Originally posted by BrianGO:
Wouldn't it have been nice if ONE of these players; Looney, or Kilgore, or Slowey, or Snyder could play guard as well as Boone, and then Boone spent his time concentrating on OT?
That would give us confidence in knowing that we won't skip a beat if an OT went down. It just seems like a real waste of draft picks and resources to see it play out the way it did.
Because as it stands right now, we have no DEDICATED backup OT.
We currently have: Boone, who is dedicated at guard; Snyder, who skips around everywhere; a 7th round pick at OT; and some UFA fodder at OT.
yes. but then the talks of trading one of the 3 pro bowl OTs for draft picks will start, and it would be very tempting. and i also think a player of that caliber on the bench would be a total waste. if kilgore wins the C spot it would leave them with 1, possible, quality backup G and no dedicated T. which then makes that chain of events nowhere near as bad as it seems now.
but yes i do not like that there is no actual backup at OT. it seems to be baalke's MO though, if there is a hole he will fill it. even if it makes them cut a quality player. it has seemed to work out so far, and they have shown a knack at receiving draft compensation for those players.
all of this becomes null and void when wiggins, omameh, and/or bykowski come out as studs in week 2-3.