01-02-2018, 02:47 PM
(01-02-2018, 02:25 PM)Big Boss Wrote: While I am all for drafting more offensive linemen, I think Redmond and Westerman deserve a chance to keep working with the first string. The line was a marked improvement these last two weeks. Get a decent Center in there and we might be in better shape than we thought.
Jordan Willis has also looked very good in limited snaps, and we have to find ways to incorporate Tyler Boyd back into our gameplan.
Thoughts?
EDIT: How could I forget WJ3 and Dennard? No brainer.
Good question.
Wjax & Dennard - should be CB1 and CB2 ...Dennard into slot when DreK is in
Westerman - should flat out be a starter next year..no question. He was real impressive and got genuine push on run blocks
Lawson - slowed down a bit at the end of the year but he is a natural pass rusher
Boyd - in amongst all the threads on Core/Malone/Ross I raised the fact that Boyd caught a lot of balls (and 3rd down conversions) in his rookie year...in a season when we were weak at WR he should have been targeted more
Gio - seriously hope we don't just give all snaps to Mixon...we look a better offense when we have gio consistently in the mix and not an afterthought
Those 5 for me have definitively earned significant playing/starting time.
Of the rest I am more sceptical because we tend to over estimate potential of our players on the whole
Redmond - flashed strength but pass pro may still need work
J Willis - I'm not as high on him as others...I'm not sure he offers much more than MJ at the moment
J Evans - he was really exposed at times and probably had too take more snaps than he was ready for but I think he's a keeper
Any WR3 - one of the more tedious aspects of this year was the debates on Core/Malone/Ross and their potential when they actually did nothing. I think we're in the market for another WR2 to go with Green and Boyd
