Will Hernandez = monster

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Thats all

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I’d still rather have O’neal and Hughes

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@Purplewhizz said:
I’d still rather have O’neal and Hughes

You mean Hughes > Hernandez? Dont know how you put Oneil in there.  Still im sure a few would agree with ya.  Hughes looks like a goodun, But considering our 2 losses this year are mainly due to poor OG play, I think the large majority would disagree, not to mention the train wreck that was our G play last year, basically turning a playoff team to not a playoff team 

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@Bullazin said:

@Purplewhizz said:
I’d still rather have O’neal and Hughes

im sure a few would agree with ya.  Hughes looks like a goodun, But considering our 2 losses this year are mainly due to poor OG play, I think the large majority would disagree

You meant poor game planing, right?

Our two losses we played very scared, and we were still in both of them.

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@Bullazin said:

@Purplewhizz said:
I’d still rather have O’neal and Hughes

You mean Hughes > Hernandez? Dont know how you put Oneil in there.  Still im sure a few would agree with ya.  Hughes looks like a goodun, But considering our 2 losses this year are mainly due to poor OG play, I think the large majority would disagree, not to mention the train wreck that was our G play last year, basically turning a playoff team to not a playoff team 

Yea, Hernandez looks really good.  I was all over him before the draft but Guru talked me into him not being a fit for our scheme

I then really liked Isiah Wynn who went a few picks before us and has been injured for the Patriots ever since....oh well :0

Back to Purplewhizz's comment, I think what he means by keeping O'Neill in the mix is because if we had taken Hernandez I don't think we would have went OL again at that spot.  But that is projection.  

Lastly, I agree with you overall.  I wish we had taken Hernandez because this team needed a stud Guard last year and moving forward.  The Raiders just ran for 170 yards and 4.3 per carry against a Bears D that we ran for 40 yards and 2.5 per carry with a better back.  

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Having Josh Kline back was big. Bigger than anyone would have thought when he was signed in the offseason.

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I think we continually underinvest in our OLine.  Last year we should have drafted Hernandez
and O’Neill.  I don’t buy the argument
that Hernandez is a bad scheme fit.  I
don’t think his optimal scheme is a Zone scheme, but I think he’s more than
capable in a Zone scheme.  This year, we
could still have drafted Bradbury and brought in Kline and we would have a legit
OLine, rather than one we hope is good enough. 
I like Hughes though.  He’s going
to be good.

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@StickyBun said:
Having Josh Kline back was big. Bigger than anyone would have thought when he was signed in the offseason.

I thought the same thing yesterday...I don't know how much of this was the opponent? But it sure appeared to be better with him playing..

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@medaille said:
I think we continually underinvest in our OLine.  Last year we should have drafted Hernandez
and O’Neill.  I don’t buy the argument
that Hernandez is a bad scheme fit.  I
don’t think his optimal scheme is a Zone scheme, but I think he’s more than
capable in a Zone scheme.  This year, we
could still have drafted Bradbury and brought in Kline and we would have a legit
OLine, rather than one we hope is good enough. 
I like Hughes though.  He’s going
to be good.

Then explain why we have invested more and higher draft stock then the years before Rick?

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@StickyBun said:
Having Josh Kline back was big. Bigger than anyone would have thought when he was signed in the offseason.

That was my thought as well. I am glad Kline is back. It's amazing what a difference he makes.