With falalee and vorhees not starting, that alone should make us better. I do think we will need tackles next season though.
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2026 Offseason Thread
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allblackraven
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I hope we don't go into the season without the serviceable 3rd tackle ready.
UPennChem
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I'll be extremely pleasantly surprised if that's the case! I'm hoping for it.
The way it would be a SB team is if we stay extremely healthy and we get production out of the rookie class. The depth of this team is quite bad conpared to what Harbs generally had since 2019.
redrum52
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JoeyFlex5
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After hearing everything EDC has said in the media circuit since the draft, I’m glad we took Vega over Bain, here’s why..
If we take Bain at 14, we know that Boston and Zion were the targets at 45, we know that they REALLY wanted to draft some TEs, and we know that they liked Logan jones and Jake slaughter for C, but we ALSO know that Eric wasn’t expecting either of them to go as high as they did.
Boston was gone by 45, Zion would’ve been the only player left on our board and we signed an edge and drafted one 14th, we would likely be taking one of the centers or the top TE in stowers, but since we know Eric thought a C would be available in the third, Stowers would almost certainly have been the pick. I much prefer Vega and Zion over Bain and stowers.
Now we have to ask, did we value stowers enough to not trade back? I think no, I think Eric trades back, thinking he can go into the third and grab a C, he already said he accounted for his bias in needing a C and so he tried not to inflate the value of those C prospects. We trade back hoping for one of those guys and potentially miss out on both. At that point I have no idea how it would’ve gone.
With that, I think we had the best case scenario for our top 2 picks, taking Bain at 14 actually could’ve been disastrous in its trickle down effect.
If we take Bain at 14, we know that Boston and Zion were the targets at 45, we know that they REALLY wanted to draft some TEs, and we know that they liked Logan jones and Jake slaughter for C, but we ALSO know that Eric wasn’t expecting either of them to go as high as they did.
Boston was gone by 45, Zion would’ve been the only player left on our board and we signed an edge and drafted one 14th, we would likely be taking one of the centers or the top TE in stowers, but since we know Eric thought a C would be available in the third, Stowers would almost certainly have been the pick. I much prefer Vega and Zion over Bain and stowers.
Now we have to ask, did we value stowers enough to not trade back? I think no, I think Eric trades back, thinking he can go into the third and grab a C, he already said he accounted for his bias in needing a C and so he tried not to inflate the value of those C prospects. We trade back hoping for one of those guys and potentially miss out on both. At that point I have no idea how it would’ve gone.
With that, I think we had the best case scenario for our top 2 picks, taking Bain at 14 actually could’ve been disastrous in its trickle down effect.
you're completely discounted Ledford as one of the best OL coaches in the league.
Baltimorican
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You can have a good Oline with 1 hole. You can't have one with 2 holes. We'll see how it all pans out but that's my root for optimism.
JoeyFlex5
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And it’s easier to hide bad C play with one great guard and one good guard, than it is to hide 2 awful guards with one great C
redrum52
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And you understand my optimism.
redrum52
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People are way too stressed about wr. We have an OC who has been around great playcallers and schemers. We have one of the best OL coaches in the league, and I believe we upgraded the unit. I think people are putting way too much weight into our WR corps. We have one of the best qbs in the league, working with what could be one of the better offensive minds in the league. Pass protect and run block, and the offense will most likely be just fine. And whatever it was we had on the other side of the ball probably takes a HUGE leap.
Baltimorican
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A single game without Zay would look like 2022.
redrum52
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Almost every team that loses its #1 will see a dip in production. We didn't have Zay vs Buffalo in the playoffs, and that wasn't the reason we lost.
Again, with the OL being upgraded, we rely less on Lamar in the run game. We might be able to pound teams into submission.
I almost edited that last part... na
gtalk12
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I don't trust Bate or Andrews. We have too many years now of this
gtalk12
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We lost because our second best target threw the game all second half.
Baltimorican
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We had Likely and it was Bateman's only good year.
Baltimorican
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We've had a top tier TE group that mitigates the need at WR. We don't have that luxury anymore.
gtalk12
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On paper, yes. Andrews has never lived up to any of his regular season hype.
Not even for a quarter
We do not know if both G spots have been upgraded. We know one went from bad to mediocre and the other is a 1st round rookie. Maybe he is good. Maybe he is no better than what existed last season and is bottom 5. He has 0 NFL snaps so I am not willing to say one way or the other. I do know that a top 5 C is gone and that there is a massive hole there right now. I have seen how bad the OLine looks with awful C play hence why I would be surprised if it is as good as it was last season even if the G play is improved.
disagree completely
drake london moved differently to most of these other X guys when he was coming out - was a top 10 pick for a reason