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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 828476"><p>The Packers did not give Billy Turner a $7 mil / year deal to have him sit on the bench. He's a starting OG and, given LaFleur's comments and Turner's prior experience, he's peciled in as a backup at OT with the current roster.</p><p></p><p>Taylor has plateued at a merely serviceable level and reliable depth across the line is absent which is a particular concern with Bulaga always an injury risk. Looking out two years, Bulaga is in his contract year and Taylor's cap savings going into 2020 will be $4.5 mil or even $2 mil this year.</p><p></p><p>The presumption at this point is that Turner is to be penned in at RG and the backup to Bulaga if he goes down. That remains to be seen. I would not rule out his utility being open to LG starter and the LT backup.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is there are 4 quality OL, down to 3 if Bulaga goes down, with the rest either serviceable or worse (Taylor, McCray), disappointing (Spriggs), entirely unproven (Siragusa, Madison, Coyle, de Beer) or bubble guys who have been around for a year or years (Patrick, Light, Pankey). If anything, the safest #6 OL at this point is Patrick as the presumtive backup center which in itself says something.</p><p></p><p>Looking out two years, you have Bakhtiari, Linsley, Turner, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? and ?.</p><p></p><p>Whether Turner ends up on the right side or the left, there's a strong argument for expending some decent draft capital on the O-Line.</p><p></p><p>If you want to project Turner as the Bulaga backup and future RT, you still need a plug and play RG which is not somebody you can expect to find on day 3. Spriggs might be that guy but nobody is talking about a permanent move to OG which to my eye is where his future lies.</p><p></p><p>There's a number of ways to go here, from a top OT prospect slipping to 12 to play OG in 2019 and take over for Bulaga in 2020, or Cody Ford in a trade down to plug and play at OG as one mock would have it, or a Caleb McGary, a guy to plug and play at RG with Turner at LG, with McGary now visiting Green Bay. He'd also be a possible Bulaga successor with development. None of these options, or other similar ones, are likely to be open at #77. Even McGary is borderline at #44.</p><p></p><p>Compare and contrast to the WR position where there are a lot of young guys a couple of whom did pretty well as rookies with indicated upside. Allison showed progression until he was injured. The ceilings are unknown but evident progression is indicated. That does not exist on the OL past the top 4, or top 3 if Bulaga goes down again.</p><p></p><p>Then there's the #2 safety, with Williams now penciled in as a corner, or #2 ILB, or pass rush out of the D-Line and a declining Daniels in a contract year. There's little in the way of projection at these positions either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 828476"] The Packers did not give Billy Turner a $7 mil / year deal to have him sit on the bench. He's a starting OG and, given LaFleur's comments and Turner's prior experience, he's peciled in as a backup at OT with the current roster. Taylor has plateued at a merely serviceable level and reliable depth across the line is absent which is a particular concern with Bulaga always an injury risk. Looking out two years, Bulaga is in his contract year and Taylor's cap savings going into 2020 will be $4.5 mil or even $2 mil this year. The presumption at this point is that Turner is to be penned in at RG and the backup to Bulaga if he goes down. That remains to be seen. I would not rule out his utility being open to LG starter and the LT backup. The bottom line is there are 4 quality OL, down to 3 if Bulaga goes down, with the rest either serviceable or worse (Taylor, McCray), disappointing (Spriggs), entirely unproven (Siragusa, Madison, Coyle, de Beer) or bubble guys who have been around for a year or years (Patrick, Light, Pankey). If anything, the safest #6 OL at this point is Patrick as the presumtive backup center which in itself says something. Looking out two years, you have Bakhtiari, Linsley, Turner, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? and ?. Whether Turner ends up on the right side or the left, there's a strong argument for expending some decent draft capital on the O-Line. If you want to project Turner as the Bulaga backup and future RT, you still need a plug and play RG which is not somebody you can expect to find on day 3. Spriggs might be that guy but nobody is talking about a permanent move to OG which to my eye is where his future lies. There's a number of ways to go here, from a top OT prospect slipping to 12 to play OG in 2019 and take over for Bulaga in 2020, or Cody Ford in a trade down to plug and play at OG as one mock would have it, or a Caleb McGary, a guy to plug and play at RG with Turner at LG, with McGary now visiting Green Bay. He'd also be a possible Bulaga successor with development. None of these options, or other similar ones, are likely to be open at #77. Even McGary is borderline at #44. Compare and contrast to the WR position where there are a lot of young guys a couple of whom did pretty well as rookies with indicated upside. Allison showed progression until he was injured. The ceilings are unknown but evident progression is indicated. That does not exist on the OL past the top 4, or top 3 if Bulaga goes down again. Then there's the #2 safety, with Williams now penciled in as a corner, or #2 ILB, or pass rush out of the D-Line and a declining Daniels in a contract year. There's little in the way of projection at these positions either. [/QUOTE]
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