we need to trade a premium package (picks, players, whatever) with a trade partner willing to give us a premium offensive lineman, at this point, I don't care what position on the line, but we just need somebody, ANYBODY/ANYWHERE on the line that is a stud... I don't know who's out there, and I know it's not our M.O., but the time is now. I'm talking a blockbuster.
If we're going to do it, we need to do it right away. Because the re-shuffle is going to take some time to adjust.
The Browns traded Trent Richardson to the Colts for a 1st round pick in 2013 in Week 3.
Not saying those fit our criteria, but big trades do happen occasionally, picks for young premium players.
But I completely agree with the OP we have to go for it. I hope it wouldn't take a player and just a 1st round pick at most for next year but we are indeed desperate.
IMO it doesn't even have to be a LT. LT would be better but we could even potentially scheme more around one loose end at T. That being said as many have also written McAdoo hasn't exactly inspired confidence in his scheming abilities.
Well...
Thomas pugh richburg flowers wheeler
yes...i said wheeler lmao....never know what the kid has until we try him, he flops then we put flowers at RT and have jones, jerry, fluker battle for RG....
this would be a massive improvement imo
I know that, but we're desperate. I feel like the offense has hit rock bottom.
Honestly, this line needs to be given, at the least, a quarter of season, along with the rest of the offense.
One game doesn't make a season, and I find it hard to believe the offense will be that "offensive" lol......
Continue to play good defense....start to peak. Play solid specials.....and start making play on offense.
And the guy that put together this offensive line shouldn't be employed much longer if he doesn't fix it.
Yeah this is looking like the big mistake here. I like Apple, but a bunch of quality CB's have been available since that draft whereas the availability on the line has been scarce.
Oddly enough, neither is the guy who traded a struggling Trent Richardson for a 1st round pick!
We're not the only ones who are in need of OL help - these guys are making massive coin all over because of the high demand for OL, interior or exterior. Nobody is just going to hand over a lineman without being paid a king's ransom.
Which might not be a bad thing.........
Saw that. That's incredible.
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Pretty much replaced their whole O line in a year and they looked pretty good after 1 game.
Saw that. That's incredible.
Though, to be honest, having watched him play here in Carolina, Remmers is terrible. Holds every play...
The only major move will be a shuffle of the players they already have...
You cannot be serious. That is apples and oranges compared to what we are seeing now. Good lord.
holy bejesus!
Diehl wasn't the best LT in the league. The left side of that line was good but they weren't perfect. But having Snee/McKenzie handle their business on the right side allowed the coaches to help the left with TEs/RBs/FBs.
That's the most concerning aspect right now. The breakdowns are happening across the board. Hart is getting shoved on his ass one play. Jerry's feet get stuck in a drain pipe the next. Flowers gets blown by the next. Pugh/Richberg get pushed into Eli's face the next.
The Giants need two bonafide studs on the left or right side that they can put on an island and forget about.
Teams - even mediocre ones, can make the postseason and go far or win it all if they:
1) Stay Healthy
2) Come together at the end of the year
3) Have luck/talent in causing a positive turnover differential
For the most part, this has been the formula of a winning team. Getting off to a good start, while helpful, is hardly indicative of success. One just need to look at the Vikings of last year - a team many wanted to emulate - to see one that can fail, even after a good start.
Fixing the OL assures nothing, nor does not fixing it assure anything, either.
I know prdave has been an epic moron for years, but saying a 2 time SB GM is too prideful or that a coach who went to the playoffs his first and only year doesn't know what the fuck he's doing - it is just reactionary bullshit.
It has been one fucking game - on the road without our best player.
I hope some of you fuckwads are going to stand up and admit moronic posts after the fact - I know prdave won't because he's been saying the same stupid stuff for years through 2 SB wins and success.
Fantastic!!
You are saying that a GM in this league would risk his families future and his career to make that trade? Now any other position Besides a Franchise QB is on the table for the right price. LT and QB Starters that is pretty much death to the GM that makes that trade in week 2 of the season
It will never happen
Super helpful. Why don't you get cracking on inventing a time machine so we can rectify this terrible wrong? Until then, why not focus on what they CAN do going forward instead of what they should have done?