re: Zach Stief has NEVER played Guard

i read his great piece on our pass rush earlier.

i mean his piece isn't too terrible but got darn, its very enduring to get through. His writing style is a bit overzealous at times.

stfu

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I've never played guard, I don't expect that to happen," Strief said

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So Unger is moving to Guard and Strief is taking over at Center?

We don't want a 6'7 guard with brees at QB

Also, his quote reflects what SP has already said

I think that Zach will be at RT for one more year for sure. Peat was a bit of a reach at 13, he has great talent, but he is NOT a finished product

I've gone from hating this draft to being OK with it, but I still don't like the Peat pick unless he ends up being an elite RT or a very good LT. My biggest problem with it is that Strief is still a very good RT and Armstead is adequate despite being a young project entering his 3rd season. There's no reason to believe that Armstead won't improve this season, and he was already OK. Strief JUST signed an extension a year ago and was about as good last season as he was in 2013.

I would have been much more excited about the draft if we had taken Parker, who would have been an immediate starter for us. Don't forget that Peat's 5th year option is essentially based on the franchise tag. That tag doesn't differentiate between OL positions, so the value isn't as great with RTs.

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It's a really interesting dimension that Ireland brought to the draft w rumors of Payton wanting dvp and Mickey wanted Dupree

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If Loomis wanted Dupree we would have Dupree. Period. End of story. You don't mess with the Loomis! So I heard.

I think Ireland was more so the voice of reason than driving the bus. I'd be willing to bet he's probably the biggest influence in not trading really any of our picks.

I don't disagree with that. But if Payton thought that Peat and Parker were in the same tier, there's no way that Payton passes on the position of need + getting a "toy."


And I really hope that all of this talk of Peat playing RT are simply regarding what position he starts off as. A career RT simply isn't worth the 13th pick. If he plays a season or two the right side then moves to LT, it's not as big of a deal. The problem I have is that, if he mostly is on the bench this season (which I think he will be), then plays RT for two seasons, that gives us only one or two seasons with him playing LT before he gets his big contract.