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The state of this franchise makes me sick!

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(04-15-2020, 01:33 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:
(04-15-2020, 12:32 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Cam Robinson tore his ACL in week 2 in 2018.  Based on most estimates, he should have been fully recovered by camp.  But then he had setbacks.  When the team had reason to fear he wouldn't be ready (this news was made public during camp/preseason), what could they have done at that point to improve the position? Traded for Laremy Tunsil?  The Texans gave up 2 #1s for him.  Would you have met that price, and his contract demands with our cap situation?  Traded for Trent Williams?  Cleveland was determined not to trade him last year despite his unhappiness.  Any guy you might have signed off the street most likely would not have helped.

I agree with the rest of your observations, but I think the critique over Cam Robinson is unfair given how everything transpired.
There probably weren't a lot of options beyond packaging picks in the 2019 draft to move back into the 2nd and they didn't have that luxury either  --  and we'd likely be without Minshew and a 2nd round pick this year if they did. 

Only thing they could have done would be to scour the mid-tier tackle market for an insurance guy instead of waiting till October to pick up a guy like Flowers. (who they also incidentally failed to utilize properly given his newfound success at guard elsewhere)  I'm not going to pretend to know what may have been available to them at that juncture of last offseason. 

You make good points as always, but I stick to my "lack of urgency" opinion on this topic and I pray they aren't complacent in the 2019 draft when it comes to OT.  
Blindly trusting in Cam to "come around" this year with no one added to push him would be another giant helping of the same issue I'm lamenting.

I would agree that a mid-tier insurance signing would have been preferable to banking on a completely routine recovery by Robinson.
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RE: The state of this franchise makes me sick! - by Senor Fantastico - 04-15-2020, 02:04 PM



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