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Originally Posted by htismaqe
I have a hard time believing DJ and Smith are "roughly equal". Smith was not good for long stretches last year. He's now a year older and he hasn't played. Humphries HAS to be better than that
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I can't claim to have really dug through the tape on the guy.
But I also take some exception to the idea that Smith had long stretches of ass last season. He was always just...credible. Sure, had some bad games, but so will DJ.
Now might Humphries be better than what Smith could offer this year having aged another season and sat out this long? Sure. But I think you should place a reasonable baseline for Humphries at where Smith played last season. If you
expect more than that from a guy who's coming off a serious knee injury and who's career was...solid...well that just seems unwise.
He's going to have to be part of a solution (along with Pacheco and the return of Brown, and hopefully additional confidence from Pat/chemistry with Worthy). But he's not going to be a panacea. At his best, he wasn't THAT good. He was really good in 2020 but otherwise he's been...solid. A Cam Robinson sort of guy who's a better pass blocker than run blocker but not ELITE pass blocker. For that matter, he's been similar to Taylor over his career.
As I said in the other thread, I think Taylor caliber play on the left side is the MOST you can reasonably ask from him.