Panzerspitze
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It's trying to be smarter not singing a guy you can know is seeking to be a top 10 paid guard not really top 10 worthy? Also undersized as was a notable issue here.
Seems weird to pull some 5 month old offseason signing post to make some random jump to points when the 1st thing you see Googling the guy is articles he's been bad at camp and in the preseason for Pittsburgh.
Buy Or Sell: James Daniels' Preseason Play A Major Concern For O-Line's Future
With training camp and the preseason now in full swing, we are finally beginning to piece together some concrete data to attempt to draw conclusions about the Pittsburgh Steelers and who they will be during the 2022 season. With new quarterbacks, new coaches in new roles, even a new stadium...steelersdepot.com
Well, someone in the Steelers-signing-Daniels twitter thread mentioned that even Poles said FAs get overpaid in justifying the dollar terms for one of his own "average" (in that poster's opinion) FA acquisitions.
If Daniels is overpaid by Pitt, it's not by that much, because that 5-month old article I referenced states: "In his first four seasons, the athletic interior offensive lineman never once graded out worse than the 20th best player at his position, according to Pro Football Focus. The tape would back this up, as he appeared to be the lone bright spot on a struggling Bears offensive line."
Undersized? I vaguely remember that label was attached to Daniels when he was drafted. But how is a 6'4 320+ lbs guard/center undersized? Olin Kreuz was undersized, as was Casey Wiegmann. Not every interior O-lineman is a 6'7 Kyle "holding king" Long who can't cut it as a tackle and had to slide inside. Most aren't. To me, Daniels seems the prototypical size for a guard.
Is Tevan Jenkins "lighter" and "quicker" and objectively better than Daniels? Because, the former is starting on the OL inside for the Bears now. Don't know anything about Lucas Patrick, Poles' new FA OL toy, except he's hurt all pre-season.
As far as Daniels' performance in the Steelers' pre-season, I'm sure his agent would point you to the tapes of the last 4 regular seasons+1 playoff game.
Edit: Interestingly, on the Halas Intrigue podcast concerning the last pre-season game, one of the hosts was going on and on about concerns over David Montgomery (because Fields has the option to scramble or pass) running behind this O-line, sans Daniels of course. The host even explicitly said that the return of Lucas Patrick (C) by the season opener is just one guy. What point am I trying to "jump" to here?
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