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MalabarJag · 12-28-2019, 08:49 PM

(12-28-2019, 08:15 PM)JackCity Wrote:
(12-28-2019, 07:50 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:
If it "isn't even true" then by all means tell us which offensive lineman, either drafted or free agent, is playing better now than on arrival.

As far as your second question, it's likely that some of them were just bad players. No GM is perfect. But who can tell? My take here is that Caldwell can't be criticized on his OL picks because they never had a chance. Most of them looked good when they first arrived.

Linders best years of his career came in 16/17, not on arrival. Parnells best year of his career came in 2017, not on arrival.

Look I've been hyper critical of both the offensive line coaching and the acquisitions but there is no logic in saying the GM is free from critique for his picks when they end up bad. If you want to use that logic all of Gene Smith's picks were good players who the coaching failed.

The reality is it takes two to tango and both deserve appropriate blame for a consistent problem in Caldwell's tenure. Don't worry there's more than enough blame for the FO and coaching with this mess

Gene Smith's picks mostly sucked from the get go. He failed to do his homework on Blackmon and Gabbert, and both arrived with major uncorrectable flaws. Alualu was a huge reach. You can'r defend Gene Smith based on players starting out looking good and failing to develop.

Linder played guard in 2014, center in 2016/2017, and most posters here think he should be moved back to guard. I take that as a hint that his best year was 2014. You might be right about Parnell. I wonder what PFF says about them. IIRC Bowanko had a solid year in 2014 too as our starting center, but his demise may be due to injury rather than coaching.

I don't know how much Coughlin overrode Caldwell. If every personnel decision was Caldwell's, then he needs to go. Most look like something Coughlin would do (although I believe Caldwell was the one who wanted Taven Bryan). Presumably Khan knows where the blame actually lies and then hopefully makes the right choice based on his knowledge.

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