(02-25-2021, 04:30 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(02-25-2021, 04:22 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I disagree. Our current OT's set the bar so low, we'd have to really whiff, in order not to find a better one. Their PFF scores are among the bottom in the NFL. 

That's why you offer a massive, front loaded contract for like 3 years that is easy to get out of on the 3rd year. There is no reason to believe he would decline that much in 3 years and we have the cap room to make him the highest paid OT in the league on such a deal. I don't care if we have to overpay, as long as it's a short term deal. That buys us time to find a young LT in the next 2 seasons. 

Okung and Villanueva shouldn't even be on our radar.

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I agree we should make a serious push for Williams.  I wasn't talking a token effort here.  Your middle paragraph sums up my view completely.

But by the same token, even our best effort may not be enough to get Williams.  For whatever reason, Williams may not want to come here.

I hope it isn't true.  Hopefully Trent Williams will gladly and eagerly sign here.  But if he doesn't, we need to have some protection.  It IS possible to get worse at the position.

That statement automatically eliminates Cam Robinson. I still keep an eye on the situation in New Orleans. They are so far over the cap, there is a good chance they are forced to move one of their OT's. I would give up #25 and a 2nd rounder for Ramczyk and I'd easily give up #25 for Terron Armstead. If that doesn't happen, I go into the draft targeting Teven Jenkins, Liam Eichenberg or Dillon Radunz. One of them will be available and I have them as big upgrades over Robinson. We might even be able to get one at #33 or #45.

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