Left Guard

I’m guessing the LG will be Cooper and a rookie drafted inside the 1st 3 rounds.
 
kumizi said:
i feel the exact same way

i dont even understand how you basically have 4 first round picks on the OL and the 4th pick in the draft at RB and your're still worried about the offensive line. it's mind blowing how bad they are at team building.

how do the Eagles have one of the best Olines in the league without 5 first round picks?
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A lot is said about how the Cowboys have done such a great job drafting along the o-line. When you pick an o-lineman in the 1st round, early sometimes, is that really that great a job? I don't think so. You are spot on about team building. The FO doesn't have a clue about real talent recognition in an overall team building sense. In today's NFL to build a truly contending team you can't do it solely through the draft. When you're always up against the cap limit, kicking the can down the road, and you've got late round & undrafted FA's as starters you're going nowhere.
 
Interesting I have not heard a thing about Cooper at all from any source. Outside of he is expected to be ready to practice in the OTA's. Nothing on his FA status.
 
It is looking more and more like this is a high draft priority.

We don't seem interested in signing Cooper back.

And no, Virginia, there is not some resolution that is still available in free agency.

I will admit, their interest in Hernandez is hardly transparent.
 
Old'Boyfan said:
A lot is said about how the Cowboys have done such a great job drafting along the o-line. When you pick an o-lineman in the 1st round, early sometimes, is that really that great a job? I don't think so. You are spot on about team building. The FO doesn't have a clue about real talent recognition in an overall team building sense. In today's NFL to build a truly contending team you can't do it solely through the draft.
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Frederick was a great pick, better than the "experts".
Tyron was consensus.
Martin fell in our laps.
Leary and Collins were smart dealing.
Parnell was smart dealing and development.
Green, a disappointment, but largely because they screwed up and tried to turn him into a guard.

You can say the drafting wasn't great on the oline, but the player acquisition was. Leary, Colins, and Parnell were great acquisitions.
 
Old'Boyfan said:
A lot is said about how the Cowboys have done such a great job drafting along the o-line. When you pick an o-lineman in the 1st round, early sometimes, is that really that great a job? I don't think so. You are spot on about team building. The FO doesn't have a clue about real talent recognition in an overall team building sense. In today's NFL to build a truly contending team you can't do it solely through the draft. When you're always up against the cap limit, kicking the can down the road, and you've got late round & undrafted FA's as starters you're going nowhere.
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Every single team in this league has late rounders and/or UDFAs as starters on their team so what the hell are you talking about? God you guys are so hysterically whiny it's unbelievable.
 
Green was drafted despite a history of injuries. He's been hurt every year. Can't count on him. Doubt he makes it thru camp without an injury.
 
armadillooutlaw said:
FWI, for anyone that says "let's just bring back Cooper to start", remember, he has a long injury history, INCLUDING that nasty injury in the last game last year.
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Last report I could find said it wasn't that serious.
https://sportsday.***BANNED-URL***/...2/31/injury-update-free-agent-jonathan-cooper
Cooper said after the game, however, that he escaped without suffering a serious injury to his knee.​

I don't want the guy to get hurt, but just for the facts, the injury probably helps us keep Cooper for cheap, and it doesn't sound like a serious setback for his previous injuries. He's getting healthy and was looking ok. I expect he will be better next year if we keep him.

We should consider buying low and giving him a Looneyish contract to start at LG or be our main backup interior lineman. The Cards wanted to try him at C.
 
buybuydandavis said:
Cost comparisons are not meaningful without future dead money.
We have been playing Frederick and Smith on ~1mil base salary up through 2017.
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Yeah, it's hard to give an apples to apples comparison because if I do that then we need to consider that Frederick with five more years should have a lot more dead money than a guy like Jason Peters who's 36 and has two years.

The point is more to show that Philly hasn't just scrapped together this great O-line. Just like us, they've committed a lot of resources.
 
I keep hoping we're reaching the promised land, but we never seem to get any closer than we already were. Another 1st rounder shouldn't be necessary for this Oline to be oppressively good. I think we need to move our focus elsewhere with our top picks.
 
DanA said:
Yeah, it's hard to give an apples to apples comparison because if I do that then we need to consider that Frederick with five more years should have a lot more dead money than a guy like Jason Peters who's 36 and has two years.

The point is more to show that Philly hasn't just scrapped together this great O-line. Just like us, they've committed a lot of resources.
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Both fair points. The strong point is that Philly spent to get their oline.
 
diefree666 said:
Interesting I have not heard a thing about Cooper at all from any source. Outside of he is expected to be ready to practice in the OTA's. Nothing on his FA status.
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It has been pretty quiet.

You would think that if he was moving on, he would have already done so.

Maybe he is waiting for the mighty Stephen Jones pen stroke to free up his money.
 
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