Steussie Released

He was hurt all year the year he struggled. If you come back and say, he's an injury risk, I'll agree with you. But before that hip injury, he didn't struggle. He was good. Everything Ive read says he's a good player when healthy.

As far as the "only," 2.6 is smaller than 3, which was being discussed. And 2.6 is really not much for a OT.

 

First off, there's read, and then there's seen.

Granted, my memory of his play is in the last two years, and yes, the hip is the likely cause of those struggles. Before, he was a decent right tackle.

Sorry. I personally don't like this move. Nope. Wouldn't be prudent. You can. I won't.

At his best, he was a competent, smart, but limited right tackle. Not as big as Todd, or as strong, or as good of feet in space, but quick off the snap and play with good technique (before the injury.) Since then, play has regressed.

I think its dangerous to assume an aging player will revert to a form two years from an injury, who hasn't done so in that time frame.

Then add to the fact that, for this year's cap price, just keeping Todd and putting him at right tackle, and not signing Meadows at all, would have been slightly cheaper.

Perhaps the staff didn't think Todd could switch over, its not so easy. Maybe Todd refused, and wants to stay on the left side. Todd's play has gone down to the point that, after another year of age on Todd, I'd rather see Gross on the left side, grant you. All those things are possible considerations.

But I think Todd can play RT just fine, with a good camp behind him, and would be better than Meadows, who at his best was just competent. Sans perhaps Gross, who is plenty strong, Todd's still our best force run blocking, the only player who could really drive block a DE down. Granted, he usually faced a smaller player, but he used his size to his advantage. No one else could really do that.

 

I wasn't going to reply, but the finger shaking made me laugh. I'm going to have to learn to put in those cartoons.

He didn't play tackle last year, right? So it was only one bad year?

For the record, I don't like the move, but I don't intensely dislike it either.