Couple of OL notes from last night:
I'm still unpacking last night, but while Cajuste still makes more mental mistakes than I'd like to see there isn't that much difference between him
and Wynn, imo. If we could move Wynn for a decent deal then we might be in a reasonably good position to pull the trigger because we
do have some young guys that could factor in behind Cajuste. I think if he had a chance to play regularly at one position then he could work
out the kinks and perform well.
We haven't seen Andrew Steuber yet due to some sort of injury, but he looks like a better-than-average RT prospect to me and shouldn't need
years of grooming to produce. That is a guess.
Sure, it would be risky, but we'll likely only keep one swing tackle on the 53. Herron doesn't appear to be improving, to put it kindly, even though
every once in a while he shows a textbook pass block with beautiful feet and balance. I figure that is why we have been working with him from 3 years-- he'll
tease you with that athleticism, but between the false starts and just plain bad plays I thought he was, once again, herrondous. We've got to pull the plug
on this experiment, but I wouldn't bet real money that Bill sees it the same way.
My impressions on some of the other guys:
Cole Strange -- I thought he didn't look out of place in the NFL. A little squirrelly here and there on who to block, but nothing bad. He made a nice, quick pull and trapped
the inside tackle on an inside1st down run by J.J. and didn't look overmatched at any point. He'll be solid soon and better than that before long. He looks bigger already. On
one play he squared off with Leonard Williams, who is large, and Strange looked about the same size as him.
A. Hambright -- took a lot of snaps and did fairly well. Pretty mobile guy.
James Ferentz -- I've been calling for him to be cut for years, and hoped this would be the year, but he does actually appear marginally improved to my eyes and is the 2nd best Center on the roster by a wide margin.
Bill Murray -- one of the surprises of the night to me-- he didn't look half bad at RG versus the Giant's scrubs. He looked like he'd been playing the position
for a while and showed power, movement skill and intensity. He's got potential.
Drew Desjarlais -- a sleeper binkie of mine from watching some of his CFL clips -- I couldn't believe how much smaller he looked versus NFL backups. I didn't
see anything to make me feel like I'm right about him and Murray showed more overall polish after converting from DL about 2 weeks ago. Where was the
power Drew? He needs to make something happen and fast to stick around
Will Sherman -- Nope. No thank you.