Preseason Depth Chart

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by Warren85Ellard

As good as our defense looks, our offensive line scares the living shit out of me. I don't mean to preach to the choir or beat a dead horse, but it blows my mind how little focus has been given to the o-line by our front office. It seems like somebody is counting on Joe Bugle to turn every non-drafted offensive lineman from the University of Maryland into an NFL caliber player.....great strategy. Is anybody seriously comfortable with anyone from the second unit and third o-line units getting anywhere near the field during the regular season? Do Cody Glenn and Robert Henson have any chance of making this team? There weren't any offensive lineman worthy of being picked instead of them?

I'm comfortable with Rinehart (3rd Rd pick), Bridges at G (NFL starter) and Montgomery. However we are desparately thin at T. Samuels goes down and we have issues. However, how many teams in the NFL can lose a Pro Bowl LT and not have a serious drop-off. BTW, how'd the two starting Guards for the Bills (Levitre 2nd rd & Wood 1st rd) do last night....not so good. In the last couple of drafts all the impact players on the OL were gone when we had the opportunity to pick them and we got value for the guys we did pick up (F. Davis was a bit of a head scratcher, but he may turn into a solid contributor or be trade bait in the next year or two). We have plenty of "depth" at OL, we need quality. But how do you argue against taking Orakpo at 13?

We're not thin at OLB either (SARCASM). What if Rocky goes down, good thing we picked up Robert Thomas. Before we trash the FO, wasn't Barnes a smart move in the 3rb at CB with Smoot on his last legs and Rogers' injury issues.