Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 228001)

IndyNorm I'd be willing to place a friendly bet that Campbell stays health and plays at least 15 games. Not at all worried about our offensive line. If Ballard is good at anything it is scouting offensive linemen. Our line will be fine in the end.

Originally Posted by IndyNorm (Post 228005)

Why would you do that? At any rate name your terms, and I'm sure I'll be more than happy to accept.

Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 228006)

Just for fun. Gives me something else to root for during the year. I think he is due some good luck. He wasn't injury prone in college. Lets just make it a bet (unless you have terms you would prefer) and you can give me shit when he breaks his ankle on a curb walking to practice

Originally Posted by apballin (Post 228002)

See I was pissed he was even re signed, let alone taking carries from Taylor early in the season

Again emotions led to a fucked up decision, Mack shouldn’t have been re signed Taylor was clear for takeoff

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory (Post 227990)

This is a rehash from me, but what the hell...

Quenton Nelson is not just a left guard. He is arguably the best offensive lineman in football. I understand left tackle is important, but Aaron Donald doesn't give a shit if he kills your QB from the edge or the interior. If I remember correctly, I think a hurt Nelson got beat on one rep against Donald (the best the league can offer) last season.

As it stands, we seem to lack depth. But our starting interior is Nelson-Kelly-Pinter as opposed to Reed-Kelly-Glowinski in this scenario. I like Glowinski and Reed, but they had careers before and not much to note. Nelson changed our line, our offense, and our team. Trading him for a 1st, when Ballard thought enough of him to draft him #6 overall, doesn't seem to work out logistically.

That's how I see it. Of course I'm biased... Nelson is my favorite football player in the NFL right now.

Originally Posted by Spike (Post 228018)

A left guard is not going to win you a SB. Let the bullets fly

Originally Posted by Spike (Post 228018)

A left guard is not going to win you a SB. Let the bullets fly

Originally Posted by IndyNorm (Post 228020)

Well said. A great LG is a luxury, not a cornerstone like Ballard and a lot of posters on here think it is. Polian knew that, which is why he never heavily invested in OG.

And to make matters worse, having a great LG doesn't mean shit if you don't have a good LT. Maybe Pryor will be a good LT, and maybe he won't. But since we have realistically 2, maybe 3 years to win it all with Ryan Ballard shouldn't be experimenting with a career backup at the most important spot on the OL. He needs to be putting all chips in and trying to win now, not 4 or 5 years from now b/c our current QB probably won't be here then.