RANKING ALL 32 OFFENSIVE LINE UNITS HEADING INTO THE 2017 SEASON

[ladypanther]

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12. Carolina Panthers

The interior of the Panthers line is solid, but the tackle position is still a concern. They spent big money this offseason on Matt Kalil, who has graded out below-average every single season since a successful rookie campaign. Injuries have played a part there, but there is no guarantee he regains that form. The wild card here could be rookie second-round pick Taylor Moton, who was consistently one of our highest-graded linemen between tackle and guard in college.

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Better than I expected.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

If we truly do field a borderline top 10 OL, we're winning the Super Bowl. Straight up.

[bandu]

Moton was a steal plain and simple

[TheSpecialJuan]

solid

[Hoenheim]

I call BS , our tackle situation is a complete mystery until weve played a few games. 

[ColumbusCounty]

Moton will prove to be a great pick. Everything I've came across so far shows that he is smart, coachable, reliable, and MASSIVE. Worst case, he fills in incase we can't keep both Norwell next season. Starter material anyway you look at it. 

I'm actually relieved McDerm picked Dawkins right before him. 

Tackles, Tackles, Tackles tho? ...I'm happy for Matt but tempering my expectations based on what I've seen previously. Hopefully Brown & Matsko can get him back to rookie form.

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

I call BS , our tackle situation is a complete mystery until weve played a few games. 

True, but I don't think it's a stretch to expect Oher-esque level play out of Kalil and we know Williams is a serviceable RT with a potential upgrade added in Moton. This is the best OT situation we've had on paper since Gross retired, which granted is saying very little.

[pantherj]

I'm feeling pretty good so long as I don't hear anything about Bell or Chandler being signed. Rating our o-line at this point is totally impossible, but I like hearing we're 12th. I'll forget about this rating by tomorrow, but it's a nice little bit of entertainment.

[KillerKat]

19 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

True, but I don't think it's a stretch to expect Oher-esque level play out of Kalil and we know Williams is a serviceable RT with a potential upgrade added in Moton. This is the best OT situation we've had on paper since Gross retired, which granted is saying very little.

Williams is great in Madden so no worries there.

[csx]

25 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

I call BS , our tackle situation is a complete mystery until weve played a few games. 

Given that it's a pre-preseason theoretical ranking it's literally all bs.

[Hoenheim]

KILLLER KAT

[Lumps]

1 hour ago, bandu said:

Moton was a steal plain and simple

Just plain and simple?

I'm curious how you can possibly know this two months after he was drafted before taking a single NFL snap.

[LinvilleGorge]

Yeah, I hope Moton ends up being great, but let's wait until we actually see him in pads going head to head with proven NFL pass rushers before we start patting ourselves on the back for a getting a 2nd round steal.

Overall, my expectations of him as a rookie are relatively low. It's a mighty steep learning curve from MAC level NCAA play and the NFL - especially in the trenches.

[uncfan888]

If they rank this offensive line at 12th or better at the end of the season, I'll be happy as fug