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I do. Pushing OT1. Him and Neal are really close for me.

Cross.

Happy holidays! Hoping to unwrap an elite offensive tackle in April

There are three elite tackles in this class, and another elite interior guy in Linderbaum. If you don't believe in one of the QBs, you take one of them. Anything else is malpractice.

Obvious one which likely won't happen. Extend Cam a year, draft a QB in the first, build the offensive line with high value targets in FA to the best of our ability. That makes the most sense, so we know Rhule won't do that. Especially because he will have to be in win now mode next year.

They were interested in him last year. Seems like the natural progression.

Pickett would be a fantastic pick. Prefer a OT, but if one isn't there it is what it is.

I was at the game and everyone was laughing at how bad our oline was. It is glaringly obvious to everyone except the guy who put this garbage group together.

If his knee does check out, I would expect him to be a first round pick.

Ideally for me? I know it won't happen but HC: Lovie Smith OC: Pep Hamilton DC: Mike Pettine

Fire now so we can put together a search committee.

For real though, just a good defensive play.

Maybe

No

It's a solid class for offensive onlineman. We are bound to find a good one if we go looking. Cross is a really good tackle.

You have to balance that with the talent around him. One of the same issues Josh Allen had coming out iirc (beyond his accuracy of course)

Tier 1: Pickett Willis Tier 2: Corral Howell Tier 3: Strong Ridder For me anyway

Every year around this time everyone says "this QB class is bad and we don't have a guy I would take in the top 10" or some nonsense. This class is fine, not as good as last year, but it has three guys with first round grades for me. Pickett and Willis clearly at the top.

Ekwonu is my 2nd best tackle, his versatility certainly helps.

They do like Sam Howell. It is a possibility. I think Howell will be a 1st round pick.

No idea yet. I imagine Steelers will pursue someone like Jimmy G.

Still too early to get definitive opinions about these guys, but this is what I could see shaking out at this moment. Eager to hear who yall like and don't like.

You make some valid points, especially the cap one, though I feel like you can credit that just to Hurney not being there. Part of the reason for the pessimism is what we have spent our resources on, it doesn't feel far enough from Hurney where they mess up. Trading multiple picks for Sam, picking up his 5th, extending Robby, all in the name of putting yet another budget patchwork offensive line is obnoxiously familiar and bad. I look at what Rhule has added to the roster and it's not much for me to get excited about, not yet anyway with the Horn injury. Plus the positives he did bring in (Reddick mainly) we likely won't be able to retain because of other absolutely awful decisions. You could back it up with coaching or team enthusiasm but I see neither of those things. He straight up does not excel in the in game coaching department, and this team almost always feels flat for no reason. The most surge we saw during the season was the week Cam signed, that energy went away as fast as it came in once we got clearly outcoached two games in a row. Rhule not only has failed to find a QB, he has failed to find a tackle, he has failed to find a guard, failed to find a center, failed to find an offensive weapon outside of CMC who was already here, and has failed to find anything but a gamesaving DC in Phil Snow. I guess it is just hard to feel fired up or look at it with any kind of optimism when the product you see on the field is as flat as any team we have seen in the Rivera era.

24/35 Completions, 279 yards, 2 total TDs 20/25 Completions, 242 yards, 2 total TDs Sam vs Minshew against the Jets.