Originally posted by Cisco0623:
Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
Originally posted by Cisco0623:
Honestly don't see that from him. The argument is they should always be striving to improve the line to be better, but its one area aside TW they haven't and its now been 7 years of this.
Apparently they wanted to upgrade Center this past offseason, but nothing materialized so they settled back on what we already had. I get it, it happens, but they almost never draft linemen high either. It just seems to be the same routine every year. Our starters are far from terrible, but I am not seeing them invest like they should.
I don't see them drafting OL as very different than the majority of teams. Once you get outside the top 75 picks there isn't this huge difference in talents. I would've like a center too but it is what it is
It's not like DB where the 9ers are the only team in the NFL not to use a 1st or 2nd on a DB via player or trade in the Shanny era.
Also they used a 1 on McGlinchey and 2 on Banks. That is trying. Again if Command would ever argue they aren't succeeding in where they spend their resources that be another issue. But instead he's too busy telling us how great the Rams value their OL two years ago. Now it's the Lions turn. Be someone else in 2 years. Rinse and repeat.
McGlinchey is a big mulligan to me. Not horrible, but certainly not as good as anyone would have hoped, especially in pass protection. Banks looks like a fantastic pick, (who a lot oddly hated at the time) but that's it after 7 years. I like Burford, but he was the 4th round and we need to see more. If they can keep finding late round gems I am all for it, but they've not had nearly the luck on o-line like other areas of the roster.
I didn't even realize that about the DB's. I think they've done well there. Ward was a fantastic signing and the young kids seem to be growing well.
I do fear once we face playoff caliber d lines again it may prove to be our weakness. I would hope they draft some guys high next year, but I wont hold my breath.
Personally I think McGlinchey was more of a Benton pick. Meaning that durability wasn't a high priority during that period of Kyles coaching history. Once he got healthy, I saw some good progress on the pass protection side - then the cap comes in and we can't retain his services, and he leaves. I hate situations like that where just when a good player shows progress, the cap comes in and takes him away.
Banks, Brendal, and Burford look very durable (knock on wood) and hopefully McKivits continues that trend. Having said that, I'd love a talented backup that is young with a 3rd round talent grade Manning the backup OLine positions and on a 2+ year contract with us.
Jalon Moore and Nick Zakelj meet that criteria but they are graded in the lower rounds - talentwise. I'd have loved to have a Banks 2.0 waiting in the wings instead. However I Hope Foerster can work his developmental magic on both Jalon and Nick this season.
