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TheO-LineMatters · 02-02-2019, 06:45 AM

(02-02-2019, 01:59 AM)Eric1 Wrote:
(02-02-2019, 01:28 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: 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?

FA falls before the draft though so you'd have to make a decision on a FA QB way before draft time. This FA will be very telling on the FO's opinions of the QB position in this draft.

I still don't think swing tackle is to high on the list. Wells and Flowers could fill that spot without spending draft resources on it and risk passing up a TE/OG/WR. We still have to see what happens at RT with Richardson and Parnell. It was basically a red shirt year for Richardson, but it's like people completely forget we drafted him last season.

Really, it's hard to project possible draft picks until after FA. That'll give us a little bit clearer picture of the possible direction of our draft and where they might go.

Yes, Wells and Flowers could fill the swing Tackle position without spending draft resources, but where would that get us? We'd still be stuck with bad backups and that was a HUGE factor in why we failed so badly last season. I know they would be "just backups", but you have to be prepared for injuries to happen, because they always do. The O-Line is an area where they seem to happen a lot. We had both starting Tackles, a LG and a Center that were put on season ending IR last year and those guys may not be 100% when they get back. If we don't address depth on the O-Line, this team doesn't deserve to be good.

Why would that effect a decision about Swing Tackle? Both of those guys have only played on the right side their entire career?