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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I've looked primarily at pass block win rates. Mostly because I don't really care about his run blocking (I know I should. Still don't).
As for LT vs. RT -- it just has much less impact on my analysis given that A) They're both extremely expensive now and B) We need our RT to be able to block as well as our LT because we put our TE off the line as often as we do.
Now I think a good argument exists that the right answer would've been to retain Wylie at a much lower figure than Taylor and then sign, say, Armstead. But at the time Armstead signed, we still had OBJr.
When we signed Taylor, the situation we found ourselves in was one where we HAD to get a guy who at least had the tools to play LT to say 'yes'. Wylie didn't. Taylor does have the physical tools to do that job.
And someone would've paid him LT money, IMO. So again, the market is what the market is. LT vs. RT becomes less and less relevant at that point.
The options were pretty damn limited when we declined to Franchise Brown, couldn't get a reasonable extension done and ultimately entered the off-season without a single OT under contract. We put ourselves in quite a pickle.
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Originally Posted by -King-
When we signed Taylor, they made it seem like he would be the LT and we were all sure the contract indicated that he was the LT. And then....he never was. And they never tried him there even with the cluster**** that had been this season at that position. I wonder what happened.
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I got shit on alot for my "we should sign OBJ" takes when they were never really based on him being a great LT.
It's that.....shit there just aren't many of them. We can't seem to figure out how to draft and develop one, I dunno if it's what we're looking for or what is happening there (it's the same at DE it seems like) so it was kinda "ride with who brought you".
LT/QB and somewhat DE are just spots that there aren't alot of people that can do it at a very high level. So if you have one that can, even if it's just in spurts, you basically have to keep that guy around.