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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Stop changing the subject to Brian Burns. We're talking about left tackle.
Again, of the top 20 or so left tackles in the league, HALF of them were taken outside the top half of the first round.
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That’s a pretty big gamble heading into your generational QB’s prime years.
Terron Armstead and David Bakhtiari are the outliers, not the norm. We literally had this convo the year we traded for Brown Jr. it was a great tackle class that was deep. But those guys available weren’t LT’s.
I think they’re gonna end up paying Brown Jr but at a fungible contract that won’t hurt the team. They know how hard it is to find even decent LT’s like Brown Jr.
I think they stick with him due to pride and the knowledge that even with his struggles he’s an acceptable LT that isn’t a full blown disaster. I think they also stick with him bc they don’t want to use resources to fix something they traded a first rd pick for; they’d rather use resources to make the team stronger overall.