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Easier to just wallow in a pit of unending despair.

I’d put Center as a priority need. There’s no way Austin Corbett is plan A at center. If they don’t add one in FA they will definitely draft one.

It probably needs to be considered for inclusion in the next DSM.

So you want to rely on 2 guards coming back from back to back long term injuries. Corbett from ACL and MCL tears in back to back seasons who also looked terrible in the few games he did play this past season. Christensen from a broken ankle to a torn biceps in the very next game he played who has never been anything more than an average guard even when not injured. Yeah, no thanks.

I actually think he’ll probably have a pretty good season to prove the haters wrong or whatever motivation he’ll have. But, he wouldn’t have had the same season here if he had stayed. It would have been another mail it in season on the franchise tag playing not to get injured. Glad to have that bum ass attitude out of our locker room.

Did you watch our guard play last year? Marginally better and not better? What are you smoking?

Whether it all turns out poo or all turns to gold, at least it won’t be last year’s team. I’m happy so far. Got some much needed OL help, got an actual NFL receiver for Donte Jackson, added a starter at nose tackle. And fug Brian Burns and fug Scott Fitterer.

Or, and hear me out, no matter who the QB is or how big he is you need a competent OL to protect him and run the football.

We once had a guy who one coaching staff saw as little more than a punt/kick returner and gave him very few chances at WR. Then another coaching staff came in and gave him more opportunity and he took off. That man’s name… Brenton Bersin. Jk you know who I’m talking about.

We really need some sort of event where all the draft prospects can come together and get official measurements by unbiased third parties without shoes, etc. and then all the teams and fans can get the real official information. They could call it something like “The Compound” because it all happens in one designated place. Or maybe “The Merger” because they’re all coming together. Just spitballing, we can keep working on the name. Until then, I guess we’ll just have to keep relying on methods like this or waste up photos with female reporters to determine height.

Center

Great trade!

Not that last year wasn’t a dumpster fire across the board, but with the players nerfing practice reps at every cba they can no longer be fat slobs in the off-season and expect to come get in shape, perfect their craft, and iron everything out in training camp. If Ickey isn’t working on his fundamentals in the off-season, he won’t ever live up to expectations at LT.

You’re making some weird jumps. Why would my logic dictate they trade all their draft picks? Also, just giving examples of guards who were drafted in mid rounds and turned out good doesn’t mean it’s “easy” to find them. If the teams that drafted them knew they would be that good they would draft them sooner first off. And second, you’ve got to come with the data of total number of guards drafted and how many of them turned out good. I’d bet it’s a bit more of a crapshoot than you think. As for why the rush this year. There were times last year when the offense literally just could not play because of how bad the line was. 1st down run for no gain or loss of one if it’s up the gut or loss of 3-5 if trying to swing it outside. False start penalty or holding on first or second down backs us up further. Forced into passing situations and the DL gets three guys in the QBs face within 1-2 seconds rushing 4 and dropping everybody back into coverage. You can’t play football like that, and I’m not exaggerating that situation at all. Something had to be done.

Inside zone and wide zone are completely different types of blocking. Maybe you should google it… Last year, we incorporated a lot more wide zone, which is what Canales has been known for so far, and Ekwonu looked terrible.

Nah he rather just poo posts and act tough.

It’s so crazy it just might work.

Fug, we lost Lock? Somebody put Linville on suicide watch.

Serious question: is SpecialJuan a bot? I mean, I know he’s not fully, that would at least explain why the tweets never get embedded.

He can’t wait for the embed he has to upload before anybody else can.

Ok so if I’m understanding this, Evero is calling the shots if it’s a signing, and he’s getting completely blindsided if it’s a trade or a guy signs elsewhere?

Well, historically, they can’t. See: Chandler Zavala, Edmund Kugbila, Amini Silatolu, Cade Mays, etc. Heck, even our successes are just kind of meh and short lived like Trai Turner. My point isn’t that we shouldn’t draft guards, it’s that we shouldn’t rely on only the draft. We should absolutely draft OL depth this year, but relying on only drafted guys to come in and fix a line this bad, especially mid round guys, is stupid. We needed week 1 starters, not guys coming out of college and still learning because nobody runs NFL offenses in college anymore.

Yeah, I don’t follow him but I was under the impression he was basically the definition of a talented guy who didn’t have that “dawg” in him.

I really hope so, tbh. I have no doubt the OL as a whole will be better than last year. My main problem with Ickey (besides getting beat like a drum) was his attitude. He came off as a guy that thought he had made it and could just coast. Didn’t seem to have that dawg in him that Morgan talks about. That and an OL guy (I think maybe Mike Wahle) pointed out that it didn’t look like Ickey was working on his craft in the off-season because the things you get from repetition like footwork hadn’t improved for him. Hopefully this past season was a wake up call.