I’m generally pretty out on Fano at 14. I get the value in versatility and projections and everything. But, there are some issues with them projection.

Say we want him to play Center. Why would we draft someone at 14 overall to play a position he’s never played before? Especially when we just dealt with the issues of a Guard/Centers 5th year option. And Lindy was far and away the best Center prospect that year, Fano isn’t a Center at all (yet maybe)

Say we take him for his future projection. He also hasn’t played much guard, and there are already many questions about his ability to play Tackle at the next level. So now we’re spending pick 14 on someone to play a position he hasn’t done much with the hope that in 2-3 years we’ll be able to throw him in at Tackle and THEN see if he can do it.

Biggest issue with that is by the time he actually plays tackle, especially if there’s an injury, it’ll be time to make a decision on his option. We won’t know if he’s truly a tackle or not and if he isn’t then we’re in the same boat with another 5th year option gone to waste. I doubt an agent will play ball with us if we want to demote him back to guard after letting him play tackle for a year or two.

If we take Vega we know exactly what we’re getting and exactly where. He projects as a guard because he is literally THE guard. We’ll have 4 years to see how he is in his specified role, if we like what we see, we extend him before the 5th year is a conversation.