I see our young Tackles being bookends at some point in the future.
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Can someone please explain to me why you all are so fixated on DJ Humphries? Did you get so lost in the sauce arguing about why he should play LT over Thuney that you've mentally built him up into something he's not? Because current day Humphries is a brokedick that from what I saw isn't performing much above JAG level with severe inconsistency to boot.

You want to bridge to Suamataia, fine. He should've been redshirted this year anyway, but for the love of God find someone to bridge the gap that's actually somewhat reliable.

Morris fucking sucks and is going to be playing out his contract and fucking off.
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Yes they did.

You nailed it. But then they hid behind "Thuney upgrades guard" when in fact Joe broke foot off in ass against the Bills at LEFT TACKLE.
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It's just bizarre. Why would you want to run back the same OT situation in 2025 that ultimately ended up in Thuney starting at LT throughout the playoffs in 2024.
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For the same reasons Veach signed him in the first place.

When healthy he's been good. Not great, just good.

And a year further removed from a major surgery, with an entire camp and offseason program, it's reasonable to assume he might still be good.

Look where I started in this very thread - I'm not married to DJ Humphries and don't figure he's some elite option at LT. But the odds of him merely being good next season are no better or worse than any of the other short term, affordable options available like Tyron Smith.

It's not THAT complicated.

Veach was interested in him and gave him the rest of our available cap space for a reason.
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I agree NEXT SEASON.

But if you take some time to go back and look at old film of him, and I did, he looks like a COMPLETELY different dude. Before the ACL he was REALLY athletic, fast, powerful, great punch, got into his set super fast.

Doesn't look ANYTHING like that at all.

Just google it and look how different he looks in his pro bowl year to now. He's def not 100%.
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I don't care if he's great or good. The availability is the problem and it always has been with him, and there's a very good chance the constant injuries have compounded into him not even being good.

Veach gave him our remaining cap space because he was a desperation signing since both Suamataia and Morris were struggling horrendously.
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Who's arguing THIS season at this point? I'm certainly not.
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At this point I think the best option would be trying out Jawaan Taylor over there in the offseason and if it works being fucking done with it all.
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Oh I just mean this 3000+ comment thread where guys wanted him starting THIS YEAR when it's clear he's not ready.
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Naw Taylor really solidifies the RT, and this is the second year he's been nails in the post season.

I really think we have to trade for a tackle.
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27 years old. Knows the system. Two years straight where he's played his best ball in the post season and apparently learns how to not draw fucking penalties.
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I believe Thuney very loudly put an end to that conversation against Buffalo.

Now the only real question is Caliendo vs Williams. It remains to be seen how that will go, but it's what we've got. Thuney earned the start.
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RT is much easier to plug and play out of college. Small sample size, but Morris looks significantly better when he's playing there.
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He draws fewer penalties in the postseason because flags go down in the post-season so most of the ticky tack bullshit he gets nailed with in the regular season stops.

He'd be fine on flags in the regular season to but/for bullshit.

I'd be fine trying him at LT and maybe fixing that position for a half-decade to come. But you're gonna get all pissy at the idea of Morris at RT and a rookie RT is going to be every bit as raw as one at LT.
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