You pick and choose your poisons based off of risk/reward.
A guy like Jimmy Smith had issues with weed that the Ravens were sure they could clean up and he had lock down corner potential with rare size and speed for the position. Smith also was a 27th overall pick. Tunsil was slotted to us at #6 and would be responsible for protecting a franchise QB and he has shown some very poor judgement. It wasn't just about the pot. He was in Robert Nkemdiche's apartment when Nkemdiche fell out of the 4th floor window. He was involved in a domestic abuse altercation with his father in law and both men provided different stories to what happened. He accepted payment in college and was dumb enough to leave the transactions on his cell phone. Then there is the pot thing. Also, he was never able to stay on the field due to numerous injuries. How's that sounding for a top 10 pick?
Alex Lewis served his time and he says he's grown up from the altercation. Did he? Nobody really knows until he lives his life some more. But the risk here is a 4th round pick with the potential to have a starting guard or possible swing/starting tackle. He gets in trouble you cut him and cost yourself some thousands of dollars instead of multiple millions.
Ok I guess you didn't read the first part when I said that Stanley isn't that much better then then the other to Tackles in this draft. Your lecturing about risk/reward the why didn't we trade down. Could have gotten a 2nd or 3rd for that 6th pick and taken the top edge rusher in this class. Funny ecause I'm always right. When Lawson makes Stanley look more like a late 1st rd RT week one your gonna say damn that FLBOYRAVEN sure was right we should have used that top pick on a PROVEN top defensive player. Spriggs is just as good or better and we could have got him mid 2nd, thats value. Vontaze Burfict going undrafted the yr when we knew Sugar was gonna retire and he was the top projected ilb that would have been value but we pick and choose. La'el Collins goes undrafted and we waste late rd draft picks on guys like Waller. Monroe is on the roster and played a lot better then ppl have given him credit for, he just needs to stay healthy. Seems like latley we have been making the wrong risk/reward moves that we would normaly take. If Lawson kicks Stanley butt week one and Tunsil turns out to be a stud like Tyron someone needs to start getting looked at for a new job. Too many busted draft picks over the last few yrs. We just haven't been getting much value with our top picks and thats evident that they are all no longer on our roster. It's not science fiction Ed it's fact.
You do realize that Stanley already dominated Lawson this past year.....And you do also realize that Ozzie and others in the draft room said that NO ONE was calling to trade for that pick (Fact). So, please tell us how you make a trade back without another team? I guess your imaginary team would trade us their imaginary 2nd to move up?
When was this dominating performance this past yr. I recall Clemson kicking butt. Stanley was beat man to man many times, they tried to run away from Lawsons side actually so again your opinion is just that "Fried bolognia". Now the trade part is what it is can't harp on that but don't act like there weren't other players that are better more clean players that can step in now. Stanley wold be a RT and to draft a RT or G that high is redick. He's not that much better then some of the other top T in this draft. If he starts at LT this yr I see him struggling against stronger guys. Maybe a few yrs from now but a 6th overall pick to me should be plug and play. Buckner, Lawson, Eli Apple, Rankins are solid. Just like the yr Aaron Donald was drafted I said he might just be the best player in the draft, everyone was giving me neg feedback just like you are now. But hey its ok to have your own views on your team just like I do.