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Cut Jake Long.
First off I don't in any way hold Jake responsible for Sam's injury, it's not his fault he was put out there when clearly not ready.
That said Jake was brought in to protect Sam, there is no Sam to protect, as such I'd rather play our number 2 overall pick in his long term position, and put some of the Long money into re-signing Barksdale.
Robinson may not have been the best option in the short term when it came to protecting Sam, but we should be thinking long term now, I'd rather take my lumps with Robinson learning how to be a NFL LT, than take my lumps with Robinson learning how to be a NFL LG and then learning a whole new position whilst trying to bed in a rookie QB (assuming we draft one next year). Let's use this opportunity to sure up both tackle spots for the next 4 years or so.
First off I don't in any way hold Jake responsible for Sam's injury, it's not his fault he was put out there when clearly not ready.
That said Jake was brought in to protect Sam, there is no Sam to protect, as such I'd rather play our number 2 overall pick in his long term position, and put some of the Long money into re-signing Barksdale.
Robinson may not have been the best option in the short term when it came to protecting Sam, but we should be thinking long term now, I'd rather take my lumps with Robinson learning how to be a NFL LT, than take my lumps with Robinson learning how to be a NFL LG and then learning a whole new position whilst trying to bed in a rookie QB (assuming we draft one next year). Let's use this opportunity to sure up both tackle spots for the next 4 years or so.