For all that our line desperately needed a rebuild, with Brown starting it's seriously veteran.
LT: Fant (30)
LG: Tomlinson (30)
C: McGovern (29)
RG: AVT (23)
RT: Brown (37)
We can hope that Mitchell grows into something good, but the chances of Herbig or Pierschbacher developing into much are pretty slim, and we already know what Feeney, Edoga and McDermott are. For all the talk of building the line, we've spent the last three years mostly sticking veteran bandaids on it. AVT is the only shining exception.
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It's a veteran OL, but saying that Douglas has been "mostly sticking veteran bandaids on it" is very wrong.
We've been in the top 5 in offensive line spending each of the last couple years, and we are probably number 1 now.
We spent two high picks on OL (AVT, Becton). We also took two developmental linemen in the 4th round (Clark, Mitchell). We signed Fant, Tomlinson and McGovern to relatively big contracts. There have been veteran band-aids mixed in (Brown, Moses, Kalil, GVR, Feeney, etc), but we have invested a ton in this offensive line over the years.
He's been here for 3 full offseasons, and we've made multiple significant offensive line additions each year. Even the first year he was here, he gave Ryan Kalil a big deal to try to shore up IOL.
Just because guys are older doesn't mean they are bandaids. This is Fant and McGovern's 3rd year starting here. That's not a band-aid. Tomlinson is 30, but he's not a band-aid.