Different Season, Same Trap

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

The line will be better but has any team ever had 3 rookie starters on the Line? Especially when they didn't have a 2nd or 3rd rounder? We may pick up some extra picks but if not we're talking a 1st and a 4th rounder at minimum starting? Doubt that.

Yeah, and if that is true then is that necessarily a good thing? Having a 4th and 5th round draft pick starting on your line.

The only reason Heyer is even spoken of in terms of our line is because our depth was so poor that we had to resort to using him, an undrafted rookie, during his first 3 years in the NFL. It's not like his skill appointed him to our starting lineup.

Rinehart was selected in the 3rd and isn't even being spoken of in terms of our projected lineup this year. Our starting OL will not be found in our depleted draft selections this year.


It will take more than a year to repair our OL, probably more to improve it.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

Yeah, and if that is true then is that necessarily a good thing? Having a 4th and 5th round draft pick starting on your line.

The only reason Heyer is even spoken of in terms of our line is because our depth was so poor that we had to resort to using him, an undrafted rookie, during his first 3 years in the NFL. It's not like his skill appointed him to our starting lineup.

Rinehart was selected in the 3rd and isn't even being spoken of in terms of our projected lineup this year. Our starting OL will not be found in our depleted draft selections this year.


It will take more than a year to repair our OL, probably more to improve it.

Haven't really heard that about Rinehart.

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

Haven't really heard that about Rinehart.

I hear more fans talking about Heyer being involved this year than Rinehart. We have vacancies at G but Rinehart can't seem to step in them.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

I hear more fans talking about Heyer being involved this year than Rinehart. We have vacancies at G but Rinehart can't seem to step in them.

That's cool for fans to talk about it, also heard a lot mention JC for a 2nd or 3rd too though. Rinehart didn't look bad last year, I mean the kid wasn't a top rated guard coming out of college. He was one of our better guards, either Zorn or Bugel (maybe both) fucked up by not letting him play more. Mike Williams wasn't bad at guard either. I'm not too worried about our guard spots. Tackle is def a concern though.. Heyer looked a bit better at RT after coming off of his stretch at LT vs how he looked at RT earlier in the season.

Nobody that was here last year is fit for LT by far though.