We've got big trouble on the OL.

Drafting for need over BPA is never a good plan.

I say it depends. If you have two players that are one or two points apart on your board and one fits a need then generally speaking the one that fits the need is obviously the better fit.

I feel like the part where teams get in trouble comes when they reach past 5 or 10 available players for a guy that happens to fit a need.

I'm way more upset we didn't add a legit corner over this

Yep.

But hey we did get a qb!

True.
And i'm a guy that likes the OL and running game by nature so this discussion is right up my alley.
I was fretting about RT all offseason.

I wonder how long it will take for people to get interested in talking about the Pistol formation?

Good convo-
I'm out

I know you are all about the big guys up front!

I also knew we had a few holes to fill this year. #1 QB # 2-7 being CB, OL across the board, WR, and Both Safety positions. We got a few players to fill those needs. (we hope and pray!)

Good talking to you 30.

LT Willie Smith
LG Mo Hurt
C Monty
RG Chris Chester
RT Tyler Polumbus


These guys were the starters in the last 4 games for us and they performed well.

So all you chicken littles, remind me again of why we should be panicking?

If we had to go a full season with these guys I'd be pretty concerned.

When did the RT position become so important in lieu of everything else?

When the opportunity arose to pick apart the decisions of the front office again based on a little injury news.

Fact of the matter is I'd rather this happen now than after week 1. At least KL is expected back for the regular season.

Bringing Cousins into the discussion just confuses the discussion with peoples knee jerk desire to defend the Cousins pick so I'm not gonna comment on it.
But, with Jammal Brown's level of play, injury and missed starts an argument could be made that addressing the RT position should have been a higher priority.
I like profootball focus metrics and Jammal Brown had a terrible rating. (-18)
According to PFF Tyler was better then Brown but not by much (-16), but at least Tyler is young and you expect him to improve with playing time and maybe he develops into a league average RT?

But, right now that's just a hope.
And if Tyler is gonna be a starter then where is our quality depth?

Imo finding a more certain solution to the RT situation should have been a much higher priority.

I don't think there can be any reasonable argument made backup QB was a greater need than RT starter/depth for what it's worth. The debate of WR vs RT is a good one; however, I come down solidly on the oline side of the debate, particularly when it's a rookie QB expected to be our superstar. In that respect, the risk, calculated or not, our FA took by neglecting the RT position is pretty shocking...something I'd expect from the 1st time HC like Zorn.

I have, for the past couple of years, been a strong advocate that we need two strong young QBs. I stand by that.

When the opportunity arose to pick apart the decisions of the front office again based on a little injury news.

Fact of the matter is I'd rather this happen now than after week 1. At least KL is expected back for the regular season.

And it does present an opportunity for the young guys to get a lot of reps with the first and second groups. Better to fail now then when it counts.

If we had to go a full season with these guys I'd be pretty concerned.

...and yet they handled some of the best defensive lines in the NFL?? (see JR's post)


You guys absolutely kill me. :postcop:


Hatters! :hater:

Never ending JB saga continues.

May not be any decision tomorrow. It's actually sounding like he may not need surgery. Question now is do you cut bait now, or maybe PUP him for the first 6 games and have him available for the back end?