Originally posted by 9ers4eva:
Couldve spent multi Milions on Orlando Brown instead of Javon Hargrave and been in the exact same spot.
I'll take Hargrave than you.
To a certain extent, I somewhat agree with you. OLinemen are different from DLinemen in that OLinemen depend on the guy next to them to do their job, whereas, DLinemen can each disrupt a play all by themselves. They can, in a sense, be plug and play from the git-go. OLinemen, on the other hand, need a ton of reps to be on the same page with each other, or there will be breakdowns in passing a defender to the other guy to pick up stunts (for example). So say you get a Rashaun Slater, he'll need at least half a season (if not more) to be truly integrated into the Kyle Shanahan complicated zone/gap blocking system.
Still, I do advocate stacking the OLine talent. This one year rental deal (Feliciano and Pryor) kind of eliminates that timing and synchronicity that you develop as both players (or most of the offensive players) play together for a long time. Example: Purdy and Aiyuk and how they developed their chemistry over a long period of playing together. It should be the same with the offensive line.