Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by dj43:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
The chances of finding a day 1 starter in the 3rd round or later is very unlikely. The two questions we should be asking ourselves is. Do we have an in house replacement? Who in FA is better than MM that we can get for around the same price?
Jermaine Eluemunor of the Raiders is one possibility. He had an excellent year this past season, much better than he was in the previous four years when he was a below-average OT. He is a huge man (6'4", 345) and better in the power game than zone. Spotrac projects his market value at $5.6M/ as compared to MM at $10.7M/yr. So, that makes him cheaper but only because he has nothing close to the same level of play as MM.
Cheaper but has not actually proven to be as good or better than MM?
That is the question. In four of his five years, MM has outperformed Eluemunor by a fairly wide margin. Only this past year has JE been above average.
Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by elguapo:
Colton McKivitz is going to most likely be our right tackle. I was hoping Burford would slide over to right tackle or even Brunskill but either way we are covered when Mike McGlinchey gets offered to much money from another team
Having Burford or Brunskill move out to RT seems like an interesting idea. We could draft a tackle in the mid rounds to develop and save some money in the process.
Kyle has said he preferred to keep Burford inside although he was a tackle in college. Brunskill has played outside and done well quite well. He is an option.
The history of drafting mid-round tackles and expecting them to be more than a journeyman is not good. I recently looked at the top 50 OTs according to PFF and only 7 were drafted in the 4th round or lower. So...it is possible.