Originally posted by NCommand:
Mack is the Richard Sherman of C's. His leadership, film study and mentorship is an excellent addition. We still need to find his young long term replacement though and we'll now need to use a draft pick on C. Like with Sherman, we never found or trained his young long term solution. I hope that's not the case here.
TW was a no-brainer retaining move. And well done!
We still need to ADD talent to a unit that got destroyed again last year in PP.
The good news is Mack only gave up 1 sack last year. Tomlinson is still one of the worst G's in the league in PP despite playing next to 2 HOF T's.
If they can upgrade the RG spot significantly, you can expect MM to play much better in a contract year.
Williams - Tomlinson - Mack - Slater - McGlinchey
Almost there!
I'm thinking the OLine youth will be drafted later (due to the two free agent OLinemen they just got). In other words, there is less of a need to get a polished rookie, because of the two starters -- and they can afford now, to wait on a young raw rookie - maybe in the 3rd to 5th rounds - to sit and learn and develop. Having said that, if they go for Slater at #12, I'd be all for it. Jimmy's health demands it.