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Originally Posted by RunKC
It’s amazing that anyone criticizes this move. He’s an incredible pass blocking C.
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The question is not, and has never been, the player.
It's the position.
Creed is almost identical in Thuney in that regard. There's not a player at that position I'd rather have on this team than Joe Thuney.
The question is whether or not it matters all that much. Because BOTH of those guys are playing at/near their peaks and this OL is still struggling.
Meanwhile when we had Austin Reiter out there with better OT play, the OL looked much better as an aggregate.
So does paying the C, good as he is, really move the needle that much? And in a cap league, isn't that the most critical question? How much does the money you're spending really move things. Paying huge money to a a great player at a position of minimal impact isn't terribly dissimilar from playing huge money to an average player at a position of massive impact.
Would we be better with Caliendo at C and an average pass blocking OT making $18 million/season than we are with Morris at LT and an $18 million center? I'd say we probably would be.
It's not the player - it's the position.