(04-03-2024, 03:20 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(04-03-2024, 03:11 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Neither LT on our roster is showing grade A material on tape and our RG is long in the tooth with middling run blocking. 

They could draft a tackle and/or a guard and let the chips fall where they may in camp competition.

Graham Barton is your guy then. Even at 17. He can play any of these positions. One of the NFC Scouts is on record saying that he's exactly what you want in an offensive lineman, consistent, same guy on tape, no matter where he lined-up. 

I honestly think he's a good fit for our offense and it wouldn't shock me if they take him at all. You just have to make a decision on what he's going to play as a rookie. You can decide to play him at LT and look to move on and trade away Cam Robinson for a late RD pick. 

Or, you can ride it out with Robinson again and put Barton at Guard or Center as a rookie. I am curious what this team does though with the OL in general. It seems like on paper they're finished. 

You have:

Robinson back at LT.
Cleveland back at LG.
Morse newly acquired at C.
Scherff restructured to stay at RG.
Harrison entering year two at RT after a promising rookie season.

If you take an offensive lineman with the 17th selection, one of these guys is getting bumped off the starting line-up and headed to the bench or destined to the trading block. Because of that? It's one of the sole reasons I feel this team is NOT looking at OL this early. I still think it's defense early and offensive lineman later starting in RD4.

Yea, I that is the preseason predicted line. If you look at who else we have there remains a place on offense for a backup tackle behind Harrison and a guard behind  Cleveland. On defense there are rookie spots (backups?) for a NT and CB. So when pick #17 comes around they will look at the BPA on their board and there will be one of those.

I say this as 4 QB's, 4 WR's, a couple edge, a couple CB's 2 tackles, a TE will come off. That should leave them a good selection at 17. It also will depend on how deep they view these 4 position classes. I could be wrong, but after the FA season that is what it appears to be.

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