You drafted a Guard in the 1st Round...he developed...now Pay Zeitler!

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(01-18-2017, 10:10 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I'm not so sure Zeitler really developed. I don't know if I see him as any better than when he was drafted. He is what he was then, a bit above average player.

Not bad to have, and you need plenty of them on your team to make a good team, but it doesn't mean you should be paying them $9-10m/yr.

I just don't see Zeitler as a $9-10m/yr player. He doesn't take over any games, he doesn't dominate anyone. I don't know if it's him, or coaching (probably at least in part coaching), but he never became that dominate blocker in the run game that they expected him to become when he was drafted. Honestly, I think a healthy Boling is a better guard than Zeitler.

In the last two years, he's given up 3 sacks and 3 holding calls. He was rated by PFF as our top run blocking lineman this year. 

I also think if we put an unknown there, and teams are able to get constant pressure in AD's face....his short, quick throws would be was less effective and that would be disastrous for this already struggling offense.