(03-23-2021, 12:58 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(03-23-2021, 11:14 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: At this point, I'm 90% sure that is the case. My fear is that next year's class will be like the 2019 OT class and we'll reach for a guy that fails, keeping us in this loop we've been in of drafting bad LT's. I don't see any scenario where Sewell, Slater or Darrisaw fall passed pick #20. I really like Eichenberg, but I doubt he goes any higher than #27 and I just don't see us choosing him. From there, I'd focus more on upgrading the RT, because it is a much deeper class of RT's than LT's, but I still do not like Mayfield. I'd rather wait a round or two and select Spencer Brown, Cole Van Lanen or Josh Ball to play RT. I see them as much better prospects. IMO, Mayfield is too much like Taylor. I don't see the footwork to keep him in front of defenders and he just always looks a step behind the pass rusher. When I saw him, he struggled with bull rushers more than I liked. Maybe I'm wrong and he gets better, but I have him ranked as the #10 OT in the draft. As much as I'd like to trade up from #25, I realize it's not gonna happen. I just pray we upgrade at least one OT spot.

Taylor was far from a reach.  Some had him going to us with our first pick and he was great at Florida. He was bad this past year but I think he will be much improved with a new QB, Urban, and fully healthy

I thought he was a huge reach and I loathed the pick. I posted how much I disliked it and the Florida homers on the board called me crazy. There were issues about his knee coming into the draft and if I remember correctly, there were rumors that some teams dropped him way down on their boards, because of the medicals on his knee. Not to mention that he was heavy footed and slow to get out of his stance, which has never improved.

How do you expect him to get better when he has the same inept O-Line coach that he has always had? If you just focus just on Taylor in games, he gets pushed backwards, almost immediately. He has trouble the second the play starts. That's why he has to hold so much, because he is constantly getting beat off the snap. He's just slow.

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