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Have said for several months now, Gute's receipts come due next Feb in his enemy year, and somehow, someway, a left hook of public scrutiny awaits. Being enemy signs, I would not be surprised to see his relationship with MLF fracture/become strained, perhaps even small reveals to the public eye.

Reading what you’ve got here makes me say “Ouch” and “I agree” in equal measures.
Joe Thomas, Mark Tauscher, and Bryan Bulaga all agree that Morgan has what it takes for success at LT. If he flops it would be catastrophic.
Golden has great speed and hands, and a clear route to extensive playing time this year. I’m very optimistic about him.
LVN? Micah raved about him after joining the team last year. His lack of endorsement of Gary spoke volumes. Can LVN stay healthy and produce? I’m at about 50/50 on him. Time will tell.

The Choir accepts your Sermon. When they gave this crew third Contracts, the philosophy of embracing Average became the Norm. Van Ness should have never been offered a fifth year extension. The whiff on Gary and this guy to get the job done in crunch time, especially during the Playoff Game(s) has led to desperate measures, moving Clark and two One Picks for Parsons. The other two, going through the motions.
There needs to be a new paradigm introduced to change this iteration of nostalgic recall vs the reality of the moment. To begin with, Gutedkunst was not very good at scouting the Southeast territory. They have a guy who doesn't evaluate Value very well in Ball, who has delivered more questionable payroll decisions as part of the tri-partate decision tree. The GM should be controlling the cash register, but as it is we are in the grey zone. The House cleaning was in order, but Stasis was the verdict.

Imagining Morgan, Jenkins, Tom, Rhyan, Walker playing together for the past 2 years as opposed to all the maddening musical chairs, square peg/round hole approach the team has employed over that time is hard to understand. This would be their 3rd year together. I don't think it's hyperbole to think that would be one of the better Olines in the league at this point.

‘61—An outstanding summation.

As usual...Since '61 provides the meticulous voice of reason on this site.

Although our messaging is the same.
'61 does it in a more refined, calm, and eloquent manner.

As always....since i've read '61's first post, much respect.
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It is nice to see, various fans saying now, what i've said in the past.

Tell it like it is Brother!

Golden has all the tools except good route running and blocking in the run game. His hands and speed should allow him to succeed.
LVN was called Hercules out of college and was plenty strong. He has never developed a pass rush repertoire with only the bull rush in his wheelhouse.
Morgan was never allowed to play left tackle by coaches decision. That kept him from developing/refining the necessary technique to be successful at the position. With this offseason and training camp to develop his technique, I believe he'll play the position at an acceptable level. I think he'll become a really good left tackle in the coming years.

Morgan has a greater wingspan than Tom, though his arms are roughly half an inch shorter. For a T, its wingspan that is of more importance than arm length because it impacts the angles he can seal.

However, only for a statue is that the majority of the picture. The other part is mobility—foot quickness, lateral speed, balance. The fleet of foot can greatly extend their coverage range. Tom is a classic example and, the bonus of doing it that way is that such players tend to be better balanced, not playing at the end of their reach or on the edge of balance/leverage.

Morgan has quick feet and is very good at lateral movement. That was known when he entered the draft. His strengths were mobility, range and balance. That is of limited value inside. As noted its potentially critical outside, especially for one of his build.

I have absolutely no worries about Morgan having the combined physique and traits to be a good. That isn’t to say that I’m guaranteeing that they are good enough to bring success. Partly that’s because there is a mental component and partly because I’ve not really seen enough of him playing T at this level with adequate preparation.

However, he’s a lot better suited to T than G where his best attributes are largely negated and he’s a similar type to Tom based on college play. As pointed out, if Tom has enough wingspan to fly, Morgan certainly does.

Why I agree with GolfPacker—let’s sign Clowney now and allow the competition to shake out at camp.

I'm interested in seeing what Oliver can do now that he is a full year removed from injury. He would have been a first round draft pick. He could still be the steal of that draft.

We have two other pass rushers who are due to develop into good players this year.

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But not on Tom staying healthy? Who is the replacement on either side?

The narrative here is, but Gute has not denied that if push comes to shove, absent a player they love he will take high upside over high floor early. There is good reason for that picking later in the first round. The high floor, high upside types are gone (or unrecognized).

What Gute has always done in the first round is pick young with the sole exception of Wyatt at 24 (who was still a bit of a project). Of the 9 picks, 6 have been 21 and 2 were 22:

2018 - Jaire Alexander - CB - Louisville - No. 18 overall - RAS: 9.54 - Age: 21
2019 - Rashan Gary - EDGE - Michigan - No. 12 overall - RAS: 9.95 - Age: 21
2019 - Darnell Savage - S - Maryland - No. 21 overall - RAS: 8.35 - Age: 21
2020 - Jordan Love - QB - Utah State - No. 26 overall - RAS: 8.46 - Age: 21
2021 - Eric Stokes - CB - Georgia - No. 29 overall - RAS: 9.38 - Age: 22
2022 - Quay Walker - LB - Georgia - No. 22 overall - RAS: 9.63 - Age: 21
2022 - Devonte Wyatt - DL - Georgia - No. 27 overall - RAS: 9.60 - Age: 24
2023 - Lukas Van Ness - EDGE - Iowa - No. 13 overall - RAS: 9.39 - Age: 21
2024 - Jordan Morgan - OL - Arizona - No. 25 overall - RAS: 9.25 - Age 22

Of the above, I would argue that really only Gary and Van Ness were true picks based on athleticism over production. I could make an argument that a 2 or 3 were one year wonders, including Wyatt, but, other than him, that’s not unusual with players that young. Love was obviously a project and perhaps us a sufficiently different proposition to exclude in most ways.

For the most part though, the vast majority do not fit a narrative that they hadn’t produced in college. Of the two who I identify as having been open to that claim, I’d argue Gary largely proved to be worth his pick if not his second contract and thus far Van Ness looks like a reach. Indeed, 3 years in he is a reach that just hasn’t run out of time to redeem himself. I doubt that, had Gute had a crystal ball, he’d expend that capital on a player who has achieved what Van Ness has going into year 4.

If that’s the sole basis of the criticism of Gute’s approach though, it’s a pretty weak one. That’s not to say Gute can’t be criticized for value in others, but the claim he just reaches unsuccessfully for athletes who haven’t produced is, as you suggest, almost completely baseless.

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No snark intended. People get the days mixed up.