SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

LOL you can tell he wrote that just by looking at stats and not how many sacks/stuffs our OL gave up, nor did he see any of the games.

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

Yeah, I read that article last night, and I thought - hunh? Look, I don\'t think Gandy was near as bad as people have been making out (I was in this crowd too, until I calmed down). However, this line does not inspire confidence.

I think that Bentley will be great at the Center position, but that isn\'t based on a whole lot of evidence. Gandy will continue to be serviceable against all except the elite ends. Holland and Jacox are no better than serviceable on the upside, but IMO Holland is still on the upward learning curve - he could turn into a beast (COULD). Mayberry is a guard, not a tackle. While I hope he\'ll turn out to be great, I expect merely good, and still he can\'t be worse than \"1st and 15 Riley\", can he?

That is not inspiring confidence in me. Here is something that I have some hope for, but no great evidence. We get a LB in the Howard trade, then we take Brown in the first round -

LT - Gandy
LG - Holland
C - Bentley
RG - Mayberry
RT - Brown

That sounds not too shabby to me. With the possibility of Stinchcomb stepping up, and Nesbitt and Jacox as backups, we\'re not in bad shape then.

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

Hey J, that would be a much better O-line than that other dude wrote about. Mayberry scares me at RT, but would be great at G.

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

Yeah, I\'m with you FV. I hope I\'m wrong about Mayberry, since the FO keeps calling the guy an RT (he has like 4 starts at OT... I don\'t remember the details on that though, so I may be wrong). Perhaps, it is merely a diversion to taking an OT in the first round?

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

I find it funny how some of you people dog our guards. Jacox and Holland has proved to be more than serviceable. Do some of you not realize the kind of numbers Deuce put up with the same line the year before this and the year before that?

LT - Gandy, Stinchcomb (his year to step up)
LG - Jacox, Nesbit
C - Bentley, Chad S. (NFL Europe... not a bad player)
RG - Holland, Folau
RT - Mayberry, Folau

Once we are get back to our smash mouth football this year and Deuce puts up his big numbers, I bet some people will be eating their words about Jacox and Holland.

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

jkool i like your projected starters. would love to get brown and move mayberry inside. im pretty sure the eagles picked mayberry up in the first round. i am also pretty sure being from south jersey and my family being eagles fans, that he struggled at tackle that year. i guess that could be expected for almost any o linman at tackle their first year. i\'d like to see brown but if not then i hope mayberry is a stud.

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

definitely can do without saints insider breaking down the o-line... they broke down enough on their own.

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

thats funny kelley

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

Jacox is a good backup and that is all. I like holland though. Stinch will always be a backup!Mayberry is good at G. I was not impressed with Gandy, we need to draft a T early or we are still in trouble.

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

fire i still see gandy as a starter this year if need be. i dont think he is terrible. but i would love brown.

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

I agree sp i think he will be the starter, but he just does not impress me. he will be the starter cause we have no choice!

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

well no your right. i think he is a solid starter this year but thats about it. he isnt going to do much for us and he isnt getting any younger. we need to replace him. if we have to go into the year with him i wont cry but i wouldnt mind us getting an upgrade. plus you pick brown up this year and next year he has this year under him. but even with brown we may have to play gandy one more year because i\'d like to move mayberry inside. im not sure he can start at tackle. the question if we pick up brown is who is better at tackle gandy or mayberry. i really dont think thier looking at brown. i think their happy with mayberry and gandy. hope im wrong. we have the chance to get a possible great tackle and i dont think were going to go after him

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

i think that the inner part of our o line was good last year without mayberry. but our real problem was at tackle. more with riley but on both sides. maybe we can start mayberry there and then pick up brown and keep gandy as a reserve. im just not sold on mayberry as a tackle yet

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

The year before last our guards were Bentley and Jacox (and Holland filled in for awhile); not Jacox and Holland. Fontenot was center. This year our running game sucked - it wasn\'t just Riley\'s fault.

I like Jacox and Holland, I think they\'re serviceable. Like I said, I think Holland can still get better. I\'d like to be wrong about Jacox, but I just can\'t help but feel he isn\'t getting better - he\'s staying the same. He is by no means bad.

I\'m still unconvinced about Mayberry (thanks for the thoughts spkb). Moving him inside would be to move him to his strength - that isn\'t a knock against Holland or Jacox, but neither of them have been to the pro-bowl at G, and Mayberry has (if I recall correctly).

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

I agree w/ JKool. I\'m not conviced mayberrycan play tackle. He has virtually no experince. He does at guard. Draft Brown and move Mayberry were he can be a pro-bowler.

SaintsInsider breaks down the startilng O-line.
 

It is settled then we are movin\' Mayberry to Guard
:cheers: