03-02-2017, 12:58 PM
(03-02-2017, 09:24 AM)spazz70 Wrote: Imagine if this is not true and we have CedO, Boling, Bodine, ???, Fisher....Yikes, I will take Whit signing to start with.....That is a giant mess.... Mangold is a MB signing all over it...Bodine was called out last year and even replaced a couple times in games the last couple of years, so they know there is an issue to a point. Whit, Boling, Mangold, (draft pick, Hopkins, Westerman, FA), (CedO, Fisher, Winston). At least you shore up the left side and Center and hopefully someone is coached up or steps up on the right side.
That'd be slightly better, although still a ton of question marks. I think Mangold is fool's gold at this point. RG would depend on who we sign/draft. I'm not confident in a 5th rounder coached by PA. At RT, I guess one of those guys could step up, but I'd prefer a better veteran than Winston.
(03-02-2017, 10:18 AM)Wyche Wrote: Totally agree. They should retain Z and get a C that is competent. Cut Blodine, Hockaloogie, Peko, and Smackman. There's a savings of like 15 mil or there abouts (just going off memory)? It's so simple, it's damn near criminal it hasn't been done already.
Yes, Ogbuehi is a flop, as is Russell (albeit a mid/low rounder), and they can't be coached up by our Hall of Fame line coach.
The more I think about what the 2017 line will look like, the more depressed I get.
- a top of the line, but aging LT who will be 36 in December.
- Our most stable piece is Clint "Boiling".
- Possibly the worst C in football.
- A giant hole at RG.
- Another possible giant hole at RT/hoping that Ogbuehi or Fisher will develop.
So the left side is ok (for now), while the rest of the line is a gutted mess filled with failed prospects.
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