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Originally Posted by Bowser
I'm no expert, so you tell me. Would that line be better than the line we put on the field in '07?
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Well you have 700 young pounds on the right side of the line, and that's a vast improvement over the 600 old-ass pounds we had with Welbourne and Turley/Terry. I'm not saying Kieth translates well to the NFL, that has yet to be seen, and I'm not sold on the idea that Richardson can get his ass in gear, but Taylor himself is an improvement at RG or RT, and either of those players have a shot at grading out at the other position.
Niswanger is definitely an upgrade in the Herm Edwards scheme over Wiegmann, but that's a conversation we've already had.
The left side is stopgap. Waters has maybe two years left, and McIntosh can man down LT for another year while we compete for Michael Oher in 2009.
I'd say it's an upgrade. Not because I have loads of faith in Taylor/Kieth/Richardson to become a solid unit on the right side, but simply because we're replacing one of the worst right sides in NFL history.