We Will Live And Die By This Offensive Line

[Essex Johnson]

(04-29-2017, 06:58 PM)TKUHL Wrote: I think we completely blew it today. After the first 3 rounds it was obvious we wanted to be faster and more explosive on offense. I know we needed D line help too but we didn't follow through with the O line. How the hell do you have 9 picks, let me repeat 9 picks on day 3 and come away with 1 O lineman. Our weakness is C and OT the 3rd 4th 5th etc best Centers are on the board and we pick a guy who was injured of course and only played C a handful of games. I know this draft class was bad with O lineman but with a record low selected in the first 3 rounds we had our chance at some guys that could at least compete. With the exception of Carl Lawson, today was a total waste. I know I said this before. If you asked any fan what our biggest need was halfway threw the season everyone would have said Oline. That was before losing Whit and Zeitler. So what has changed? We did NOTHING to address this in this draft. 12 damn picks. PATHETIC.

There was no way they were drafting OT very high at all.. they have two high draft picks that are going to totally start now, plus two veterans in Winston and Smith if needed to slide over and you are missing the mark on Dielman.. he can play across the board.. so nice added depth as a rookie.

i saw DE as weaker than any when you look age and recent draft picks.. i loved what we did at DE and it was obvious that we needed to improve speed.. which we totally did with our picks especially on offense.. that speed will actually help the offensive line plus if Mixon is as good as he looks, his running will take pressure off the line... Bell did the same in Pittsburgh.