I felt the same way about Fautanu awhile back. But after doing a bit more research, I'm not so sure about that stance now.
And another good OLineman on a rookie contract might help with the distribution of salary cap $$$.
Don't know. Fautanu reminds me a bit of Bakhtiari, but he's short for a left tackle. Might be a better fit as a left guard, and if we're talking guards, there's none I'd pick in the first round. Beebe is fantastic, an Avila type, and we do need more O-line on rookie contracts, but even I wouldn't pick him with #19.
What makes you think Latham, Mims and Fuaga can't be good left tackles in this league? Yes they're right tackles but they all have the size and skill set (they all are very good pass protectors) to play LT and possibly excel as none have hit their ceiling yet. I can understand some reluctance to pick them as they need some work but my guess is most teams will draft them in the 1st round to play LT this year, because of their potential there.
None of them have shown that they have the footwork and pass-protection technique necessary for the protection that is imperativard for Stafford's blindside. Fuaga is definitely a right tackle/guard only; his pass-protection technique is ugly, and he's only this high because he's one of the best run-blockers to come out in years. Latham has straight-line speed (he's supposed to run the 40 in 4.85), but nothing to prove that he can protect the blindside; Alabama's O-line got straight up murdered by Michigan's D-line, and Latham looked very bad that game. Mims is the only one I'd consider; he has the length, size, and weight you dream about, looks like Andrew Whitworth, but when he was tested against Alabama and Dallas Turner/Chris Braswell, he looked pretty bad himself.
I don't care about 40 times, how they feasted on bad teams. They aren't going to see a single bad team in the NFL.
