The **** do you want them to do?

Lay out your plan.

I wouldn't want that to be the plan for a full season, and if we didn't think Fisher was coming back.

And I'm still not sure we shouldn't hedge the bet with an earlyish draft pick.

But yeah, he could hold the fort until later in the year and then be your swing tackle.

I already have. Numerous times.

Um, if you draft a tackle, he's never been in the building. There's zero difference between Niang and a draftee in that regard, other than Niang is already on the roster and paid for.

Well post it here or link it up. There’s multiple threads discussing this shit.

every time I lay out a plan, I'm told it's unrealistic and devoting too many resources to the offensive line.

And then people want to play Rankin, Reiter, and Wylie again.

Yarp. Or go after veteran brokedicks and pray they can hold it down.

If our tackles come January are Fisher in his normal form and Niang, I think we will be just fine.

But obviously they have to add one or two other tackles to hold the fort possibly. A stopgap LT until Fisher is ready, and maybe a developmental option for the future.

I don't WANT to play Rankin, Reiter, or Wylie. I just happen to think they will.

I'm honestly not opposed to what you've outlined, I don't think it's overspending.

The plan I'm not down with is trading a bunch of picks to trade up or drafting an OL just to draft an OL.

As long as Niang has been working out and getting better, which we know he has, he’s nothing more than a redshirt coming in as a rookie. There’s no reason to think he forgot how to play football.

Nope. The only option is three offensive linemen in the first three rounds. That’s it.

I'll give you the cliff notes version. Sign Kelce or Linsley in FA, trade up to draft a cornerstone T prospect, and figure out the rest when you determine if Fisher can play to his usual standard.

Again, drafting an OT and assuming he'll step right in and start is exactly the same as making that assumption about Niang.

You're either okay with it or not.

So your solution is to rely on essentially 2 rookies?

I mean shit. My plan was drafting a center/guard and a tackle in the first three rounds and finding a way to get Kelce. I don’t see Reid or Veach drafting 4-5 offensive linemen and even if they did....they all aren’t starting day one.