Quote:All I know is that Beachum was playing lights out in pass protection this past season and will only be better this upcoming season as he's further removed from the ACL. His youth is also an asset as he's good to go in this league for several more years.


With that known, why are they moving on? Did he have an ACL set-back we don't now about like when they moved on from Boselli only to see him not play a down for the Texans? Or is it they are simply insisting on more beef up front given their new found focus on the run game? I'm guessing it's the latter.


I'm not all that sold on the old, injury prone OT from the Dolphins, but if he's truly a mauler in the run game and actually does stay healthy, he could be just what the offense needs. That said, it does concern me that PFF grades him even lower than Beachum suggesting with all things taken into account that he's not even as good in pass protection. In other words, we're sacrificing the future to win now, and sacrificing the QB's health in order to run more now, and we're doing this while relying on a known medical risk.


TC knows best tho.

I dont think he was lights out but he was solid, and like you said hes not even fully recovered from the ACL and young.


Is that worth sacrificing for run blocking? Of course not. There is really no feasible explanation for this aside from something we dont know about like his knee. If the run blocking is such a concern upgrade all the other positions on the line first instead of downgrading the most difficult position on the line to find. This is seriously a baffling move. Im not trusting tom for [BLEEP] i dont care how many superbowls he has.

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