rebelrouser

Let the young guys get the snaps. Brcye wouldn't make the most out of Njoku anyway.

Now that Miami is going to play Kadyn Proctor at left guard and Detroit is going to play Blake Miller at right guard, Freeling is the first true left tackle off the board.

Thanks for putting that together. I feel like the B grades don't entirely understand Icky's injury.

Good. We need him next year when we move Freeling to starting LT.

Great forum especially given how bad this team has been.

Maybe Steelers make an offer if Rodgers retires. Two years for Allar to develop.

Yep, please no Tua or Kyler extensions.

The TE and Edge projections were just lazy and ignored the dire situation on the oline.

We are going to exercise the fifth year option. I don't think we offer him an extension unless he improves in '26, which I do not think will happen. That means new qb in '27 draft and hopefully a decent veteran too.

Agree. Is Lemon/Tet/Coker that much better than Coker/Tet/Brazzell because I had trouble covering the LT position. The draft just fell wrong. No way can we ignore the tackle position.

Icky will be fortunate to come back to play RT or Guard. Very slim chance of him being able to handle LT. And as you mentioned he was more of a RT anyway. That injury he has is nasty. We will be in the best spot to determine what he is capable of after rehab.

NFL.com gave us an A- and that is my grade too. I think the bad grades are based largely on writers not knowing our true needs. Anyone who thought our first two priorities were TE and Edge (looking at you ESPN), didn't know our team or staff and would have been disappointed. Our biggest Achilles heel entering the draft was oline and we took are of that.

During his three years at UGA he only allowed 5 sacks. He is only 21 and is on an upward trajectory. He's a great athlete that was good basketball player in high-school. His height (76% how is this only 76%???? these guys are giants now), hands (81%), span (99%), speed (96%), quickness (10 yd. 86%), and explosiveness (vert. 96%, broad 97%) are all outstanding. When we took Freeling, Fano, Mauioga, Proctor, and Miller were all off the board so we could have drafted Iheanachor or Lomu instead or waited to the second or third round to take Bell, Tiernan or Barber or wait even longer. A lot of these tackles (including the first two taken) project to right tackle or guard in the NFL and that's not what we needed now. Freeling has some sloppiness to clean up in his run blocking, but he's young and getting better. We can let him get experience behind Walker and Moton knowing if he has to replace one of the two this year, his pass blocking won't get Bryce killed. Icky's not coming back from that injury as a nfl starting left tackle and Moton is in the twilight of his career. If Walker has a great year, we will have to pay him a lot and if he is medicore we would want to let him walk. Getting a LT on a rookie contract is going to help a lot with the cap.

Very happy with this draft and free agency.