Free Agent Left Tackles

[bobowilson]

20 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Or anther option is to just simply get a better left tackle. If it's just for 2-3 seasons to improve, so be it. It gives much more time to evaluate those players when they aren't getting the QB shelled. It also allows us to possibly move Little or Daley inside to help our guard situation. That's pretty much my point, we don't have to "give up" on them. We just need to find some better players to allow them the time to develop or find them somewhere they can help us(even if it is just as depth). 

Why though, we're a rebuilding team, no rush to try to win a few more games next year and hurt our draft position.

 

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

What I find hilarious is that's damn near perfect pass blocking technique.

Heck, she didn't even hold

She honestly does look like she might have played football. That technique is not a natural thing for people to do. I bet she has played some organized ball before.

[LinvilleGorge]

That was not a small guy and he hit her moving pretty good and she owned his ass. LOL!

[kungfoodude]

4 minutes ago, bobowilson said:

Why though, we're a rebuilding team, no rush to try to win a few more games next year and hurt our draft position.

 

Whether we are rebuilding or retooling, it would still be a wise idea to not field a JV offensive line. It's what has gotten our current franchise QB in the state he is in. 

[MHS831]

Thanks for providing this list, Kungfoodude. 

I am thinking most will retire or be re-signed.  I say we fix center (whether that be through healing or other means) and upgrade LG--- 

Everyone is giving up on Little--too soon.  He needs work, but most LTs do.  If he were a first rounder, would anyone be talking about a free agent or draft pick? 

Let Little grow--Moton was brought along slowly at RT---and he struggles at times.

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, MHS831 said:

Thanks for providing this list, Kungfoodude. 

I am thinking most will retire or be re-signed.  I say we fix center (whether that be through healing or other means) and upgrade LG--- 

Everyone is giving up on Little--too soon.  He needs work, but most LTs do.  If he were a first rounder, would anyone be talking about a free agent or draft pick? 

Let Little grow--Moton was brought along slowly at RT---and he struggles at times.

I don't think we are talking about giving up on him. Moreso trying to get better in case he isn't the guy. I will say that you do see a lot of these first round LT picks that get moved around pretty quickly. It's just too important of a position if you struggle too much. 

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

She honestly does look like she might have played football. That technique is not a natural thing for people to do. I bet she has played some organized ball before.

I was actually thinking the same thing.

She took a wide stance, bent her knees and anchored just like you'd want a good left tackle to do.

Hell, I'd use that clip for coaching film

[Waldo]

It's ridiculous for fans to grade Little or Daley as a bust or a HOF talent on 1 year of play but a coaches job is to grade them all the time, especially the offseason, and make adjustments. They have showed no sign of locking the LT position down and penciling them in next year because the guy who drafted them needs them to step up isn't a good strategy, it's why people get fired instead of constantly trying to upgrade positions of weakness, which is what LT is still at this moment. They should get looks in camp anywhere on the line they could be useful, regardless, and they should be behind better players, which shouldn't be hard to do through FA or draft as their play has shown this year. If a top shelf LT is there when we pick in the first, we need to take a long look and I would be happy to get one. 

Could y'all imagine us not picking Cam because Pickle could have improved? 

[Mr. Scot]

8 minutes ago, Waldo said:

It's ridiculous for fans to grade Little or Daley as a bust or a HOF talent on 1 year of play but a coaches job is to grade them all the time, especially the offseason, and make adjustments. They have showed no sign of locking the LT position down and penciling them in next year because the guy who drafted them needs them to step up isn't a good strategy, it's why people get fired instead of constantly trying to upgrade positions of weakness, which is what LT is still at this moment. They should get looks in camp anywhere on the line they could be useful, regardless, and they should be behind better players, which shouldn't be hard to do through FA or draft as their play has shown this year. If a top shelf LT is there when we pick in the first, we need to take a long look and I would be happy to get one. 

Could y'all imagine us not picking Cam because Pickle could have improved? 

It is just one season, and a rookie season, but the one thing I can say definitively in both cases is I wouldn't want either one as my primary option.

[raleigh-panther]

Just what the panthers need, more old and battle scarred , too expensive veterans

no

it is time the Panthers get the very best and meanest L OT in this draft.  Find themselves another Jordan Gross and not another Matt Kalil

rookie contracts are also a lot easier to deal with from a cap space and extend or not perspective  

[kungfoodude]

Kelvin Beachum also is tied for the NFL lead in Pass Block Win Rate(95%).

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27584726/nfl-pass-blocking-pass-rushing-rankings-2019-pbwr-prwr-leaderboard

[LinvilleGorge]

We'll also have to wait and see how many of these guys actually see free agency. The pending free agent list always ends up looking a LOT different than the actual free agent list.

[kungfoodude]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

We'll also have to wait and see how many of these guys actually see free agency. The pending free agent list always ends up looking a LOT different than the actual free agent list.

I think the top three options will go off the board quickly(Costanzo, Peters and Whitworth). I suspect only Peters will be making a change of address in that group. I also suspect Beachum might get a fat paycheck because the rest of the LT market is a lot more gamble heavy. 

[Cpt slay a ho]

Better off gunning for Trent Williams in a trade, the thing is I’m not offer more than a 3rd given our draft position