King may become a fine player, if he can stay healthy.............which so far he hasn't, but Watt would have offered more immediate results/impact.
This is, really, a "What If" game, and what I'm hoping for in the next draft is that they are in a position to draft players who can contribute ASAP, and who don't come with an injury cloud hanging over their head.
My ideal order of priorities for the draft (and, again, this depends on how the board would shake out) would be..............
OLB
OT
S
DL
OG
TE
RB
I was previously thinking DL would be the 2nd one on this list, but I think they may be able to get Wilkerson back on the cheap because he won't command much on the open market. And since it's a deep draft at DL they can add one in the middle rounds to go along with the developmental players already on the PS (Lancaster, Looney, Simon)
My ideal is similar and morphs a bit over time. But I'd very likely go edge with the first pick, the level of need there is serious. After that, things are more fluid. I'd like a safety and an offensive tackle next (either way round), but there are a few provisos. At safety, Whitehead is looking good at the moment, while Josh Jones, who isn't, still has time to turn it around this year. If their arrows keep pointing up, and if Clinton-Dix stays on the team in 2019, the need for safety would diminish. Equally, if Spriggs improves, the need for a tackle is less, but I'm about ready, in his third year, to call him a busted pick.
Other candidates for an early(ish) pick ? Since TEs Kendricks and Lewis aren't signed past this year, they may be thinking TE somewhere in rounds 2-4. It's entirely possible there is a double-dip at edge rusher in the same bracket of picks.
I'd not really considered DL seriously as a pick, but on reflection, even if Wilkerson is back next year, mid to mid/late punts on DL and OG seem reasonable.
A WR early might happen, but for that to occur it needs either Cobb to be gone, or that the rooks are not progressing well enough to think of any of them as either starter-level opposite Adams, or starter-level in the slot. This seems unfair on Allison, who is doing everything asked of him, but he isn't a guy that scares anyone, or one that can get separation very easily. I think WR is somewhat unlikely........but possible.
Putting that in some kind of favoured order, though it is far from 'set in stone', I'd go something like
1a) Edge,
1b) S,
2) Edge
3) OT, (I went with a later, more developmental pick here, due to Bulaga still improving, after his ACL).
4) TE,
5) DL
6) OG
7) Any developmental guy with good athletic traits
All said and done, it is very like danno's picks. My biggest worry with the above scenario is that it is (again) favouring the defense early.
An alternative more offense-focused draft could be: 1a Edge, 1b TE, 2 OT, 3 S, 4 OG, 5 DL, 6&7 high RAS developmental.