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Originally Posted by GordonGekko
For offensive line we have to wonder why the young guys (Kingsley, Morris, Caliendo, etc.) none are really excelling, and then guys like Trey Smith and Jawaan Taylor are showing declines as well. In the Superbowl the entire offensive line got handled, inexcusable in such a high stakes game.
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No we don't.
One was a late 2nd. One was a late 3rd. One was a UDFA. A couple others were 3rd day picks.
And they're in their first or 2nd years.
Morris, as a late 3rd rounder, has FAR exceeded what one could've reasonably expected from a player taken at that point. The fact that he was able to provide credible performances in about 80% of his NFL starts is pretty damn impressive. The fact that he's started at all in meaningful games for a contender as a rookie/soph is also a feather in his cap.
Methinks you've missed my point there entirely.
Expecting ANY of these guys to excel was folly. They weren't blue chippers. They weren't given training wheels. They were all flawed prospects, some of them are fringe NFL guys at best, who were thrown to the fire.
No, we don't have to wonder why they haven't been superlative. We have to wonder why we ever thought they should have been.