Yeah I just don’t know the actual mechanics of blowing up the offensive line. There’s plenty to feel good about, but obviously everyone has a bad taste in their mouth based on how things ended and understandably so.
For me I think the answer is to draft an athletic swing tackle and really that’s about it. You can go out and spend at right tackle when you’ve got Vollmer and Cannon there. Now you could cut one of them for some cap savings, but what’s that going to solve? I mean right tackle is probably the least valued position on the offense, so I don’t really see making a splash free agent signing there being good value.
I don’t know how much gas Vollmer has left in the tank, but I think he’s got another year left. The thing you just want to make sure is that you’ve got a little more athleticism in the tackle group. Hopefully get a rookie that can at least backup Vollmer out of the gate, maybe push him a bit. Best case scenario is someone who can swing to the left side like Vollmer did as a rookie when his feet were a little better.
So yeah, a lot of good young depth on the interior and the improvement of Mason/Jackson/Andrews/Stork and even Kline should help matters. Solder is still one of the best left tackles in the game, they just need a little more youth and athleticism.
