All I’m saying is you’re making assumptions too. Nothing you say is based on fact. You’re acting hypocritical criticizing others for their opinion when everything is just your opinion. That’s the point of the modern Internet: opinions and facts and sifting through them.
As far as your other points, a lot of people not just me are asking if Stanley will return. The Ravens won’t let us know because they don’t operate like that and it’s a good thing. Hopefully Stanley recovers but it’s also a bit risky to assume he will without a contingency. Mekari may be it but maybe not. We’ve historically drafted a T to play G and moved numerous times sometimes out of necessity. I think that’s because we like our OL to be diverse to maneuver them. Even JO played Guard.
Stanley had major surgery. It’s a fair question. I’m not sure your background but I have a medical degree among others and would say It’s not a given. For the record, I’m not saying my assumption is any more accurate than yours. I’m just disagreeing with you is all.
I’m not certain we will draft a T high but I’m not saying we won’t like you.
I mean...ok, but several of the things I said in my last post weren't opinions. They actually were facts.
The fact that Stanley, Mekari and Moses have guaranteed roster spots isn't an opinion. It's a fact.
The fact that we have at least two interior lineman on the roster with guaranteed roster spots isn't an opinion either. It's a fact.
These things aren't up for debate or interpretation. The questionability of their impact or how well they play has a 0% impact on their roster status and how we allocate that.
I really don't care if people are talking about if Stanley returns. The entire concept of questioning whether he will isn't based on anything scientific or anything from a doctor, a team official, or literally anybody in a position to know those things. Its purely fanboy people suggesting that he might not because he's barely played in a year and a half. I work with the information I have until that information changes. Seems like a pretty straight forward thought process. Not sure why people are so fearful to adopt it.
In reality, it kind of doesn't matter at this point. They added one tackle like we all said they would, and they'll likely add another, like we will said they would. The difference is whether you add one in the draft early, who also probably won't be able to play LT (because historically, they won't) either, or you add a developmental player to play RT if needed, which is what I think they'll do. I think either Moses or Mekari can be the backup LT at this point, and I don't think we'll do any better now or in the future in that spot.
As for Tackles playing Guard, sure, it happens all the time. Much of that is a product of the best lineman in college playing Tackle in college, as opposed to them not being natural interior lineman. Oline play in college is already bad enough, so the idea of them putting their best Olineman on any given team on the interior isn't realistic. In any given years there's Tackles coming out of college who were great and that universally won't translate into anything other than a high-end interior lineman in the NFL. There's a reason for that.
Historically, we do draft Tackles and convert them into Guards. They just don't come from first round picks, or even rarely high picks. The closest thing to it was KO like a decade ago. For a third or fourth round pick, sure, makes perfect sense. That's historically where we've gotten high end interior and RT play from anyway, which is where I think they'll be at come late April.
As far as criticizing others opinions, THAT'S the modern internet. The modern internet has nothing to do with sifting through opinions. It has everything to do with people expressing those opinions, being able to defend them when challenged, and supporting those opinions with basis, evidence, facts, etc. There's a moral obligation there.
