How will Gardner's situation pan out?

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Originally Posted by aprius

Please tell me you didn't just say "I don't think O-Line depth is a problem" and then proceeded to list Friedman, Raymer, Brown, Molinaro and Wilson. Molinaro and Wilson are huge question marks. Freidman and Raymer stink. Brown has maybe a year or 2 of serviceability left in his tank at most. He is not a dominating force anymore...just a good backup.

Isn't that what depth is? Bodies that can fill in for a play, a series, a week but not someone who is relied upon to be starter? I don't know of a team in the league that has 2 quality starting offensive lines so if one dominating force goes down another one just plugs in. Friedman, Raymer and Brown were all starters, Molinaro and Wilson played well when pressed into action. Granted I don't think anyone wants them out there for 16 games, but I'd be comfortable with them out there for a week..