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Old 04-30-2013, 08:22 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Kirobaito View Post
To be fair, when you have three or four crappy offensive linemen and no salary cap room, it's tough to believe that they'll be able to fix the line in one offseason.

But you did draft a new center, whose intelligence (he graduated with a degree in engineering!) will hopefully help create the cohesion and security necessary. Livings is at least passable at left guard. And I think most people now assume that there's a wink-wink deal in place June 1st for Tyson Clabo or Eric Winston to come play right tackle.

So that's two new offensive linemen. Right guard would be the only area of massive concern, and you have a ton of competition right now for that spot, from Costa, Bernadeau, Arkin, and Leary. Hopefully one of them will step up.

The only pick I take huge issue with is Escobar, because he's the same type of player as Hanna (all catch, no-block). The players around there you could have taken were Jonathan Hankins, who a lot of people saw as consistently struggling with weight issues. Unless you wanted to reach for Bennie Logan (who I wouldn't have had a problem with), there wasn't a DT available there. But Hankins is the only 1-tech around there, as Logan is a Hatcher/Ratliff 3-tech.
To be fair......Dallas should have taken Floyd at 18, then Frederick at 47 and then Jessee Williams, or John Jenkins, or Barrett Jones, or Dallas Thomas, or Brian Winters or Brian Schwenke, or pick the lineman.

Instead we have the Center that could have been taken a round later, no DT, and a 3rd string TE, and a WR that might end up being a 3rd or 4th WR.

Floyd starts and rotates with Ratliff and Hatcher.
The OL will probably be starting mid season.
a 1 tech ---- that can hold the line in short yardage at least.

just typical Jerry draft
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