In order to prevent us wasting precious years of Patrick Mahomes' career, Veach needs to work some magic this offseason. What's your advice for him? [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
My assumption is that you’ve got three starters right now in Allegretti, LDT and Niang. People may not like that but I assume that’s how they go.
LDT is starting at RG.
Is Allegretti at LG or did they draft him to be the future at Center?
Is Niang going to be RT or did they envision him more as a OG?
They envisioned Niang to be an OT.
They figured he might play G in year 1, which to me says they thought he'd be one of their best 5, but unlikely to unseat Fisher or Schwartz.
I am hopeful that he's a long-term starter. I would like to hedge that bet with more talent. [Reply]
Also, we lost that game because we had backups on the offensive line pretty much at every position. We aren’t fielding 10 starting offensive linemen next year. [Reply]
They could bring johnny manziel in for a look. I just saw he’s playing in some sub par arena football league now. Oof. That’s not a fall from grace more of a cliff dive. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
They envisioned Niang to be an OT.
They figured he might play G in year 1, which to me says they thought he'd be one of their best 5, but unlikely to unseat Fisher or Schwartz.
I am hopeful that he's a long-term starter. I would like to hedge that bet with more talent.
I get it, I do.
But I don't think we're in a position to "hedge".
We should bring in starters, not backups. If you're "hedging" you're admitting from the get go that said draft pick is going to be a backup, at least for some time, under normal circumstances.
I just don't like it. Too many needs to be spending resources on contingency plans. For sure, draft volume for depth but not in the early rounds. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
They envisioned Niang to be an OT.
They figured he might play G in year 1, which to me says they thought he'd be one of their best 5, but unlikely to unseat Fisher or Schwartz.
I am hopeful that he's a long-term starter. I would like to hedge that bet with more talent.
Ok. So that shores up the right side of the line. My guess is that unless they draft a LG high or sign one....Allegretti is your LG.
So we have to figure out how to hold down LT until Fisher gets back or try to replace him. That and center. I could see them drafting a center in the top 3 rounds and possibly finding a developmental LT later on. Get a stop gap until Fisher gets back.
That still allows you to take a DE or WR high if you still want one. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
Ok. So that shores up the right side of the line. My guess is that unless they draft a LG high or sign one....Allegretti is your LG.
So we have to figure out how to hold down LT until Fisher gets back or try to replace him. That and center. I could see them drafting a center in the top 3 rounds and possibly finding a developmental LT later on. Get a stop gap until Fisher gets back.
That still allows you to take a DE or WR high if you still want one.
My preference at this point if the draft shakes out the way the mocks are trending would be DE at #1, OT at #2, WR at #3. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
don't be disingenuous.
September '21 looks just like February. Fisher will not be in the line-up. Schwartz probably done.
We have zero proven offensive tackles that are healthy enough to play.
It's not so much about one game as it is about an injury situation that will not be solved without making moves.
And if we commit 1st, 2nd, and/or 3rd round draft resources to the offensive line, we STILL have zero proven offensive tackles that are healthy enough to play.
We just now have less resources to address other positions. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
don't be disingenuous.
September '21 looks just like February. Fisher will not be in the line-up. Schwartz probably done.
We have zero proven offensive tackles that are healthy enough to play.
It's not so much about one game as it is about an injury situation that will not be solved without making moves.
And where are you finding two starting tackles? Keep in mind that they aren’t drafting tackles in the first and second round and starting them. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
And where are you finding two starting tackles? Keep in mind that they aren’t drafting tackles in the first and second round and starting them.
Whoever they draft needs to start
I’m kinda tired of this “development” bullshit. If a guy needs that much development don’t take him that early [Reply]