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Tom Sykes -> RE: General Vikes Talk (12/31/2018 10:52:13 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Ryan Buckingham
The O-Line was a joke all season, especially Compton and Remmers. Those guys can't hold their own at all. O'Neill is too light right now, but he might be a pretty good player as he gets older and more experience. Isiadora had as much to being to the table as Compton, so he should be in there.
Kyle Rudolph and his "run backward" (which is about as fast as he runs forward anyway at this point) play can go away. I can't see him being on the team next year, unless he makes a recovery that can be expected after ankle surgery. I think Murray looked the same in 2017 after his ankle surgery. No speed at all.
I'm sure I'm the only one who thinks this offense looked better with Murray than Cook. Murray seems to get plenty of yards, maybe because they don't key on him or something, I don't know. It just looked like when Cook came back the offense looked a lot less effective. Cook seems to want to get the huge play on every snap and leaves too much meat on the bone for my taste. Just get the 5 yards and be happy with it.
Our CB, did they have a pick all season? Rhodes is good, but Waynes is not worth a reinvestment. He makes no plays at all.
I know that none of this stuff is "hot take" other than maybe my feelings on Cook, but I had to say it.
Both Murray and Cook are solid enough going forward (if we keep Murray). I agree that Cook is over-rated by some in here but given the OL, its hard to know for sure. I don't agree with the big play thing – whether Cook hits it or not, just the threat puts pressure and gets attention from a defense which is different than when Murray is in there. The injury concern though drops him in my estimation. I like Murray a lot ... he has a little more big play ability than the typical pounder, not as explosive as Cook obviously, but his temperament is perfect in a complementary role.
If our offseason 'plan' is to replace Compton with Easton AND expect healthy improvement from Elflein / Reiff AND expect sophomore improvement from O'Neill AND improvement from Remmers in his second year at RG AND draft/use FA to shore up your depth ... I will puke.
That is not a plan, that is not being able to adequately address your biggest weakness because you have allocated all your resources elsewhere. And how good can you be if you can't significantly improve your biggest, most obvious, most exploitable weakness?
We have a QB who is very good with decent (doesn't even have to be great) protection, but unfortunately, he is not nifty or gritty or heady enough to move around and make plays on his own.
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