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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
For you (and definitely you, Idaho, as I believe you were early on this train) -- if the Rams tag Alaric Jackson, what would you give up?
At this point, I honestly don't see enough difference in Smith and Jackson in terms of pure value to this team to see a noticable difference between the two.
So if the Rams tag Jackson and we tag Smith, then we can get Smith dealt for a mid 2nd and flip that mid 2nd to the Rams for Jackson while getting Jackson extended at figures that are close to what Smith would extend at -- dammit, I think I'd just do it and call it a day.
If not, I'm calling the Dolphins about Armstead.
Stanley's availability is just so spotty. Not the upshot to that is that it will likely be priced into his value on the market AND, while we seemingly have nothing we can truly count on to start, we do have some options in Morris and even Kingsley that might not be catastrophic if he misses 2-3 games here and there.
I mean I don't think you can reasonably expect more than 12 games out of Stanley at this point. The injury history is just so damn loud. And he's getting older.
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I've kinda been anti-Jackson because I think McVay asked very little of him relative to what most LTs, especially Andy's, are asked to do. There just isn't much tape or proof out there to give a high degree of confidence he can execute the job description of a KC left tackle. I guess that's also why I do favor Stanley a little - I know he's a Andy Reid prototype in a lot of ways. Armstead too, but his injury history is no better; it may be worse.
I'll reiterate too though that Andy shouldn't be asking so damn much of these guys anymore, OL are already behind the curve so much in this era that you're really setting them up to fail with as little help as he gives them. I'm not even saying just chip help, it goes beyond that.