One thing to love about the team is the young, cheap depth on the oline.
Knight, McGovern, Biadasz, Steele.
And Looney has been playing better than I expected.
Willliams seems like a weak link. Wonder if he just didn't have enough time healthy with the knee to prepare for the season. Or if he's just turning into a KP. Either way, I'd try a young guy in to replace him at LG.
Yeah, I’m liking what some of these younger OL are doing, as well. Knight in particular looks like a nice player that can play inside or outside.
For being an UDFA rookie with no offseason, Steele has impressed me as well.
And Looney is a good player, IMO. He’ll never be a high end starter like Frederick but he can start in this league. He’s way better than some fans give him credit for. He gets blamed for the mess that was the 2018 OL, but actually most of that blame belongs on Paul Alexander... or on whoever wanted to hire him as the OL coach. He had the whole line jacked up.
As for Williams, I hesitate to judge him this season off of the first two weeks... it’s not really an accurate picture of him having to play against Aaron Donald and Grady Jarrett in his only action so far. Jarrett is one of the most disruptive DT’s in the league and Donald is one of the best in the 100 year history of the NFL.
Not to mention that he is coming off of ACL surgery and when playing against Jarrett, he had Knight next to him instead of Smith.
I think the next few games will paint a more accurate picture of Williams’ progress.
Overall. I am really impressed with the OL coaching that is doing a phenomenal job with what has been a very unstable situation in the first two games. OL takes more time to work together than any other unit, and with very little practice and two UDFA tackles, the OL coaching has that group playing infinitely better than should be expected under those circumstances. They’ve been able to run the ball and today Dak was able to drop back and pass for almost 500 yards.
Big time kudos to the coaches.