2022 Off Line Roster

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(02-20-2022, 12:35 AM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: I was just looking at the top available lineman in FA and I'm not overly impressed with the top lineman available. Scherff's rating is only a 73 overall. It doesn't seem like there is an elite offensive lineman available, but a lot of above average/solid lineman to choose from. This makes a strong argument for a strategy of upgrading multiple spots.

What do you think of G Laken Tomlinson from San Fran? PFF says he should get around 9 mil per year on the market. I'd like to get a guard and RT in free agency. Tomlinson and Trent Brown (RT, Pats) have the top two PFF scores for available offensive lineman.

Edit:

To respond to your post more directly: If we had a line with Whit, Zeitler, and even our current starting center, I'd like our chances of being able to fix the other two spots with up and coming young players/recent draft picks. If you have a couple solid pros on the line, and mix in a couple young and promising players, they can learn from the solid pros and the line overall can be quite good.

If we had Jonah Williams, Laken Tomlinson, and Trent Brown, I'd feel a lot better about how the rest of the line will fill out with the options of young (recent) draft picks and even possibly lesser free agents like Spain.

There's a bunch of young quality starters among the IOL. The OT market is old outside of Orlando Brown Jr who I doubt the Chiefs let leave after the picks they gave up for him, but this is a great year to snag some starting IOL.

Tomlinson is an interesting choice. He's solid, and he's durable, but I don't think he'd be anywhere near my top choice. Heading into his age 30 season I don't think I like his upside as much as James Daniels, Austin Corbett, Alex Cappa, and Connor Williams. I think he might be just a more expensive option to Ted Karras or Mark Glowinski without a significant increase in results.

I want absolutely nothing to do with Trent Brown. He's missed 24 games the last 3 years including at least 5 in each. That's how you have Isaiah Prince back as starting RT. Same reason I want nothing to do with Armstead or Scherff either. If a guy can't stay healthy, he's not worth it.

Why try to make yourself feel better about a bad OL? Why not just fix it and make it a good OL? The team was just in the Super Bowl. Now isn't a time to sit and settle. It's time to push and go win one in 2022.