You are dating yourself. This generation of players and workers craves leaders who view them as colleagues and teammates. McDaniel’s players absolutely love him and he’s a good coach.
Yeah they are not going to risk having free rushers coming at Allen because Torrence's head and body aren't right. They'll sit him if it continues, and quickly.
I am fine even if it's a slight overpay. This is the going rate for ascending young RTs and I am biased in favor of keeping Allen as healthy as possible because watching him play every week is one of the greatest joys of my life. Period.
The one thing that gets more more than anything else under this regime is that they are NEVER ahead of the curve on special teams. They are always chasing to keep up with the rest of the league in terms of strategy and approach. Always.
This is more about a QB who isn’t following the media program that I’m sure they’re schooling him on. Every other QB would say: “Marvin’s a competitor, good for him for wanting the ball to help us win games. He’s a real weapon and I’m excited to see him in this offense and I’m sure we’ll look for ways to get him more involved.”
Re: Groot, I said last year he would be a $100M man on defense and that hasn't changed for me. He is putting it all together and I've been high on him since he was drafted, just like I was high on Oliver. He is going to get a MASSIVE contract and it'll be worth it. There are a few notable posters on this board who routinely criticize Groot, Oliver and Allen - those posters are idiots.
I assume Oliver was instructed not to rush upfield too much - he was probably told to contain yesterday. Suspect you’ll see a different style of play on Thursday night.
If Grable develops that well, that fast, there will be options. Having too many good young tackles is a great problem that most teams would love to have. Let Dion go, trade one of them, move someone to center, there are always options.