If we take an OL top 5 we aren't playing a rookie QB next year, we might be developing a later round pick, but certainly not another start a rookie QB situation. So in this scenario we would sign a vet to just hold the fort for a year or two, thus allowing our OL to gel and learn their new positions. Secondly we haven't drafted a second round player in 10 years that's been worth a god damn aside from David Harris, do you really expect us to draft a useful second round OL? I don't.
My point is, if the guys you really want are gone, then looking to build up your offensive line is the next best option assuming a trade down doesn't happen. I mean when's the last time we traded down in the first round? Have we done it 10 years? 15?
I'll point out that we traded about half our second round picks over that time frame, and Amaro doesn't seem like a bad one by any means.
And it also doesn't really matter what kind of garbage we drafted, considering that we've overhauled our scouting/GM position quite a bit, with another on the horizon.
Hell Hill and Vlad were both purely projects too, guys who had freakish athletic gifts despite wildly lacking in talent.
Not to mention this second round pick will be a very early one, versus a mid to late round 2nd