Daley starting at LT

[Waldo]

6 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Said it elsewhere, but I think seeing that it didn't take Matt Rhule the better part of a season to figure out that Greg Little wasn't getting it done is kind of encouraging to me.

Ron Rivera probably would have left him in there for the rest of the season and defended his performance.

And then set him to start the next year...

[ForJimmy]

Yeah I keep wanting Little to show potential. It’s not a game we can play much longer without killing our QB.

[Mistuh Jones]

Welp... on to the trash heap once more. Jesus we suck at picking LTs 

[Mr. Scot]

54 minutes ago, Mistuh Jones said:

Welp... on to the trash heap once more. Jesus we suck at picking LTs 

If I remember correctly, we've only used a first round pick on a left tackle twice. Once was Gross with a top 10 pick, and the other was Blake Brockermeyer who was taken in the first round (I forget which pick but I never found him more than average).

The most successful LTs we've had outside of that would be Todd Steussie and Michael Oher, both free agents. Steussie was decent but not necessarily special and was nicknamed "first and 15" by his teammates for good reason. Oher was pretty good but didn't last long.

[Zod]

Daley stayed pretty healthy last year. I am not giving up on him. 

[Mr. Scot]

8 minutes ago, Zod said:

Daley stayed pretty healthy last year. I am not giving up on him. 

Wouldn't necessarily up on him as a backup tackle or maybe even as a starting guard, but I don't want to rely on him as the left tackle of the future.

My gut feeling is that he has a limited shelf life.

[TheSpecialJuan]

fire Hurney now 

[Khyber53]

Wonder if Little or Daley can play center.

Probably just wishful thinking.

[MHS831]

6 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

If I remember correctly, we've only used a first round pick on a left tackle twice. Once was Gross with a top 10 pick, and the other was Blake Brockermeyer who was taken in the first round (I forget which pick but I never found him more than average).

The most successful LTs we've had outside of that would be Todd Steussie and Michael Oher, both free agents. Steussie was decent but not necessarily special and was nicknamed "first and 15" by his teammates for good reason. Oher was pretty good but didn't last long.

Where did Otah play?

[Davidson Deac II]

11 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Where did Otah play?

He was a tackle, but given that Gross was the left tackle, I would imagine Otah was drafted to be a right tackle.  

[Mr. Scot]

35 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Where did Otah play?

Deac is correct. Otah played right tackle.

[AU-panther]

Good thing we didn't stay put and take DK Metcalf and Chase Winovich.

Not really a fair statement by me since a lot of players after Little haven't turned out great either but it doesn't change the fact i usually hate trading up.

It would be really interesting to see our history of our trades up.  I would have to think most haven't turned out great.

[thennek]

What is the injury status of Daley? I saw him running and landed wrong on his foot and twisted an ankle. 

[Basbear]

10 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

Yeah I keep wanting Little to show potential. It’s not a game we can play much longer without killing our QB.

Im been supporting Little, he had a great Zona game. I watched every snap he after he replaced daley, compete failure. His first play nearly got Teddy killed. About three plays after, the defender barely touched him and he started to fall to his knees. Looked lost, very weak are the nice things to say about his performance.