(10-26-2020, 11:16 PM)Upper Wrote: Yeah you forgot a bunch. Laremy Tunsil, Duane Brown, Russell Okung, and Alejandro Villanueva are locked and loaded franchise caliber LTs. Then improving guys like Garrett Bolles, DJ Humphries, Jake Matthews, Taylor Decker, and Isaiah Wynn have all been good to very good this year.

That's over 20 names I believe, and we didn't even get to the promising young guys that don't have the track record but are off to promising starts so far like Wills, Becton, Jackson Jr. And even if you want to quibble with them based on age/injury/track record that's still over half the league that is happy with their LT situation, but I think it's more like 3/4 of the league.

And then if you want to parse the 'LT is easier to find than QB' even farther, many top LTs are available in FA and/or trade and change teams all the time. If a team feels like they have a bonafide franchise QB they aren't hitting the market and you aren't trading for them. All in all it's crazy to say it's easier to get a franchise QB than a franchise LT.

Good Lord, you have low standards! I didn't forget anyone, I intentionally left them off. Laremy Tunsil was good in Miami, but since coming to Houston he gives up a ton of QB pressures. He regressed and is no longer good. Duane Brown was decent in Houston, but went to Seattle and is average at best. If it wasn't for Russell Wilson's scrambling ability, Brown would be below average. Russell Okung? That's hilarious! If he's so good, why can't he stick with one team? He's a journeyman that team's use as a band aid until they find a good LT. Alejandro Villanueva is serviceable. He probably should be replaced, but Pittsburgh does not place a premium on OT's. The last time they spent a high round pick on an OT was 2012 with Mike Adams and that was a 2nd rounder. They haven't spend a day one pick on any O-Lineman since 2012 with OG David DeCastro and they haven't spent a first rounder on an OT since 1996. 

Garrett Bolles has been a disaster in Denver. Don't believe me? Ask any Denver fan. They were even thinking of benching him at one point. D.J. Humphries is the epitome of the word average. Jake Matthews is the same way. I can remember reading a Falcons message board where they wanted him replaced as well. Taylor Decker may be improving, but he is far from good and Wynn is really undersized. The Patriots O-Line as a whole, hasn't been able to establish the run or protect the passer. Wynn should be kicked inside to OG, where he could be dominant. 

The fact that you even bring up rookies is ridiculous! You or I or anyone else doesn't know how these guys are gonna do in their careers. Are you just looking what round OT's are drafted and assuming they are good because they are drafted high? You must be, because some of these guys you mentioned are just not good at all. I'm surprised you didn't mention Cam Robinson, Kolton Miller or Jonah Williams either, since you named just about every other starting LT in the NFL. LOL

You think it's so easy to find a franchise LT? Try trading for one of the guys I mentioned. Not 90% of the NFL starting NFL LT's you brought up. Cam Robinson is bad, but some of the guys you brought up are equally as bad.

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