The fact we started three rookies on the line in a season with no OTAs or minicamps and they played at least as well as they did is very encouraging. I didn't like a few of those 'down' games in the second half of the season any more than you guys did - but this year that "rookie wall" was a real thing and it hit like a MOTHER$%#*ER. You could just see these guys were used to playing only ten games a year.
All football players - especially linemen - often see their biggest talent jumps from Year 1 to Year 2. I fully expect improvements from all three. We'll know by next year if the light has fully come on for none, some or all three of them. Robert Hunt was our best-rated lineman over the last 4-5 weeks of the season. Will his footwork continue to improve, allowing him to stay at RT? Perhaps. He already was our best run blocker. Will Kindley continue to refine his technique and get more physically fit to complement that monster strength and badass attitude? Perhaps, probably. Will Austin Jackson, by all accounts a physically gifted Left Tackle, continue his technical improvements and gains in core body strength? I think it's safe to assume so.
Listen, I'd like 5 Pro Bowlers up and down the whole length of the line just like you guys. But unless the Sewell pick is staring you right in the face (no good trades down and he scouts out amazingly) then I'm okay with it. But I don't think there's any doubt the worst unit on our team is the wide receiving corps [<- and yes, that's how you spell it]. Between chronic injuries, dropped passes, and a total lack of separation downfield, this unit is a five-alarm fire and the Miami Dolphins need to put it out before the start of next season. We owe it to the investment we made in this quarterback.
