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Half the best OL players in the NFL were drafted (or undrafted altogether) on the third day

Some very good ones left...my favorite, Walter Rouse (OT/OG Penn St.). 6'5"/324...Smart, was going to become a surgeon before focusing on football. Best fit inside, but played a lot of tackle and could be swing tackle

Beaux Limmer (6'5"/310) is still on the board. He's played all the spots on the inside, but has been Arkansas' center the last year, taking over the spot when Ricky Stromberg was drafted last year

Quote from: Jclayton92 on Today at 02:13:31 PMGotta let dudes develop. We can't keep drafting guys without giving the guys we already have time to flourish or fail.

Excellent point.

Quote from: MightyGiants on Today at 02:00:13 PMFree agent additions

OT MATT NELSON
OC/OG AUSTIN SCHLOTTMANN
OG AARON STINNIE
OL JERMAINE ELUEMUNOR
OG JON RUNYAN, JR
OC JIMMY MORRISSEY

The Giants can't draft offensive linemen to save their lives (Thomas being a notable exception), so maybe throwing a bunch of free agents at the problem...

Eluemunor started at right tackle for the Raiders and can play guard. Runyan is a solid starter at LG. Stinnie was a solid guard with Tampa until a knee injury in preseason ended his season. All three are pretty good linemen. Morrisey and Schlottman are backups with Matt Nelson the backup swing tackle.

Schoen's philosophy this year was to get proven players rather than rolling the dice on Draft picks. With the hard salary cap, teams have to make difficult decisions. Stinnie suffered an injury. I wouldn't classify these guys as "castoffs".

Quote from: AZGiantFan on Today at 02:10:22 PMI dunno, I keep reading here that the line is going to be much improved this year.   

So what part of the line do you not expect to be at least solid to good?

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on Today at 02:09:22 PMDare I say it...or even think it...in "size and play style, he reminds me of watching Jason Witten" (also a day 3 pick). Could we be so lucky?

Change of direction, natural instinct maybe not as good but maybe a faster Kevin Boss? 

Seems like a good pick to me, especially after reading the color from PSUBeirut.

Crazy high RAS, great size, good blocker, good pedigree. He's obviously not Brock Bowers, but he seems like a good get in the 4th.

The only thing I'll say is that I was a little surprised they didn't grab a RB there. The Louisville RB or Jalen Wright would have been nice picks, but maybe they think one of these RBs will make to their 5th round pick and that Johnson was too nice of a prospect to pass up. I also think this means Waller probably won't be back.

Gotta let dudes develop. We can't keep drafting guys without giving the guys we already have time to flourish or fail.

Quote from: GloryDays on Today at 01:50:05 PMI think this team just doesn't get it. The offense lives and dies through their line.
Just throwing bodies at it doesn't work. Other teams' leftovers is not the way to have a dominant O line.
Just look at the Steelers. Their O line was decent, check their draft!
Evan Neal is a bust, who is the RT we can rely on to stop the pressure on DJ from that edge? Are they really relying on Eluemunor or Cajuste?
Who is behind Schmitz? Even if he improves, who's backing him up, Morrissey?
This to me is weird.. I hope I am wrong, but I doubt it. They are ignoring to address the line effectively, like they did last year too.

I dunno, I keep reading here that the line is going to be much improved this year.   

How is the O line being ignored? They replaced the O line coach with someone who, on paper at least, appears to be a clear upgrade. They signed one of the most expensive free agent guards on the open market. The brought in Jermaine Elumenor, who played RT at a roughly 70 PFF level for our new O line coach in Vegas last year and can also play guard, and they brought in a few other players. Plus we still have two more picks in this draft not to mention the potential to sign more free agents this summer.

I wouldn't call this ignoring the line at all.

Dare I say it...or even think it...in "size and play style, he reminds me of watching Jason Witten" (also a day 3 pick). Could we be so lucky?