Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Love the improvement as the year went on 
Love his nasty streak and that he's always looking for work. Overall he was a below-average G but it was an exceptional baseline year for a rookie and you can see, like with Banks, all the tools are there. It's just now a matter of conditioning, working hard on his technique and mental processing. And that all comes with hard work and NFL experience. Banks is great too in that in his first year, he showed he CAN play at a pro bowl level...conditioning had him on the decline as the season wore on but the talent IS there. This is certainly the best 'talent' we've started at both G positions and the depth behind them is very strong as well now. If the FO had secured Cameron Fleming or Isaiah Wynn for RT, this would have been the most talented OL we've seen during the Kyle Shanahan 7-year era.
In a few of those Plays, it was McGlinchy that looked like he was overmatched in the pass blocking, and I also noticed how Brock read the defense much faster than Jimmy in some of those clips. He was much smoother while I got the feeling Jimmy was rushing and panicking in some of those QB reads. I'm still disappointed ShanaLynch couldn't pick up a talented offensive lineman in the draft and have to depend on undrafted free agents in this draft cycle. However, they've had good success in finding gems in the undrafted category, so I hope they found some diamonds in the rough (Fisher, Luciano, Manning) as well as continuing to develop Poe, Pryor, Feliciano, and Zakelj. Hopefully Moore and McKivitz are starter level ready this season.
That interior looks good (Banks, Brendel, Burford), and with Trent holding up the left side, if Kyle can get that right tackle developed, this looks like it's going to develop into a pretty good offensive line. Looking forward to next year when they finally have a first round pick that they can possibly use for Trent's understudy.