Andrus Peat signs with the Raiders (Merged)

St. Widge said
Maybe I'm recalling wrong, but wasn't Armstead already the starting LT when Peat was drafted which resulted in Peat trying to be a RT, which he failed at, and then a RG, which he failed at, which resulted in him being moved to LG? I don't think he was ever really given a shot at LT until this past year. When he got his shot, he was an average LT. Clearly we want to upgrade but, if he can play the scheme, he would have been a solid depth piece at this point. But, I do think age has caught up with him and he is not as agile as he once was.

And he was mostly a good LG. The problem was he also got injured a lot. It's not what you really want from a #13 pick, but he was still a good LG for several years although injury prone. It was probably time to move on, but I still worry that we don't have anyone behind Penning at LT (other than seeing if Fuaga can switch sides) and Penning is no sure thing. So, even if he wasn't a scheme fit, I would be more confident about the position if I knew we had an average veteran behind Penning. That doesn't have to be Peat, but unless someone shakes loose before the start of the season, there really aren't any options on the free agent market.

Terron Armstead took over the starting LT job from Charles Brown at the end of the 2013 season. Brown had gotten smoked in the Rams game that December and Payton figured he saw all he needed to.

In 2014 Armstead left the Dallas blowout loss early, tried to go but couldn’t in late-season games against Carolina and Chicago, then missed the last two games.

In 2015 it looked like Strief’s time was coming to an end, and Peat was BPA at 13, so they took him with the intention of having him take over for Strief. Payton said it, Brees said it, Strief even said it. But Peat couldn’t play the right, so he moved to LG, a hard position for a 6’7” guy to play. Lots of Peat’s injuries were of the “big man, fall hard” variety which I try not to hold too much against the very large man playing out of position.

Overall I’m grateful to have had him for the years, appreciated his ability to kick out and play LT as needed, and just don’t have anything bad to say about him.