Totally different imo. This guy is 25 years old, he is barely a year older than guys like Andrew Vorhees and Cody Mauch and has 4 years of experience under his belt. He started as a freshmen at PSU. The upside is still there. Those other guys were old depth veterans.
With Pratt, Edwards, Edmunds gone you still have David, Kendricks, Wagner, Vander Esch, Bobby Owereke, Drue Tranquill, Cole Holcomb, Kaden Ellis. There is still a lot out there I’d be interested.
Yep. He's a year older than Andrew Vorhees. You can do a lot worse than two 25-26-year-old guards, in their prime, on reasonable contracts for the next 3 years.
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/connor-mcgovern/32004d43-4741-7420-d3a4-ecbbf78bc788
Check his pro comparison!
Anyway, he started a ton of games at RG at PSU as well as center. Bates was a LT at PSU. I think McGovern is a natural RG (blocked by Zach Martin) and that Bates fared better at LG, so that's the combo I would go with.
It sucks. They made that massive trade-up for Davenport, he finally turned into something and they are going to just let him leave so they can sign Derek freaking Carr?
His run blocking wasn't great and his sack numbers are padded by blocking for elusive QBs. He also holds, like a lot. Gets away with it though. It's the same thing I see with O'Cyrus Torrence blocking for Richardson. QB saved him a lot. Not a big fan of either.