(02-01-2019, 10:46 PM)Eric1 Wrote:

(02-01-2019, 10:19 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Serviceable is just another word for bad. I'm tired of having bad backups. I wanna at least have mediocre. Flowers flat out, sucks! It wouldn't take much to beat him out for a roster spot.

We're very thin at the position and only have so many draft picks. Backups are backups for a reason, especially on the OL.

PFF had him as the 3rd highest graded player on this Jags Offense (250 snap min) behind Linder and Westbrook. Maybe that speaks volumes for just how terrible everybody else is on this Offense, or maybe Flowers wasn't as god awful as everybody thinks he was with us.

I'm not saying he's good at all, but the chances you find somebody better with a 5th round pick is slim. QB, TE, OG, WR all need to be addressed before a swing tackle, at the minimum.

1. It does speak volumes. Our entire offense was either injured or played putrid. 

2. I completely disagree. I believe we could easily find a better swing Tackle in the 4th round. 

As far as QB needing to be addressed in the draft before a Swing Tackle, well that depends. If Haskins is gone when we pick, I'd rather go for a decent short term fix like Flacco or Fitzpatrick in free agency and take a flyer on a QB like Brett Rypien in the late 3rd or early 4th, as a developmental QB. That way we could still possibly have a decent 2019 season, while being able to find our future franchise QB in the 2020 draft. Remember, we have 2 third round picks, so we could address swing Tackle in the late third or early forth round. Possibly Chuma Edoga?

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