Bills release RT/LG La’el Collins (Merged)
Just so I am clear - I am fine with us taking Fuaga in the 1st round... My point is - If we were not going to actually go all out to fix the Oline... there was no point in taking him, and we should have gone all in on skill positions to surround Carr with weapons...
In case you have noticed (just like I said when we picked Fuaga) - A rookie OT was not going to fix the Oline now or in the near future... It was going to take a lot more than that... And here we are 2 weeks from the opener, and every other thread/post is about how 2/5 of the Oline is still garbage... and how we need to look at every scrub every team cuts...
So here we are... No man crush TE... and 2/5th of the Oline that still can't keep the QB off his back... and a coach that won't do what's necessary to truly address either...
You could see this coming a mile away before the draft if you were paying attention... that's why I was like "screw it"... do whatever it takes to get as many blue chip skill guys as possible... because our Oline is going to be an issue no matter what we do there because so many bad decisions and drafts picks are already made there.
Had they brought in 2 serious FA Olinemen this offseason... and drafted 2 high pick Olinemen this offseason... I would not have said a word... that's at least being serious about it.
And don't tell me "quality additions were made on the OL" outside of a rookie LT.... that's like peeing on my head and telling me it's rain... if we had done that.... there wouldn't be 6000 posts here by some of the smartest football fans and local analysts I know - pointing out how we still have serious issues there, and that's it's pretty much Armageddon if we lose McCoy or Ruiz... Or if Fuaga doesn't become a stud on day 1.
Your argument reminds me a bit of our old pal NOfalcon10, who'd argue endlessly that there was zero point trying to fix our 32nd ranked defense at all, and that we should instead plow almost all resources into boosting our offensive prowess. (Of course, it didn't help that he thought the answer was receivers like Denzel Mims, Andy Isabella and Kelvin Benjamin 😄😄)
Adding 'blue chip' skill position players to a team with holes at OL would be a bit like being lost in the desert with no food or water, but getting the Red Cross to airlift you a LayzeeBoy, so you'd at least be relatively comfortable while you died of thirst.
To be fair, you spent a lot of time pre-draft saying we didn't need to spend high picks on OL. Practically everyone disagreed with you IIRC. But I notice you now say:-
I am fine with us taking Fuaga in the 1st round...
Had they ... drafted 2 high pick Olinemen this offseason.
You can't have it both ways. You can't demand spending the high pick on your man crush TE (who wasn't even available at the pick), but also that the team should have spent multiple high picks on OL. As well as signing some 'serious FA o linemen", which as we all know are in
such plentiful supply.
The team got the best OL it could in the first round. It then used it's meagre options to try to fix the rest of the unit. Just to be clear, I haven't tried to tell you that the team did enough to cover the problem, but I am comfortable saying that what they did was a hell of a lot more responsible than just not trying.
The idea that if they didn't get more 'serious' OL, they should just not have bothered at all is pretty ludicrous.