Offensive Line

[Basbear]

Since I started playing and watching football, one of the start things I learned was the OL affects the whole team. 

So I want to find and pay a fair market value in order to have the best unit possible. 

[PootieNunu]

4 hours ago, strato said:

Why not? Everything else is argued. 
The coaches probably have him wearing the wrong shoes. 

He needs some magic shoes 

 

[Aussie Tank]

13 hours ago, Htarnation4.0 said:

Don't overpay for Ickey...draft OL every year

I'd rather pay our LT than both guards. BC is killing it at RG id look into moving on from Hunt somehow 

[NAS]

29 minutes ago, Aussie Tank said:

I'd rather pay our LT than both guards. BC is killing it at RG id look into moving on from Hunt somehow 

100%

[PleaseCutStewart]

I mean.. Considering the fact Moton & Icky have missed a game + Hunt has missed most of the season, can't say I am surprised with the low pass block win rate. Honestly, Zavala & the JAX game where Nijman was at LT are probably the biggest contributors to the low pass block win rate (Zavala definitely struggled pass blocking when he was out there). Corbett probably hurt the rating also, since he looked much worse than Mays.

Edited 2 hours ago by PleaseCutStewart

[Navy_football]

6 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

I'd rather pay our LT than both guards. BC is killing it at RG id look into moving on from Hunt somehow 

And Damien Lewis. You should NEVER overpay for OGs. It was just an overreaction to how horrible the guards were in 2023, so I kind of understand. But you don't need the best OGs, just serviceable ones. 

[kungfoodude]

5 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

And Damien Lewis. You should NEVER overpay for OGs. It was just an overreaction to how horrible the guards were in 2023, so I kind of understand. But you don't need the best OGs, just serviceable ones. 

How about draft elite guards? Even then when you have to eventually pay them, you got 4 years of dirt cheap play to balance out that later cap hit.

[Navy_football]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

How about draft elite guards? Even then when you have to eventually pay them, you got 4 years of dirt cheap play to balance out that later cap hit.

I'd say just draft guards 4th round or later every year. You'll always have a few waiting in the wings if a guy wants to get paid big money. Every player is important, but just average play at the position is sufficient in the NFL. 

Save big pay days for WRs, QBs, LTs and CBs. 

[NAS]

11 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

And Damien Lewis. You should NEVER overpay for OGs. It was just an overreaction to how horrible the guards were in 2023, so I kind of understand. But you don't need the best OGs, just serviceable ones. 

Lewis is better than Hunt in pass blocking, we didn't need both of them, but nobody anticipated that Zavala would actually be serviceable. 

[Navy_football]

1 minute ago, NAS said:

Lewis is better than Hunt in pass blocking, we didn't need both of them, but nobody anticipated that Zavala would actually be serviceable. 

They should have. Just not as a rookie. A 4th round guard should be waiting his turn to start by his 2nd or 3rd season. You don't throw a 4th round rookie to the wolves unless you have to. Break glass ONLY in case of emergency. 

Mistakes were made. But now that they have a baseline, it shouldn't happen again. Keep stacking one every season to get ready. 

[bythenbrs]

1 hour ago, Navy_football said:

They should have. Just not as a rookie. A 4th round guard should be waiting his turn to start by his 2nd or 3rd season. You don't throw a 4th round rookie to the wolves unless you have to. Break glass ONLY in case of emergency. 

Mistakes were made. But now that they have a baseline, it shouldn't happen again. Keep stacking one every season to get ready. 

Could we splurge on a center in the second round?  Cade Mays at center looks serviceable as a later round pick but, I’m not sure that you can count on that too often…