05-05-2020, 08:55 PM
(05-05-2020, 06:08 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I am 100% agreeing with the NFL talent evaluators.
According to them LSU had the #2 OG, #3 OC, and #12 OT in the draft. And some how all three of these "not good" linemen were either first or second team All-SEC
The people I am disagreeing with are the ones who claim that was not one of the best O-lines in the country. If the O-linemen were not good and the production was all due to skill players then these O-linemen would not be rated that high. NFL scouts are not that stupid. They realize it is possible to have BOTH good skill players and good offensive linemen.
For some strange reason they don't feel obligated to freak out when someone suggests that Joe Burrow did not win the National Championship all by himself.
Correct me if I misremember, but aren't you the same guy that used to argue that third round picks were basically guys with no real shot at starting on NFL rosters in year 1? I'm almost positive that you made that assertion when arguing against other board members who suggested that Marvin wouldn't play rookies.
So are the LSU linemen just not that great or have you changed your view of 3rd round picks? I mean, if they were the reason for all of LSU's success as you suggest, wouldn't some team want one of those dudes starting on their line immediately?
If having 2 OL that get taken in the 3rd round make your quarterback into a Heisman-winning-national-champ-first-overall-pick-statistical monster, then why didn't Georgia win a national title? They had two guys go in the first, plus another in the 4th. Jake Fromm was at least as highly regarded as Burrow before the 2019 season, yet he accomplished much less.
