The Hurney-Gettleman-Hurney era of drafting offensive linemen in the first three rounds

[KillaCamNewton]

43 minutes ago, Zithers2 said:

We are only clearly better than Dallas at the TE position. Everything else is a push or we are worse.

DLine? linebackers? not buying that

[Zithers2]

3 minutes ago, KillaCamNewton said:

DLine? linebackers? not buying that

Our DLine has been gashed the past two weeks and barely gets any pressure. Acting like our DLine is anything better than above average is homerism. They have a top five DE in D-Law. They also have LVE and Jaylon Smith which is one of the best LB pairings in the league. It isn't like Shaq is a world-beater like TD was.

[t96]

Moton was a great pick. Otah you can argue but he was an extremely talented player and you absolutely cannot blame the injuries on the GM. Just unfortunate.

[mc52beast]

Cam should donate his body to science after he dies so we can all find out how he survived so many years of idiots being in charge

[Moo Daeng]

We could have used a 1st on shitty tackles like other teams have. That would be fabulous. Most teams are looking for good lineman and missing too.

Everyone loves Matsko but maybe he just isnt good. Evidence suggests that.

[L-TownCat]

5 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Heres the thing...

Regardless of the GM, draft and personnel priority are set by the head coach. That's why neither Hurney nor Gettleman used a high pick on a safety. Rivera didn't want one.

If OL isn't a high priority, then it starts with Ron.

So you're starting to agree that our issues are coaching related?

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

So you're starting to agree that our issues are coaching related?

Well technically, everything on the team is "coaching related". It's just a matter of how you connect the dots.

That said, I've been a Ron Rivera detractor for a long time.

[L-TownCat]

6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Well technically, everything on the team is "coaching related". It's just a matter of how you connect the dots.

That said, I've been a Ron Rivera detractor for a long time.

Im just joshing ya, fren.

[Mr. Scot]

13 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

Im just joshing ya, fren.

It's true, though.

I normally discourage looking at other teams and thinking how much better they look than us because fans are rarely objective.

But if I'm being honest, I've been doing a lot of that this Sunday.

[Peon Awesome]

As a couple others have touched on, the draft is such a crapshoot. There's usually only a couple players felt to be "sure-fire" starters and even many of those end up as busts. Look at last year: Houston took a developmental tackle prospect in the first. And in free agency, teams are going to hang onto their star tackles regardless of the price, so decent but unspectacular players end up resetting the market with outrageous salaries on the free agent market. Dallas was fortunate to hit on numerous draft picks in multiple years. There's a reason other teams haven't been able to readily replicate that and it's not because they don't realize the offensive line is important.

[ImaginaryKev]

Considering there are about six or seven teams in the league with wretched oLines, we picked a bad time to need to hit on draft picks there. The OTs in the upcoming draft will def be overdrafted early bc Miami, Houston, Cincinnati, LAC all need overhauls

[ImaginaryKev]

Also, I'm not convinced Moton might be best suited for LG.

Moving Williams to LT after a big knee injury still seems like a real weird decision. You're asking a lot of a guy with a huge knee brace on

[GoobyPls]

Panthers were more worried about drafting DT and linebackers 

[L-TownCat]

6 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

It's true, though.

I normally discourage looking at other teams and thinking how much better they look than us because fans are rarely objective.

But if I'm being honest, I've been doing a lot of that this Sunday.

Oh absolutely.  I haven't watched any football since Thursday.  Not sure if I can stomach it.