re: Saints may have to make a trade to upgrade at LG

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Just because they don’t pick up his option doesn’t mean you cant resign him? What the down side to to that? Oh he plays really well and you coach him up and you have to extend him earlier

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If he blows up and that’s a big if, we won’t have the cap to keep the offers he’ll get. Based on what he’s done thus far you can’t pick up the 5th year. Much closer to Payton Turner performance.

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Do you have the time to see if he will get better? It’s been 3 seasons. You have until May 2nd to decide if you’ll pick up his 5th year option at about $17 mil. That’s a no, the good tackles of this free agent cycle are getting that as their AAV

Tbh the best move with Penning is probably to seek out an extension with him. At worst he’s tackle depth. Try him and guard and you could end up with a great value contract - starting guard who can also play tackle
In a pinch

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So you called him a turnstile but now want to work out an extension with him. On top of that you want to give him an extension not even knowing if you will play him at guard of tackle.

Then you say at worst he will be depth. You really want to give him a contract after typing all that?

You aren’t following Cdub. What do you think an extension for him would look like today?

You extend him at the cost of a low end starting tackle. If you draft a RT (rookie contract), he becomes depth there at tackle. If you decide to try him at guard and he’s sticks there, you get a value on the contract, and he can still backup at tackle if need be.

It’s not that complicated.

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He wasn't in Allen's doghouse

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Naw. Allen was a numbnuts on a power trip. Several plyers saw the field more after he was canned.

Baun was already gone but 2024 was proof.

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Penning at 6'7" guard would be so easy to get under.

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Kellen Moore just left the SB champs whose guards were 6’6” and 6’7”, Becton being the latter, who played tackle three seasons prior. Move was orchestrated by Eagle OL guru Jeff Stoutland, whose right hand man for the past 8 years is now on our staff. Perhaps the staff coming from the best OL group in the game will take a fresh look at our unit, and look for ways to maximize it

Probably through the draft.

The two deep really puts it in perspective

If this regime identifies OL like they did in Philly then they can clean this up pretty quickly. Sign a guard and find two OL in the draft

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So you called him a turnstile

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Calling Penning a turnstile. Naw. Lol.

He’s more like a athletic fridge who is easily a plus run blocker but is still learning how to balance being an overaggressive pass blocker/dropping into his sets.

He has flashed games where he dominated in pass blocking so the talent is there. These were games against some really good DE’s also.

He can easily find his balance and keep progressing. He is already a plus run blocker.

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Trevor Penning among OTs in Week 10: 92.8 PFF grade (1st) 94.7 run-blocking grade (1st) 27 pass-blocking snaps 1 pressure allowed

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Calling Penning a turnstile. Naw. Lol.

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He gave up the most pressures in the NFL. Lol

You are a Carr fanboy, you should know he cannot operate with guys in his face. First thing he sees every drop back is Penning getting beat and pressure coming

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Youre quoting this article, titled:


“Trevor Penning's teammates saw encouraging growth after move to right tackle”

Lol.

Literally left out the point of the article, which supports his PFF grades, and also says:

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Me personally, I think Trevor's one of the best run blocking tackles, like in the league. I think he's one of the best. I don't know the rankings but he's one of the best. Very athletic," Ruiz said.

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He pointed to one example of Penning putting his rare athleticism to good use on a "sift block," a task usually given to a tight end that can be challenging for a 325-pounder like Penning: "It's crazy. We run an outside zone to the left, like a 19. Trevor has a sift to a safety. I cut off my 2i and I just look on film and Trevor's all the way on the left sideline hitting the safety. I'm like, 'What's going on? I don't know how he gets this energy but I love it.' He's a dog. He's really getting comfortable with that role. I'm proud of him."

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And the part you cited:

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Obviously Penning still has room to grow. He's still a work in progress in pass protection. Pro Football Focus charting found he allowed 54 pressures on 663 snaps on passing downs last year, the most among right tackles around the league. 11 of them came in a single game against the Green Bay Packers, but Penning was charged with giving up two or fewer pressures in nine other games. He showed more good than bad.

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In short, try all you want you cant change it. Penning progressed aton and showed how good he can be as a RT.

His PFF grades show the same that he’s a plus run blocker, lower grade at pass block, but with clear signs that his pass block grade was tanked by a few bad games and he had some elite performance.


Im into facts not your opinions now shutup.

Regardless this is an offseason debate. Stfu already.

Im concerned with whether we would draft a guy in the first, looking at which guys could be drafted with a second or third.

Also one of these free agents in chalky’s list would be nice for a short deal.