Radunz looked solid at RT down the stretch. Brunskill, NPF or even Dillard could play RG. What we need is a big time C and LT. Everything else can be sorted with what we have.
For one, we don't know if he would have been a slight upgrade or a significant upgrade. Maybe he would have showed he was a capable starter and LT is fixed? Who knows?
Either way, the safety of our potential franchise QB is more important than the development of a LG. And our LT rotation allowed the most pressures in the league if I am not mistaken. So if Skonk could have changed that, he should have been given a shot.
Obviously I was making a big assumption that we actually hit on those FA/draft signings….but if we do then I think you can survive with an avg RG.
our qb is so much more important that we literally took the LG over the qb in the draft
he isnt a LT, as every coach and scout has said since day 1. it would have been a complete waste. I'm glad he got the reps at the position he will actually be playing rather than throw it away on some reps at a position that all the football people agree he isnt suited for.
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They'd rather have a decent LT than a star guard because the thought of taking a guard in the first gives them the vapors
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well we definitely need to stop taking guards in the early 1st, i agree with them there. that is just dumb
Yeah but what do the Callahan's know over message board fans
What does it matter what position Levis was drafted? As the 1st selection in the 2nd round pick (and we traded up to get him) he is quite clearly being counted on to be the franchise QB going forward. I'd say protecting him is a pretty high priority.
Peter was an excellent LT in college. He is virtually the same size as Rashawn Slater, the guy he took over for at Northwestern. It's completely understandable if teams view him a G. Keeping him there going forward is fine as well. But it's inexcusable to pull a guy off the practice squad to start at LT for 3 EFFING GAMES when you have an All American LT literally sitting on your roster capable of sliding over and likely providing significantly better protection.
A decent LT is immensely more valuable than a star LG.
I’ll only argue that the coach staff may have seen a hole either way. Defenses exposed the OL on almost every pass play.
I certainly don’t know this but maybe there is a case that the hole on the interior (plus Brewer) allowed for an even faster pass rush than a hole on the end (plus Brewer).
I certainly don’t know this but maybe there is a case that the hole on the interior (plus Brewer) allowed for an even faster pass rush than a hole on the end (plus Brewer).
That we took a guard with a high pick is only part of my frustration. The fact the we failed to address a known problem at LT that has been known to be coming for years while picking a guard is just a horrible indictment of the team. I was just in denial that we actually did that. Surely he's a LT, right? Nope.
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With all the struggles at WR last year, I can’t believe they didn’t try Spears as WR1! Who cares if he isn’t a WR, we need a dominant WR and he’s fast!
(This was sarcasm, for those who need the sign)
(This was sarcasm, for those who need the sign)
Who would you have drafted at 11 instead?
Broderick Jones
Anton Harrison
Both playing RT for the teams that drafted them.
A WR?
In fairness to Spears, he made at least 1 great catch.
And he did outproduce highly coveted first round WR, Burks.
It was a reach for a G......but he began to show immense improvement his first year playing the position with a terrible position coach. With a good OL coach Skoronoski is going to make a major leap in the next year or two to an elite interior lineman. They did address LT, but the solution turned out to be worse than Daley and is Ran's biggest blunder to date.
I don't know. Hard to remember what was available in FA and draft the last two years. Has there really been that bad of a shortage of Left Tackles for years? Nobody can play that position?
I give Ran a pass on that scrub because of the cap limitations and holes he plays inherited.
must have missed Kickstand being an AA WR in college
