Originally Posted by Toad:
Was it this thread that the discussion of moving Juwaan Taylor to the left side was had?
How much of a possibility would that be? I read somewhere that he had some snaps with Jax (and U of Florida) at LT.
Wondering if this is something Andy/Heck would consider? Would allow a ton of flexibility.
Taylor has never had a snap in college or the pros at LT. I still think the idea of moving him is absolutely ridiculous but that's DJs thing haha [Reply]
Originally Posted by kccrow:
Taylor has never had a snap in college or the pros at LT. I still think the idea of moving him is absolutely ridiculous but that's DJs thing haha
Yeah I don't get it. He's a pretty fluid athlete but I'm not sure that means it's worth dicking him around trying to wedge him in at LT [Reply]
Originally Posted by kccrow:
Taylor has never had a snap in college or the pros at LT. I still think the idea of moving him is absolutely ridiculous but that's DJs thing haha
Originally Posted by JPH83:
Yeah I don't get it. He's a pretty fluid athlete but I'm not sure that means it's worth dicking him around trying to wedge him in at LT
It was just something I was positive we'd do last season before we signed Smith.
Now it's just something I'm willing to keep an open mind on given that we appear to have a draft fairly deep with RT prospects but a little less so at LT. Guys with shorter arms or slower feet that may not be great on the left side but sure seem to have good tools for RT.
Whereas Taylor has the length, feet and athleticism to play LT.
As we often discuss at LT, there's just not a lot of guys that have the physical tools to play on an island out there. Taylor doesn't have the experience, but he does have the tools.
And there's a solid chance that the guy we're looking into picking at 32 is lacking one or more of those 'left tackle' sort of tools.
I'm just saying don't pass on a guy like Morgan because you think he's a RT long-term. Because I think you MIGHT have a solid transition candidate in Taylor who would allow us to take someone like Latham or Mims or Morgan and get strong year 1 contributions from them. [Reply]
If we move Sneed for the rumored 3rd, I think we spend that 3rd moving up for Thomas Jr or an OT, have had a gut feeling about Guyton for awhile now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Couch-Potato:
If we move Sneed for the rumored 3rd, I think we spend that 3rd moving up for Thomas Jr or an OT, have had a gut feeling about Guyton for awhile now.
YES! Sorry, I am all on board for Brian Thomas Jr. WE need an offensive weapon on the roster for awhile to go along with Rice and Kelce let alone, Brown to learn from.
I retract this. KCCROW set me straight in another thread - he probably will not be there in our range and I accept that. Thanks KCCROW [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Jordan Morgan has 32 7/8 arms, so basically 33. That’s the line for me. Wouldn’t hold that against him.
We are lucky it is a deep draft at OT, he could fall to us. There are some developmental tackles who have upside, but I think this guy is at the bottom of the list of 1st rounders who you could plug and play. It scares me to death that we would even consider handing over the job to Morris. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Couch-Potato:
I like resigning D. Smith and taking a development guy.
Isn't Morris the developmental guy?
Not that interested in a late 2nd onwards OT to be honest. I'd love a starter in the 1st. Otherwise, go BPA and roll with Smith or someone and hope Morris actually does develop to the point they have trust in building around him as the focal point. Especially being as cheap as he is. [Reply]
What if the front office sees Morris as the starter? Then we are drafting for a swing out PTW is the swing
Morris has to be the swing at best. The more I see of Morgan, the more I think he might be the guy we could hope for at 32. Despite the knock on his arms he has strong hands and handles the bull rush well which is something Morris can't handle. He's athletic, with good feet and should be able to handle speed rushers as well. [Reply]
Draftable but need to move to OG/OC
1. Graham Barton, Duke
2. Dominick Puni, Kansas
3. Sataoa Laumea, Utah
4. Roger Rosengarten, Washington
5. Delmar Glaze, Maryland
6. Garret Greenfield, South Dakota State
7. Tylan Grable, UCF
8. Gottlieb Ayedze, Maryland
9. Nathan Thomas, Louisiana
Ain't good 'nuff for da Crow... UDFAs
LaDarius Henderson, Michigan
Julian Pearl, Illinois
Andrew Coker, TCU
Josiah Ezirim, Eastern Kentucky
Ethan Driskell, Marshall
Anim Dankwah, Howard [Reply]