RAMBUSH
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Is battle even on our team?
Why didn't we do this last week? I'm fine with playing him over Donnal. Problem is...who is going to play LT next year? Certainly not Saffold.
Why not? He's signed for next year and we don't save all that much by cutting him. Might as well roll with him until we can address this position long term.
We haven't got a lot of options at this point in time. And we have much bigger fish to fry as you have shown in your latest mock.
BTW simply an excellent mock. I really hope we can pull something close to that this off season.
WHAT SAY YE?
~ArkyRamsFan~
I don't know.Why didn't we do this last week? I'm fine with playing him over Donnal. Problem is...who is going to play LT next year? Certainly not Saffold.
It's a wonder how so many people were thinking he was doing a great job and now so many want to move him to guard or cut him.
I'm honestly surprised it's taken them this long to try him at guard.
Dudes cap hit is 6.7 mill next year... which is total for his dead money to. seriously don't think we'll cut him this offseason.
I have been saying for a long time that they should put Battle in their!! After all, He was Pancaking some of our D-Lineman in TC!He belongs there.
Here's to hoping the new coach can get Battle up to speed. It would be nice to be able to fix our other holes.
I would Trade him to the Jets for a 1st round pick in 2017!!Are the Jets in need of another tackle?
I think it's a combination of a few things. First off their strategy, and this is from Demoff, is to draft raw upside guys with the thought that these top notch coaches will coach them up. It was a failed strategy due in part to not having top notch coaches and the risk of drafting raw players in general. So they drafted busts and they coached poorly. You don't have a horrible side of the ball just due to lack of talent or poor coaching. It's totally both.Let me ask you this (anyone who wants to answer); if he didn't have the penalty problem, how would you rate his play?
The penalties imply to me he's thinking too much and it's got to be zapping his looseness out there. Maybe guard will help him for at least a period of time. I'm not writing him off as a T just yet.
That said... I am REALLY having a hard time getting past all this premium draft talent struggling on offense; Gurley, Austin, Goff, GRob, Havenstein, Higbee, Quick, etc. Did we really just pick suspect players? Or is the whole offense broke?
I'm leaning the latter.
Whoever comes in as coaches has some work to do on that side of the ball sorting through all this.
Let me ask you this (anyone who wants to answer); if he didn't have the penalty problem, how would you rate his play?
The penalties imply to me he's thinking too much and it's got to be zapping his looseness out there. Maybe guard will help him for at least a period of time. I'm not writing him off as a T just yet.
That said... I am REALLY having a hard time getting past all this premium draft talent struggling on offense; Gurley, Austin, Goff, GRob, Havenstein, Higbee, Quick, etc. Did we really just pick suspect players? Or is the whole offense broke?
I'm leaning the latter.
Whoever comes in as coaches has some work to do on that side of the ball sorting through all this.
When you say, "Pancaking," are saying he was serving them pancakes at breakfast?I have been saying for a long time that they should put Battle in their!! After all, He was Pancaking some of our D-Lineman in TC!