Finding starter quality OTs is certainly a difficult exercise as can be seen from the large number of 1st Rd. busts. Finding the guys who fit the Hawks scheme seems somehow harder.
It's going to be hard to find ' the guys ' to bolster the OT group the team has here from this next draft class as there seems to be a dearth of quality OTs in this class. I'm sure the scouts are all working hard to watch any player with some potential to convert the college game into the pro style game, a not easy transition.
How many here honestly thought that Britt would transition to being a capable C? The team focused upon the interior OLine and made it significantly better this last offseason, now it appears that the OTs need to be worked on as Gilliam has has failed to continue to improve and Sowell is stopgap type player, perhaps better suited to being a depth player. It is interesting to note that both are FAs after this year. So far between the two Sowell has done more to be kept than Gilliam but neither is going to command a big contract.
Cap sensibility prevents the team grabbing a tired vet from another team at the cost of high salary and valuable draft pick(s). With that said, I wouldn't be surprised to see the team combing through rosters to find a guy or two with potential for our scheme to try to knock off those kept here, if any, this offseason. I wouldn't surprise me to find the guy(s) are already here in Fant, Ifedi, or Odhiambo, or if lucky from FA or the draft.
I'd not bet against the FO fixing this positional deficiency.