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Smart teams know when to cut the cord before bad players hurt them further. I'm not saying to cut Haynes, but depending on him at this point would be foolish. Make sure we're good at the position and if something clicks, it's a bonus. He was beyond abysmal last year though.

People have completely flipped on how important coaching is to OL play and are buying way too much into Grubb being a convenient scapegoat. Drafting Zabel in the first should be a sign that the problems go beyond who the coordinator was.
We had to get a LG. We have that now. I wouldn't be mad if we went OL again but my guess is they want to give Haynes and Bradford a chance to make a leap this year. Its very common for lineman to need some development. In fact that's the norm.
 

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We had to get a LG. We have that now. I wouldn't be mad if we went OL again but my guess is they want to give Haynes and Bradford a chance to make a leap this year. Its very common for lineman to need some development. In fact that's the norm.
Exactly, people wanted Will Fries and he took 3 years to show any kind of semblance or an Offensive Lineman. He is no outlier either. They won't give up on Haynes, Olu, Laumea, Jerrell, probably not even on Bradford yet. They probably can't keep them all though.
 

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I liked what I saw from Jonah Savaiinaea at the combine but didn't watch him play at all last year. Any thoughts from those that did? WR, DT and Edge would be on the list as well for me. If Milroe is there I think they may pull the trigger. He would be in a position to sit and learn for a year or two and they can see what they have. Put him in for some package plays occasionally. He could be a bust or he could be a steal, who knows...you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
 

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1. Trade up for Shadeur.

2. Wyatt Milum: Zabel is a good guard. That means we have one good guard. Milum is an incredibly undervalued prospect that I believe will be an absolute home run pick for someone. Let's let it be us.
While Schnied is gm trading up will only ever be a fan's fantasy.
 

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Smart teams know when to cut the cord before bad players hurt them further. I'm not saying to cut Haynes, but depending on him at this point would be foolish. Make sure we're good at the position and if something clicks, it's a bonus. He was beyond abysmal last year though.

People have completely flipped on how important coaching is to OL play and are buying way too much into Grubb being a convenient scapegoat. Drafting Zabel in the first should be a sign that the problems go beyond who the coordinator was.

Agreed. Grubb made a bad unit even worse, but the OL was already very bad before Grubb got here.

Someone else posted a while back that our OL was ranked 30th last year, 29th in 2023, and 27th in 2022. Of course, we can always debate OL rankings. There may be valid arguments that we were closer to the 8th worst OL than the 4th worst OL in 2023, or whatever. But I think the point remains that our OL has been bad for a long time, and very bad for at least the past 3 years.

Considering that Grubb was only here for 1 year, I think it's pretty obvious that the OL issues go well beyond just him.
 
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A few day 2 mocks from the talking heads

ESPN
50. Tre Harris WR
52. Jared Wilson OC

33rd Team
50. Nick Emmanwori S
52. Shavon Revel CB
82. Jalen Royals WR
92. Miles Frazier OG

NFL
50. Kyle Williams WR
52. Tyler Shough QB
82. Billy Bowman S
92. Quincy Riley CB

PFF
50. Tate Ratledge OG
52. Shavon Revel CB
82. Josaiah Stewart EDGE
92. Terrance Ferguson TE
 

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Hearing a lot of folks talking about Nick Emmanwori today. They called him more Taylor Mays than Kam Chancellor.
If that's the case, no thx.
 

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Tre Harris / Jared Wilson mock on ESPN would be awesome. Not sure Wilson makes it but would be solid. We need to 1 tech to groom so a big boy DT would work too.
 

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