Just throwing this out there.
Either Dallas really likes someone on their roster at guard or maybe there is a tackle in college football somewhere that they think they can get later and kick inside..
Just odd that they have more confidence in guards on the roster than they do Ferguson and Hendershot to pass on Torrence.
Good point.
I have wanted a mauler/road grader like Torrence for years, and I loved the idea of pairing him on the left side next to Tyler Smith for years to come.
I am also unsure of what they are thinking at Guard.
I hope it's not that they feel they can depend on Tyron staying healthy. I just don't see that.
Edoga is a nice guy to be able to bring in off the bench, sub for multiple positions (like a Jason Peters replacement), I just don't see him being a long term solution as a starter.
We have been "out physicalled" by the Niners and Eagles (at times) in recent years, and I loved the idea of adding Mazi andf Torrence in the first 2 rounds. 2 of the biggest, strongest guys out there to beef up our middles.
I know this is an unpopular position on this board, as there is a lot of hate for Dalton Schultz for some reason, but I always felt he was a solid performer. Not elite like a Kelce/Andrews, but above average. I liked our TE room a lot last year.
The deal he signed with Houston was not a 1 year, 9 mil deal like was reported.
It was actually a 6.25 mil one year deal for Schultz.
They got creative with it.
His cap number this coming season is just 2.8 mil, not the 9 mil people assume.
He will cost them some dead cap down the road, but a very managable number.
Hindsight is always 20/20 of course, but I would have preferred keeping Schultz another year or 2 on a reasonable deal and not having to go TE in the draft. Bolster those lines with Mazi and Torrence, add a running back to platoon with Pollard (which would also free Pollard to be used more as a playmaker all over the field).
I don't mind the Overshown pick, he is a dynamic player, very much a DQ guy, it just means we are depending 100% on LVE as the Mike, and I have oftentimes felt that he is not a true Mike. I wanted Wagner for this roll honestly. He is a True 3 down Mike, who attacks the LOS. I just see LVE making so many of his tackles well past the LOS, and I worry about his health. I do think having Mazi and Hankins will help however.
The Overshown pick also means we are less certain about Cox and Clark IMO, 2 guys the DC media guys have been trying to build up so much. I do see Overshown as a hybrid guy, like a Kearse who they may have rush the passer at times, but mostly off the LOS.
I was so surprised that Torrence was still there at 58, he was top 30 on most boards, at a position of need IMO, so I'm a little bummed we didn't grab him.
