Fixing the Right Tackle Slot

[BooksOrangePlanet]

i'd try and land the best rt and rb in the draft

if we're drafting at #5 i trade back to get my rt with my next priority being runningback

if someone says speed receiver they might get blocked lol i just can't hear that noise - i have a new center being more important

but first - whether gannon stays or goes petzing has to walk the plank - whole offensive staff adios

 

[Chopper0080]

i'd try and land the best rt and rb in the draft

if we're drafting at #5 i trade back to get my rt with my next priority being runningback

if someone says speed receiver they might get blocked lol i just can't hear that noise - i have a new center being more important

but first - whether gannon stays or goes petzing has to walk the plank - whole offensive staff adios

RB is interesting because it needs to be addressed but waiting until the draft seems pretty risky.

I could see them electing to sign Breece Hall/Rico Dowdle/Tyler Allgeier/Ken Walker in FA and then focus on other spots in the top 60 of the draft.

If the Cardinals are drafting top 5, the board is probably (in no particular order) Mendoza, Moore, Simpson, Reese, Bailey, and then debates between Woods, Bain, Fano, and Mauigoa if only two QBs declare.

 

[Mulli]

That is what people were saying when McBride was selected in the 2nd round. Who thinks that now?

Defenses move pass rushers to both sides, so you need 2 good tackles. The longer I watch football the more importance I put on the offensive and defensive lines. A good line makes everyone's job behind them easier. A bad line makes everyone's job more difficult.

Darnell Wright picked #10 is playing at a Pro Bowl level for Bears.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

RB is interesting because it needs to be addressed but waiting until the draft seems pretty risky.

I could see them electing to sign Breece Hall/Rico Dowdle/Tyler Allgeier/Ken Walker in FA and then focus on other spots in the top 60 of the draft.

If the Cardinals are drafting top 5, the board is probably Mendoza, Moore, Simpson, Reese, Bailey, and then debates between Woods, Bain, Fano, and Mauigoa if only two QBs declare.

I want the kind of runnongback that doesn't reach free agency

 

[Chopper0080]

Kayden McDonald would be awesome to put next to Walter Nolen but I think McDonald will go mid to late round 1 when it is all said and done.

 

[Chopper0080]

I want the kind of runnongback that doesn't reach free agency

RB is a great position to address using FA and/or trade. You can get access to very productive players at a low cost. Henry. Conner. CMC. Dowdle. Barkley. Jacobs. All examples of this.

 

[kerouac9]

RB is interesting because it needs to be addressed but waiting until the draft seems pretty risky.

I could see them electing to sign Breece Hall/Rico Dowdle/Tyler Allgeier/Ken Walker in FA and then focus on other spots in the top 60 of the draft.

If the Cardinals are drafting top 5, the board is probably (in no particular order) Mendoza, Moore, Simpson, Reese, Bailey, and then debates between Woods, Bain, Fano, and Mauigoa if only two QBs declare.

It depends what the brief is. I wouldn’t trust a rookie QB to lead me to the playoffs. I have no problem with some of these James Conner-quality guys at a mid-tier, two-year contract paired with a rookie mid-round pick tho.

 

[football karma]

I could see them electing to sign Breece Hall/Rico Dowdle/Tyler Allgeier/Ken Walker in FA

sign Kenneth Walker just so i can stop watching him gash the Cardinals

he has had an injury history tho....

Allgeier is probably safer

 

[Card'em]

sign Kenneth Walker just so i can stop watching him gash the Cardinals

he has had an injury history tho....

Which makes him perfect for the Cardinals

 

[netsnjkidd]

sign Kenneth Walker just so i can stop watching him gash the Cardinals

he has had an injury history tho....

Allgeier is probably safer

Allgeier should be the target. He really is a legit rb1

 

[Garthshort]

Which makes him perfect for the Cardinals

I LIKE any post that has Cardinals and perfect in the same sentence.

 

[Harry]

Which makes him perfect for the Cardinals

I wanted him during the draft but they jumped up to get him.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

That is what people were saying when McBride was selected in the 2nd round. Who thinks that now?

Defenses move pass rushers to both sides, so you need 2 good tackles. The longer I watch football the more importance I put on the offensive and defensive lines. A good line makes everyone's job behind them easier. A bad line makes everyone's job more difficult.

I don't remember that about McBride. I remember bitching about Troy Niklas and taking a blocking TE in round 2. McBride was never considered a blocking TE. People might not have liked the pick, but positionally, it was fine.

 

[daves]

I could see them electing to sign Breece Hall/Rico Dowdle/Tyler Allgeier/Ken Walker in FA and then focus on other spots in the top 60 of the draft.

I want the kind of runnongback that doesn't reach free agency

Not sure why the Jets wouldn't re-sign Hall, but Dowdle, Allgeier, and Walker are in platoon situations, and with the Panthers already having paid Hubbard as their long-term #1 and the Falcons presumably committed to Robinson as their long-term #1, if Dowdle and Allgeier reach free agency it's no knock on them. Dunno whether Seattle would let Walker walk (haha), but again if they did it wouldn't reflect badly on him if they decide not to pay him a lot of money on a 2nd contract when they have Charbonnet on his rookie contract for another year.

Edit: just checked and I see that Allgeier is averaging a career-worst 3.5 y/a (career 4.3) at the same time that Robinson is averaging 5.1 (career 4.8). Yuck.

On the other hand, Walker is averaging a career-best 4.6 y/a (career 4.3) while Charbonnet is averaging a career-worst 3.5 (career 4.0)... which means the Seahawks most likely would retain Walker.

Meanwhile, Hubbard is averaging a lousy 3.9 y/a (career 4.2) and is being blown away by Dowdle's 4.8 (career 4.6). Dowdle, then Walker if available, would seem to be the most desirable FA RB targets.

 

[HairZach]

I like Allgeier, right now his YPC is at its lowest because they're almost exclusively using him in extreme short yardage scenarios. He's been very good in the redzone for the Falcons this year.

 

[Mulli]

I don't remember that about McBride. I remember bitching about Troy Niklas and taking a blocking TE in round 2. McBride was never considered a blocking TE. People might not have liked the pick, but positionally, it was fine.

Tip Reiman 2026 breakout candidate!!

 

[kerouac9]

Trey Benson will save us

 

[Goodyear Card]

Trey Benson will save us

He is out for this week, may be going to IR.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I want the kind of runnongback that doesn't reach free agency

So you want an undrafted free agent?

 

[oaken1]

Get the QB in round one. Trade up if necessary...but keep this year's second...it should be around 38...and there should be an OT that's a great pick at that spot this year.
But like DVontel said...don't go into the draft with the hole...sign a FA RT, then draft a guy in the 2nd...let the rookie and the FA battle for RT1 in camp...then put whoever loses that battle at RG.

 

[slanidrac16]

Get the QB in round one. Trade up if necessary...but keep this year's second...it should be around 38...and there should be an OT that's a great pick at that spot this year.
But like DVontel said...don't go into the draft with the hole...sign a FA RT, then draft a guy in the 2nd...let the rookie and the FA battle for RT1 in camp...then put whoever loses that battle at RG.

Lol…FA RT.
I digress. We need to sign a RT plus one more o-lineman. Draft a qb to sit and learn behind Brissett. Add a rb and a big speedy(not Zay Jones.)
Hopefully Rieman can return.
This is the very MINIMUM have to do.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Get the QB in round one. Trade up if necessary...but keep this year's second...it should be around 38...and there should be an OT that's a great pick at that spot this year.
But like DVontel said...don't go into the draft with the hole...sign a FA RT, then draft a guy in the 2nd...let the rookie and the FA battle for RT1 in camp...then put whoever loses that battle at RG.

Unlikely to do both unless we trade away next year's 1st as well. Since we are perpetually bad, I don't think I'd ever trade our 1st away straight up.

 

[Harry]

Unlikely to do both unless we trade away next year's 1st as well. Since we are perpetually bad, I don't think I'd ever trade our 1st away straight up.

I’d make that deal if it was one pick straight up, but now there are only 2 targets for that strategy.

 

[Proteus]

Get the QB in round one. Trade up if necessary...but keep this year's second...it should be around 38...and there should be an OT that's a great pick at that spot this year.
But like DVontel said...don't go into the draft with the hole...sign a FA RT, then draft a guy in the 2nd...let the rookie and the FA battle for RT1 in camp...then put whoever loses that battle at RG.

A genuine camp competition between a rookie right tackle and a free agent right tackle probably only happens if the free agent isn't signed to that big of a contract.

 

[oaken1]

A genuine camp competition between a rookie right tackle and a free agent right tackle probably only happens if the free agent isn't signed to that big of a contract.

It's a two starters thing anyway...whoever loses the RT position takes RG....
Unless he just really suxx...

It ain't like guards ain't getting $20mil already