Kelvin Beachum, Russell Okung, Andrew whitworth, Cam Robinson are all thriving at left tackle

[Xavier]

All 4 of them were available

Cam Robinson was taken only a few spots ahead of Curtis Samuel in the 2nd round;  we could have moved up to draft him in the 2nd with a 6th round pick and still gotten CMC.

Beachum signed for peanuts and has an excellent PFF rating this year and last year

Whitworth has allowed 0 pressures this entire season

Okung has found new life in LA

But what does Gettleman do?  Gives 55 million to a guy under a theory that people play better with their brother.

And despite what people want you to believe, we can't cut him for the next three years without a massive dead cap hit (over 10 million the first three years).  We are saddled with Kalil for at least 3 years.

Just hard to fathom when so many quality left tackles were available for cheaper this offseason.

 

 

 

 

[t96]

Ban

[*FreeFua*]

Gettleman has an "eye for talent"

[TheRed]

But muh Gettleman.....

[Ricky Spanish]

Blame Ryan 

[stratopanther]

We should fire that gettleman guy.

[Castavar]

This will go down as Gettleman's biggest fug up. Never mind, Byron Bell and Nate Chandler still rings a sad bell

[Xavier]

I have a prediction that the Gettleman cult members are so unable to face reality, they will come up with a theory that JR forced Gettleman to offer this deal, but will not offer any evidence

They need some excuse though.  It was clear Gettleman had been focused on Kalil for months, and never even looked into Whitworth, Okung, Beachum, Robinson, or any other options.

They're also still pretending we can cut him this with no dead cap hit, even though this is blatantly false and we're on the hook for massive dead cap hits for at least 3 years.

[Xavier]

I forgot to mention

Riley Reiff

Viking fans seem thrilled with how he's playing at left tackle

 

There were so many options

[brandon_87]

14 minutes ago, Xavier said:

I forgot to mention

Riley Reiff

Viking fans seem thrilled with how he's playing at left tackle

 

There were so many options

To be fair, they just had Kalil... anything is better

[rico6]

God damn did this fuging  fanbase overrated the hell out of Gettleman.

 

 

[Proudiddy]

Lol, Gettlemagic!  Cue the 5-page word documents copied and pasted onto the huddle, mourning the loss of a true genius.  Give the guy a fat ass statue!

All while we watch our generational talent at QB handcuffed by poor playcalling, poor protection, and nagging injuries as a result of Gettleman's negligence.  fug that guy.

[Xavier]

4 minutes ago, rico6 said:

God damn did this fuging  fanbase overrated the hell out of Gettleman.

 

 

He spent the last 3, 1st round draft picks on

Butler, Shaq, and CMC

Three gadget/hybrid players buried on the depth chart in positions where we already had pro bowl players (Stewart, Davis, KK), when we had real positions of need

And people wonder why we have so many holes on our roster

People discredit Hurney's 1st round hall of famers by saying, 'anyone can pick in the 1st round', yet Gettleman picks bust after bust after bust

 

 

[Panthers8969]

whit worth is elite af. No idea why we didn't consider