From my friend on a different forum:Now that the draft is over, my biggest concern is at guard. The projected starters are Wynn and Eichenberg. That's not a comfortable feeling.
I'm not disappointed in the draft, as Grier was looking for the future while balancing the need for edge rushers, but would have like to add a quality guard.
Others on the roster include Cotton, Driscoll (added as a free agent), Hayes (a later rounder last year), Hines, and Robert Jones. There were a few added as UDFA as well.
Do we think Grier signs another offensive linemen, or hopes some young players step up?
"I'm not concerned about the IOL. Wynn, Jones, Cotton and Eichenberg all got significant snaps at OG last year and Wynn and Jones were solid IMO. Eichenberg was bad at OC, which wasn't surprising because he had never played there before, but he was OK at OG. I don't think Cotton is good, but Driscoll has played decently at OG in the past.
Wynn, Eichenberg and Jones played 973 snaps at OG last year and had 19 blown blocks, for a blown block rate of 1.9%. That's good. Very good, in fact. Only 16 individual OGs with 200+ snaps had a blown block rate of 1.9% or less. Eichenberg's blown block rate at OG last year was 0.9%, which was 3rd best in the league. Robert Jones was at 2.1%, which was 21st best. Wynn was at 2.4%, which was 37th best.
At RG, Eichenberg had just 1 blown block in 141 snaps, which was 2nd best in the league among guys that had 100+ snaps at RG. At LG, Robert Jones had 2 blown blocks in 142 snaps, for a blown block rate of 1.4%, which was 5th best in the league. And while Lester Cotton was bad at RG, at LG his blown block rate was a very solid 2.0%, which was 14th best in the league.
Even with Eichenberg's struggles at OC and the Lester Cotton snaps at RG, the IOL was a part of the offense leading the league in yards, 2nd in points, 1st in passing yards, 1st in PBE, 1st in rush YPC, 1st in rush TDs, etc."