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TJBender · 01-21-2020, 01:17 PM

(01-21-2020, 10:53 AM)Kane Wrote:
(01-21-2020, 10:44 AM)TJBender Wrote: Find a NT. Find a MLB. Run defense = solved.

Find a LT. Find a LG. Find a RG. Find a competent backup for C and RT. OL solved.

See why I place a higher priority on one than I do the other? If the right nose tackle is there at nine, draft him for God's sake, but if there's an OT prospect who fits the planet theory there instead, fix the OL and don't get Minshew turned into David Carr.

Minshew won't be Carr no matter what. He's just a different dude. I don't see him being rattled by being banged around a bit and has proven he can move and make plays outside the pocket when protection breaks down.

To your point though. Yes... We should absolutely draft Brown at 9 UNLESS Thomas is available (he shouldn't be, being the best OT in the class)
But there are other options at OT that should be available around 20 perhaps (Benton, Houston, Wirfs maybe)

I don't see us replacing Norwell this year. I think if Shatley is open to coming back on a cheap deal he's a pretty competent backup swing lineman.
Drafting a stud LT and moving Robinson to G may be just enough to "fix" the OL in the short term.
But in the event we miss out on the sure-fire LT. We may be best suited getting the best OG in the draft (or a center and moving Linder to guard) and keeping our fingers crossed that Robinson plays better fully removed from ACL recovery.

Re: Norwell, I still think there are two big things in his favor in terms of why he may yet work out here. One is that last year, he was basically the LG and the LT, because Cam was little more than a stop sign that occasionally held, jumped or got into a fight. He also had to cover some for a gimpy Linder who, while still probably the most consistently good player on the line last year, wasn't playing at 100% most of the season and it showed.

Two is what one of the Panthers said following that game. They were used to Norwell playing a certain way, and he wasn't doing that at all. I remain unconvinced that Marrone and Warhop haven't shoehorned him into playing a way that makes him less effective, and if so, that's further evidence in favor of Warhop's being fired. Which probably won't happen at this point #becausejaguars.