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Settle down it was in jest for the most part. Mocking the size bros also.

Yeah it’s showing how Icky and Cross are a good bit ahead of Neal in terms of becoming a great young LT. I will say the Seahawks like to air it out, so Cross had the more difficult job last season.

This was data from their rookie season in the NFL I believe. It’s mainly showing how bad Neal was this past year.

https://www.bigblueview.com/platform/amp/2023/6/22/23766394/how-much-worse-giants-evan-neal-than-other-top-10-tackles-ickey-ekwonu-charles-cross This is a good article that breaks down the top 3 OTs in his draft and how they did their rookie year. Icky was right there with Cross with pass protection, had far less blown run blocks and less penalties. I think we made the right choice, but this next year or two will tell more of the story.

Reich and Campen seem very high on Icky. He is still pretty raw as a pass protector, but he went like 9 weeks without giving up a sack last year and some of that was before Wilks took over.

Yes power conference D1 schools produce the most players. The fact that there are plenty of examples of small school players succeeding despite a much smaller sample size shows that you shouldn’t write them off. You really need to pick a better hill to die on. So you would rather have Erving and Jordan still on this roster as depth? That was our other option at this current time.

Hopefully a good one falls to us in the 2nd.

Dalton was rusty and off in his timing. A lot of those passes were right behind his WRs. I feel like he will be fine with more reps with these WRs. His back injury caused him to miss a lot of valuable reps recently IMO.

He was pretty damn accurate too. I know it was a simplified offense, but he should still be making some of those passes he was missing on Friday.

Who do you want over him? Honestly he is deep on the depth chart so he very well could be replaced an I’m good with it if it’s an upgrade. The school thing just makes no sense. Talent is talent and our staff is seeing it up close against NFL competition. Where did Thielen go to school? What about Chinn? Do we need to cut both of them?

They certainly aren’t playing SEC defenses/offenses every week. Writing off a player that teammates and coaches are high on because of where he played in college is just pure nonsense. He outplayed a couple terrible vets for the 3rd string OT position. He still might not make the final roster, but if he does it’s ok. I think people on here are looking for reasons to complain…

I haven’t really noticed him, but I wasn’t really looking at our safeties. I know DJax has mentioned him a couple times in players that have impressed him.

@jayboogiemanyour boy is available!

Haha is that your new spin? They beat out vets who we all know are terrible for a roster spot. If a better option is available everyone is all for it. I can play your game though. What college did he got to? Tulsa? Not good enough…

We could definitely use him!

Yeah he has played there. It’s probably still not the final product right now,

He is 6'5" 289 BC is 6'6" 300. The size is capable for a NFL tackle. I'd rather have 2 UDFA rookies on the OL for depth that Campen has signed off on and preferred over 2 terrible vets. It's still very fluid anyway. Just relax and let them handle business.

The DL is a BIG ? I agree. Brown, Tuttle, and Williams are all solid but we need some depth ASAP. I am going to wait and see how all the chips fall first. If a decent vet OL is available or gets cut (doubtful) then we might drop of those UDFA. Would you really feel better if Jordan and Erving were there instead of those rookies? We KNOW they are hot garbage.

Huddlers- cut Jordan and Erving they are terrible!! *Jordan and Erving get cut* Huddlers- WE NEED VETS ON OL FOR DEPTH. IT'S TOO INEXPERIENCED NOW!!

BC will slide to LT if Icky goes down (or possibly RT for Moton). Cade Mayes can come in pretty much any position on the OL if needed as well. It's concerning but it's not as bad as it looks on paper.

lol I had something similar already typed up. Such a poor argument. Moton might be our best OL (he is the captain) and he is from the smallest school out of all of the starters.

Trey Lance went to the same school as Wentz who was doing great until injuries ruined his career. Kurt Warner, Jake Delhomme, Tony Romo, Terry Bradshaw, Big Ben, Steve McNair (the list goes on) also all went to small schools. Moton who is the captain of our OL went to Western Michigan. BC is one inch taller and 11 more pounds than him. His size is fine for the NFL. I don't care if he makes the team, but I completely understand moving on from Erving who we KNOW is terrible and giving the backup position to a player who has shown them some potential over TC and preseason. I just think the school argument is pointless. Honestly if Icky goes down BC will probably slide to LT. So he is more than likely 3rd string.

He is a large raw OT that outplayed his competition. Either Campen likes what he saw from him or they are going to replace him with another player that gets cut. Either way they saw enough of Erving to know he was a liability and wasn't going to get any better. With Erving you know the QB is doomed.