JoeyFlex5
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Dude, I'm telling you, hurst looked like a legitimate starter last night. I've hated hurst as much as anyone, but he was excellent, didn't give up an inch in pass pro and he got guys off the ball in the run, if he plays that way all year then he will actually be an upgrade to Wagner.As much as this is true, I'd rather have a healthy Siragusa than Elumenor who's very raw. As great as Stanley is in pass pro, he's one man. Flacco might have a ton of pressure coming to the blind side now because we are starting a fifth round rookie? Does he have a lot of potential? Yes, but he's not ready yet(granted I have yet to see the preseason game because it doesn't air until tomorrow in california). I'm even more pissed now than I was before about the lack of addressing the offensive line. It should have been a top priority. Again, these new changes and whatnot don't matter if Flacco goes down. From what I heard last night, the right side of the line, and Jensen should be fine, and Stanley is a stud. But having someone who could potentially be a massive Gino Gradkowski esq liability makes me very concerned. I have full confidence in Stanley, Yanda, Howard going forward and hearing good things about Jensen is awesome. But I still have to see it to believe it for Hurst, and have 0 faith in the depth.
Just saying. We need to make more moves and should have made this a bigger priority. I want Ozzie's head if Flacco goes down with a major injury, which I think is inevitable at this point sadly.
Now whether or not he plays that way all year is another story, but if last night was any indication then we are fine with our starting 5 regardless of the LG