(01-01-2024, 06:34 PM)JagFan81 Wrote:

(01-01-2024, 12:21 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I think it all comes down to how many linemen they plan to replace in the offseason. Hard to replace 4 guys in one offseason on your line.

If they are looking to have new faces competing to start at all 3 interior positions, then maybe they keep him.
If they are planning to squeeze one more season out of Scherff and just upgrade LG and Center, then maybe they can let him walk.

The other giant X factor here is Walker Little.

It's impossible to speculate with any accuracy what this team will do with Cam when we have no clue how they really feel about Walker Little. He's looked good, he's looked bad, he's looked somewhere in between.

What do the coaches/FO expect from him if he were the starting LT after a full offseason working there next to a new LG?
I really have no idea.

Another unknown here is scheme.
Are Pederson/Taylor/Rauscher all together again in 2024? - and do they double down on the ZBS? Or do they mix in more power gap stuff than we've seen this year? If it is the latter, it aids the case to keep Cam around.

It's kinda funny that a few months ago Cam was overpaid, an easy cut for cap savings and should be replaced by Little.

How quick your fortunes can change in the league.

Yes, the "cut Cam, save a little money and put Little at LT" plan feels a lot riskier now than it did in September. 

Too many question marks swirling around Little for me to feel the same confidence in him I had months ago. 
I hope it really is just a matter of not settling into a spot, but even if that is the case, his durability may continue to be an issue as well based on all we have to go on thus far.

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