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Brugler’s Prediction/wish Wirf’s and Chin 😀
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According to Joe Thomas, Wirfs is the best run blocker of the bunch and with the Browns seemingly looking to run more, I think he would be a great fit.
Personally, I don’t think we can go wrong with any of them but my hope is that we Trade for Williams and trade up to get Simmons.Looking at this from a 30 plus year perspective I’d be hesitant to draft a right tackle and project him to the left side just saying, my vote is for Thomas or Wills.
I have a lot of respect for Dane Brugler. However, We need an offensive left tackle, not a guard. So, give me Jedrick Wills, Andrew Thomas or Mekhi Becton at #10. As far as Jeremy Chinn at #41 goes . . . I could certainly live with that, depending upon who’s still on the board at the time of the pick. If somehow Zach Baun is still available, I’d rather have him; but I’ve seen mocks where he goes off in the first round, so I don’t know how realistic that would be.
Am I going mad, or did the word THINK escape your lips? You were not hired for your brains, you hippopotamic landmass!
Wirfs is a very good run blocker, but he often doesn’t finish the block. This is a coachable defect, though.
Am I going mad, or did the word THINK escape your lips? You were not hired for your brains, you hippopotamic landmass!
It is going to be incredibly interesting to go back and evaluate this draft in three or four years.
People always gripe that front offices overthink things after the college season is over, bump workout warriors too high and drop quality players due to minutia of interviews.
Well, this year there’s certainly none of that. Should be an interesting outlier!
Wirfs certainly put on a show in Indy, and there’s a lot of tape on him to verify his athleticism. Becton just pulls out a big old bottle of whoop-em and mauls defenders. He won’t be able to do that on Sundays without learning some technique. The more I think about it, the Browns need a plug-and-play left tackle; whether they get a veteran or a rookie.With that said, I think that Andrew Thomas might be the best fit for what the Browns need.
Here’s Andrew Berry’s quotes concerning the OT position:
On evaluating draft prospects at T and considering their ability to potentially transfer from one side to the other:
Honestly, I think the distinction between left and right tackle is really outdated. We are no longer in the days of football where teams will have their best rusher and line him up on the defensive right side and offensive left side of the formation. Really, the game is not played that way. From my perspective, tackles are tackles. In terms of guys making the switch, certainly, there is an element of muscle memory that needs to be reprogrammed, so to speak, for people who have played one side or the other for a long period of time. If you look, (T) Jack Conklin was a college left tackle that has been a pretty well accomplished right tackle in our league. Perhaps the best example of a career college right tackle who has been a pretty good left tackle in our league is (Cowboys T) Tyron Smith. Sometimes those distinctions can be a bit overemphasized. In today’s game, the two tackle positions may not be identical, but they are pretty close.
On teams in the past typically placing the most athletic OL at LT:
I think the requirements of both the left and the right tackle in today’s sport are just as challenging. You are going to face top rushers every week at both spots. You are going to have to pass protect at both spots. You are going to have to create movement in the run game at both spots. It is certainly a challenge that both guys will face.
On if the Browns by design have not addressed LT in free agency to focus on the position in the draft:
I would not make any assumptions regarding that. Like I mentioned, Jack (Conklin) has played left tackle before. (T) Chris Hubbard has played left tackle before. (T) Kendall Lamm has played left tackle. I would not make any assumptions about what we may or may not do moving forward. My goal is to make sure that we are adding talent across the roster and adding competition across the roster. That is something that we are looking forward to continuing to do over the next several months.
Now some of this I agree with and some of this – particularly the first quote two quotes. However, I think he’s posturing on the third. There’s a reason why Chris Hubbard’s contract was re-negotiated. It’s because Jack Conklin was brought in here to start at RT and Hubbard would be relegated to a back-up role. There’s also a reason or two why Kendall Lamm was a reserve last year . . . (1) he was injured and (2) he’s not that good to begin with. Trust me, the Browns are looking for a starting LT in this year’s draft.
Am I going mad, or did the word THINK escape your lips? You were not hired for your brains, you hippopotamic landmass!
While the Browns obviously need a left tackle, I am not married to the idea of drafting one if a player like Simmons is available.
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