from a value perspective. Or maybe the TE first and then just add a speed option with some balls to him (undersized most likely if it's a round 3 X type).
Guessing the latter is the way they will approach it. But the players have to fall the right way for that to happen. If teams value the TEs more and we're looking at Golden then maybe that's the best play but if we go that route I suspect we end up with a smaller slot because those guys (Bech, Restrepo etc) compare favorably to the TEs that will be on the board round 3 when the next picks are up.
