You kind of inadvertently hit the point. The Cards have good depth guys on the OL. The problem is they are starters for the Cards. I'll give Massie time and think he'll develop fine but he should be a depth guy and learning the position this year. Snyder is a swing player, depth guy at best. Batiste is a practice squad level player. Colledge and Sendlein, at best, are low level starters and most likley backups on teams with a good OL. Potter will likely be a career backup and provide depth, which is what you want from a 7th round pick. The Cards may be starting him as a rookie. Levi is mid-tier to low level starter and the Cards best OL. That should tell you all you need to know. We'll see about Kelemente.
It almost seems as if the Cards don't put any emphasis on the OG position. Lutui was their best in recent years and even when he was fat he stilled played well. Yet, he was run out town, albeit some of it was his own doing. I can't even remember the guy who played RG last year. Adam Snyder was signed to replace him so that tells you how bad he was. For this reason the #3 guy on my Cards draft wishlist, after Wilson and Te'o, is OG Chance Warmack. If Kelemente comes through, next year an OL of Brown, Warmack, Sendlein, Kelemente, and Massie would be a potentially good, young, cost controlled unit.
K E L E M E T E. lol, I'm sorry, I'm not the typical grammar/spelling Nazi. I don't know why that sticks out so much to me
And I agree about damn near everybody. Except Potter. He's young still. I think he deserves as much of a shot as Massie before deeming him a backup. He looked good in his first game, against Clay Matthews through a good part at that. Batiste has been around too long to be on the practice squad. He's never even played LT, so I dunno about him really. He may be a pretty good guard, but considering how long he's been around, and how often he's played, I think it may just be time for him to start looking for a new line of work. Snyder also seems to be pretty worthless. Like you said, he may be a good guy to have on the sideline since he knows all the positions and can fill in in a pinch, but he sure as hell hasn't impressed starting. I'd let Potter finish out the season as a starter. Along with Massie. And plug Kelemete in along with them.
I think it's become clear we're not taking home the Lombardi trophy this year. Fitz, AW and Dockett aren't getting any younger. We should really gauge what we have going into next season so (HOPEFULLY) the correct additions can be made and we can make a legit push for it next year. I think the team showed that we're close to being complete in the first few games. And on this losing streak, I think the flaws were magnified. I'd get Floyd out there for more plays too. Let him get used to the real deal. Try out Byrd, he looked good in preseason, possibly take the #4 spot from butterfingers Doucet. Maybe even go as far as to throw AW on IR and basically force him to fix his arm. He still hits like a damn truck, but he isn't wrapping, I assume/hope that's why. Give Powell more touches. He's averaging almost double what LSH is. In a perfect world replace Grimm, but given the slim chances of that, at least hire him an
assistant OL coach that actually knows what he's doing. It's a strange coincidence that Massie looked damn good thrown into the starting spot with little
coaching from Grimm, and then suddenly became awful when Grimm had more time with him. I also want a new OC. I've heard the argument that it's not the plays, it's the execution on here. And that MAY be the case. But it still falls on the OC to draw plays that this team actually can execute
lol, damn I can ramble