Jerry: I feel very good about roster but would like to have more OL depth

[Risen Star]

 

[BEARCATSKLZ]

Maybe should have went that way in the 2nd vs reaching for a position where we had depth.

 

[FaSho]

Maybe should have went that way in the 2nd vs reaching for a position where we had depth.

Hey man, Luke is gonna be a top 10, #2 TE before we know it!

 

[rambo2]

Maybe should have went that way in the 2nd vs reaching for a position where we had depth.

They do have 2 rookie olinemen on the roster. Maybe they did the right thing. Some thought Tyler Smith was a reach the year before.

 

[Risen Star]

 

[Jarntt]

I'm not sure which would be worse for a GM: not thinking you need more OL depth while looking at our roster or knowing that you do and doing almost nothing about it all offseason...

 

[Carson]

The stressful part with this OL is they are very top heavy.

Tyron, Tyler, Biadasz, Martin, Steele.

But with Tyler Smith banged up and Tyrons history we could be down to Asim Richards and TJ Bass playing serious snaps on Sunday.

Still unsure why a guy like Jason Peters or Justin Pugh wouldn’t have been called in yet.

This is why getting a guy like O’Cyrus Torrence wouldve been massive.

 

[rambo2]

I'm not sure which would be worse for a GM: not thinking you need more OL depth while looking at our roster or knowing that you do and doing almost nothing about it all offseason...

They added 2 rookies and 2 veterans. They signed Martin and Steele. What exactly were they supposed to do?

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I'm not sure which would be worse for a GM: not thinking you need more OL depth while looking at our roster or knowing that you do and doing almost nothing about it all offseason...

They drafted Richards, and signed Bass and Edoga. Then of course he has consistently drafted oline in the top 100 for years.

I don't see how you can make this claim.

At the end of the day, OL scarcity is real. Reading draft guides you can see after the first few rounds the talent level drops. We have been outstanding in finding late round gems like Biadasz and Steele but most teams cannot even start 5 players at the standards you guys set.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

The stressful part with this OL is they are very top heavy.

Tyron, Tyler, Biadasz, Martin, Steele.

But with Tyler Smith banged up and Tyrons history we could be down to Asim Richards and TJ Bass playing serious snaps on Sunday.

Still unsure why a guy like Jason Peters or Justin Pugh wouldn’t have been called in yet.

This is why getting a guy like O’Cyrus Torrence wouldve been massive.

Torrence was never in the picture. We like our zone concepts and he simply lacks the agility we require. We are not a gap scheme even if we have gap calls.

 

[BEARCATSKLZ]

They do have 2 rookie olinemen on the roster. Maybe they did the right thing. Some thought Tyler Smith was a reach the year before.

No one can argue against a 'Maybe'... But it's a huge maybe given Tyron (history, age), Zach (age), Steele (recovery)... I also realize we have drafted 2 guards in the 2-3rd rounds that we cut and are starting for very good teams...

Specifically a center and guard... we have depth gaps at center and guard...

 

[rambo2]

No one can argue against a 'Maybe'... But it's a huge maybe given Tyron (history, age), Zach (age), Steele (recovery)... I also realize we have drafted 2 guards in the 2-3rd rounds that we cut and are starting for very good teams...

Specifically a center and guard... we have depth gaps at center and guard...

Bass has been impressive so far.

 

[CCBoy]

On a sidebar here: Jerry has been making press statements putting accountability for play back on roster. He is putting pressure back on the team now, as a GM. That along with productivity matching up with play levels.

Conclusion: this team better win at a high level or changes will be coming!

Dak and McCarthy don't currently have the leeway that Jimmy started out with and Troy had when the OC was brought in to make things work around him. Dak has that in place now as well...

 

[Carson]

Torrence was never in the picture. We like our zone concepts and he simply lacks the agility we require. We are not a gap scheme even if we have gap calls.

Oh I agree. But I still feel like when you have the BPA on the board, at a place of need, you find a way to make it work.

I don’t hate Schoonmaker being drafted there.

This is a Super Bowl caliber team. But I worry the train could come off the track with injuries at certain positions.

 

[CCBoy]

The stressful part with this OL is they are very top heavy.

Tyron, Tyler, Biadasz, Martin, Steele.

But with Tyler Smith banged up and Tyrons history we could be down to Asim Richards and TJ Bass playing serious snaps on Sunday.

Still unsure why a guy like Jason Peters or Justin Pugh wouldn’t have been called in yet.

This is why getting a guy like O’Cyrus Torrence wouldve been massive.

Torrence was a different style blocker than what Dallas now uses most of the time.

 

[John813]

They drafted Richards, and signed Bass and Edoga. Then of course he has consistently drafted oline in the top 100 for years.

I don't see how you can make this claim.

At the end of the day, OL scarcity is real. Reading draft guides you can see after the first few rounds the talent level drops. We have been outstanding in finding late round gems like Biadasz and Steele but most teams cannot even start 5 players at the standards you guys set.

This fanbase has been spoiled since the early 2010's.

Watching the Dolphins for 20 something years and that's a team that struggles to land 2-3 good linemen most years, let alone 5 which this team has now, healthy.

And, now it's expected to have legit backups without any warts in their game.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Maybe should have went that way in the 2nd vs reaching for a position where we had depth.

Amen

 

[America's Cowboy]

Hey man, Luke is gonna be a top 10, #2 TE before we know it!

And Trey Lance is going to be a top 10 QB before we know it as well! Nice moves, Jerry...

loool

 

[ElGatoGrande]

I'm not sure which would be worse for a GM: not thinking you need more OL depth while looking at our roster or knowing that you do and doing almost nothing about it all offseason...

of all the freaking things to admit to after an entire off-season has gone by and he's done nothing,,, like he's got no control over it. Contender rosters like this with closing windows are the ones you go "all-in" on, not sit there like an idiot lamenting that you didn't even try to fix it.

 

[USArmyVet]

They added 2 rookies and 2 veterans. They signed Martin and Steele. What exactly were they supposed to do?

Martin and Steele were already on the roster so they really didn't sign 2 veterans per se. As for the rookies, they added a UDFA and drafted a 5th round OT....not exactly adding OL talent by way of a 1st thru 3rd round pick.