I'm optimistic

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(12-21-2020, 10:40 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: They tagged him this year, and I think it is very cost prohibitive to do it a second time.  They may extend him, instead.

That being said, I hear what you are saying about the guard position, but I think they always felt the same way about the DT position.  When was the last time they used a top 50 pick on a DT?  Well, they signed DJ Reader to a nice contract so maybe that shows a bit of a shift at the interior positions.  

I'm hoping they changed their view.

Man wouldn't it have just been easier to keep Zeitler? We've had to endure poor Guard play since he left.

I get letting Whitworth go because of age and tackles usually declining at his age, but Zeitler was like 26-27. We used a 1st Round pick on him. Playing at a high level. And they lowballed him. I wonder if they offered him a fair extension price if he would have signed it BEFORE DeCastro signed his.