01-20-2020, 06:46 PM
(01-20-2020, 03:00 PM)Whatever Wrote: If you're concerned about the OL and protecting Burrow, you need to address it in FA, not the draft. The chances of getting an immediate upgrade of significance are slim. Not saying it's the gospel, but here's the PFF grades for the 4 T's drafted after Jonah last year....
Tytus Howard-59.4
Andre Dillard-59.7
Cody Ford-52.4
Jawaan Taylor-63.9
Bobby Hart-57.7
Fred Johnson-62.6
Fred is ahead of the curve in the quality of play you would expect out of a late 1st-early 2nf round pick. This is also a young OL room with only two guys not on their rookie deals. Stacking youth on top of youth isn't a good idea because of the steep development curve for OL.
Not sure where you're getting your LB counts from, but we have 3 under contract and 1 RFA who is basically a guaranteed resign. Vigil and an UFA would make 6.
I’m definitely not counting Brady Sheldon at LB. The guy hasn’t even been able to stick on practice squads for teams with not very good defenses. And I don’t want to count Hardy Nickerson the RFA who is a practice squad level talent. We need a massive talent upgrade at LB. Not to fill out the roster with guys who we know are not NFL caliber starters.
Nothing wrong with adding youth to a young OL room. I want the guys with upside not more John Jerry’s and Andre smiths. Bring more youth in along with our new QB and let them grow up together.
Again I get the Fred Johnson love. But we don’t have a very big sample size. And his most impressive work was against the browns who didn’t have their stud DE and their other best was not fully healthy. It is bonkers to invest the #1 pick on a QB and then say we will protect him with a guy coming off of shoulder surgery and no NFL snaps, Bobby Hart, and a guy picked up off the scrap heap who had a good game against the Browns. Bonkers!!
I don’t see myself complaining any time soon that our OL is too deep.
