Originally posted by Koldo:
Right tackle wasn't a need until after they traded Brown to the Pats. Before the draft, no one would have said that we had a glaring hole at that position.
Now, in order to justify a poor decision made by Shannahan and Lynch, some people here are calling Brown 'lazy' or questioning his work ethic when he consistently (despite his shortcomings in the running game) proved to be a top-tier tackle (one who outperformed Staley in many games).
Pettis excelled against mediocre DBs and won't bring anything new to the table.
I don't watch too many PAC 12 games but that TD against Alabama was pretty sick.
As for Brown, Shanahan and Lynch challenged a bunch of players to lose weight last year. Armstead, Hyde, Garnett, shoot even Aaron Lynch did. Brown was the only one that didn't. What does that tell you about his future with the team? Is that the kind of guy you give a long term contract too? Plus, he was a liability in the run, before we switched to a outside zone scheme and it limited what Kyle could do schematically. I would rather them replace him, and get something for him, if they were gonna lose him after this season anyway.
[ Edited by flynhayn15 on Apr 29, 2018 at 2:28 AM ]