WhitewalkerInPhilly Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I am not the biggest fan of the Allen pick, but now that he's here, I want the best chance for him to succeed. To me, that makes the first, second and third priority for the rest of this draft to rebuild the O-line. A line of Dawkins-Ducasse-Groy-Miller-Mills scares the piss out of me. If you want a rookie to succeed, it helps to: A) Protect him as well as possible to give him time as he acclimates to the game and B) Have a strong running game so defenders don't pin their ears back In both situations, we drastically need to bolster the interior and RT IMHO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 8 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said: I am not the biggest fan of the Allen pick, but now that he's here, I want the best chance for him to succeed. To me, that makes the first, second and third priority for the rest of this draft to rebuild the O-line. A line of Dawkins-Ducasse-Groy-Miller-Mills scares the piss out of me. If you want a rookie to succeed, it helps to: A) Protect him as well as possible to give him time as he acclimates to the game and B) Have a strong running game so defenders don't pin their ears back In both situations, we drastically need to bolster the interior and RT IMHO. Well relax. Because I'm sensing a dominant line of Dawkins-Groy-Bodine-Ducasse-Mills coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearLess Price Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Allen isnt good enough to see the field in year one. Count on it. We took ej manuel pt 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first_and_ten Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 31 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said: I am not the biggest fan of the Allen pick, but now that he's here, I want the best chance for him to succeed. To me, that makes the first, second and third priority for the rest of this draft to rebuild the O-line. A line of Dawkins-Ducasse-Groy-Miller-Mills scares the piss out of me. If you want a rookie to succeed, it helps to: A) Protect him as well as possible to give him time as he acclimates to the game and B) Have a strong running game so defenders don't pin their ears back In both situations, we drastically need to bolster the interior and RT IMHO. It's going to take more than a year to build up this offensive line. Allen isn't starting in year one anyway. So AJ takes the beating this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuSeYiN_NYC Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I agree with building the line 100% but not for Allen (I'm hoping he sits this year out) but for whoever wins the QB competition between AJ and Nate. We lost Incognito and Woods... I have faith in Groy and Dawkins but that's where my faith ends... Other 3 linemen are just depth guys imo... I know sitting a 1st round (top ten) pick isn't an ideal situation but I say let the kid experience the stress of traveling all across the country, the big lights, interviews and crowd noise from the sidelines to better be able to handle it next year... The Pats didn't play Brady (I know he wasn't a 1st round pick) and he ended up playing for 56 years straight n still going (that bastard) because he rarely gets hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctk232 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 59 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: Well relax. Because I'm sensing a dominant line of Dawkins-Groy-Bodine-Ducasse-Mills coming! Ducasse....how is that a name of a starting OL still. Tells you everything about the state of our line, that and a flaky Incognito. 1 hour ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said: I am not the biggest fan of the Allen pick, but now that he's here, I want the best chance for him to succeed. To me, that makes the first, second and third priority for the rest of this draft to rebuild the O-line. A line of Dawkins-Ducasse-Groy-Miller-Mills scares the piss out of me. If you want a rookie to succeed, it helps to: A) Protect him as well as possible to give him time as he acclimates to the game and B) Have a strong running game so defenders don't pin their ears back In both situations, we drastically need to bolster the interior and RT IMHO. We have no more picks to actually address positional need. Best case scenario is Allen comes in and balls out year one. More than likely won't happen, so we have him wait a year, allow us to build around him with next year's draft. Issue there is we have far too many needs at the moment (ILB, IDL, OL, WR, RB) to be addressed in a single draft. I would've rather built our needs this year, and then traded up next year for a QB if we really wanted. Who knows, we may end up #1 overall if the predictions fall in line. Why trade away the future now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Supposed to be a lot of depth in the middle rounds this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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