Our Offensive Line’s draft pedigree……

Outbackjack said

1 st round picks…..

Faugu
Penning
Mccoy
Ruiz

(Ramcyzk and Peat)


There are SO MANY teams that have good/great OL’s and doesn’t require all 1st round picks.

Why can we only succeed if all our 1st round picks are healthy?

Shouldn’t we be able to identify some in the later rounds, FA, coach them up….anything.

This just severely narrows your window when it’s required to have the top of the top ranked guys only.

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Ruiz was 2nd I think, but nevertheless Ram, Peat, Ruiz, McCoy, and Penning were all made under a different offensive staff/philosophy. The new approach will likely look similar to what you're suggesting because outside of LT this scheme puts a premium on skill position players and less emphasis on Oline talent.

Still, I'm looking at some mid-season reviews and while Fuaga hasn't been a bust at LT, he's not been good per PFF. He might be a better fit at LG, which could potentially put us back in contention for a LT.