(02-24-2021, 07:37 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(02-24-2021, 04:21 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: I disagree, I don't see a dozen LTs in this draft being better than Robinson next year.  I don't even think there will be 5 better.  Robinson and Taylor did play poorly last year but I think they both play better this upcoming year with Meyer there.  I hope we get Williams as well though and I'd be good with getting Okung as well

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I definitely see many rookie OT's being better. Robinson's low blocking scores prove it. Cam Robinson is just bad. He is what he is at this point. He's had time to get better and he hasn't. Sometimes you just have to look at a player and realize he is what he is and accept reality. 

This is what baffles me. Please explain why you feel that a different head coach is somehow gonna make Robinson and Taylor better? They are gonna have the same position coach that they've had all along (Warhop) and they will still possess the same heavy-footedness that they've always had, as you can't waive  magic wand and make that go away. What is gonna be different about this coming season? Is it just blind optimism? That seems like the only explanation to me. 

In past seasons we've done the same thing over and over. We select a player fairly high in the draft and we hold onto him way too long, hoping year after year he's gonna get better and he never does. I wanna break that cycle. Sometimes you have to recognize a player is just not what you thought he was gonna be and move on. The faster you move on, the quicker you can fix the problem. Tagging a bad player, because you fear you may not find a better guy in the draft is something our past regimes would do. This is a very deep OT class and we have the #25, #33 and #45 picks. I am beyond optimistic that we can find a major upgrade at LT.

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(02-24-2021, 05:48 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Shots fired!

Dude, flgators is pretty knowledgeable.  Yeah he pushes his Gators, but I think his takes are pretty good overall.  I can't recall having strong disagreements with him on a guy's talent or ability.

I think most of the participants in this thread are good-not that I am in any real position to adversely judge at this stage.

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I don't see the slowness on tape.

To me, he shows as much speed and athletic ability as Gesicki, but he's bigger.

I certainly do. It looks like he's running in slow motion. Gesicki looked much faster, but Freiermuth has MUCH better hands.