Quote:I have a question for you, so hear me out... Our OL is atrocious. And I think you would agree that we would like to upgrade at the very least 2 positions.. So here's my question, Who is most expendable? RT is #1. What is your second choice? LT the high first rounder arguably going into year two of starting? The underachieving vet at LG? Or the two rookies at C and RG?

Second most expendable would be LG.

 

However, there are a few caveats to my answer.

 

1.  Beadles would seem to be very expensive to put on the bench, and cutting him after a year would have deleterious cap implications, I would think.

 

2.  Beadles started horrifically, but actually improved a great deal over the course of the season.  Nobody would mistake him for John Hannah or Larry Allen or Gene Upshaw, but he actually played pretty decently down the stretch.

 

3.  I know this isn't necessarily a popular analysis, but there is something to be said for continuity along the OL.  If Joeckel can get it together and be a good pass protector, the OL can be something good next year if we upgrade RT.

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