{"id":9034,"date":"2020-02-09T02:42:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T02:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=9034"},"modified":"2020-02-09T02:51:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T02:51:47","slug":"6-best-offensive-tackles-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/6-best-offensive-tackles-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Best Offensive Tackles Hitting the Market this Offseason Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BY ADAM GREENE<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/6-best-offensive-tackles-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-1\/\">we opened our offensive tackle list <\/a>with a guy on the trading block, the guys in this section are all free, clear and available to whomever is willing to crack open their wallet the furthest.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3.\nANTHONY CASTONZO, LT, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>6-7,\n307 pounds, 31 years of, PFF Grade: 81.3<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Castonzo\nhad started all but a handful of games at left tackle for the\nIndianapolis Colts since the team drafted him No. 22 overall in 2011.\nThis is Castonzo\u2019s third contract in the league and while the Colts\nhave plenty of salary cap room to keep him, he might not want to be\nkept. Especially with the teams fluid quarterback situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nidea of blocking for Andrew Luck and competing for Super Bowls would\nbe a good enticement to stay. But since that\u2019s off the table,\nthere\u2019s no reason for Castonzo to remain in Indy unless he just\nreally loves the neighborhood he and his wife picked out. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where\nhe should end up: <strong>Cincinnati Bengals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nBengals drafted Jonah Williams with their first round pick last year\nand never got to take the field with him once as he was lost for the\nseason with a torn labrum. He could very well be their left tackle of\nthe future, but I say why take the chance? \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cincy\nis about to invest a No. 1 overall pick in Joe Burrow. Imagine how\nmuch better you\u2019d feel about that with Castonzo on the left side of\nthe line and Williams on the right? The Bengals have plenty of cap to\nmake this happen and all you have to look at is the turnaround with\nthe Los Angeles Rams and Jared Goff in 2017 and 2018 once the team\nsolidified its left tackle position with Andrew Whitworth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bengals\nhead coach Zac Taylor got a first-hand view of that transformation as\nhe was Goff\u2019s QB coach in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4.\nBRYAN BULAGA, RT, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>6-5,\n314 pounds, 30 years old, PFF Grade: 77.9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulaga\nis in a similar position as Castonzo, though he can\u2019t command the\nsame left tackle money. He can still pull in plenty at right tackle.\nThe Pack paid him $8 million-plus the last two seasons to pass block\nfor their best offensive weapon, Aaron Rodgers, and he delivered. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\nGreen Bay isn\u2019t going to use a franchise tag on a right tackle and\nthey have a cheaper option in Jason Spriggs, also a free agent, a guy\nthey picked in the second round of the 2016 draft. They might decide\nto roll with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where\nhe should end up: <strong>Green Bay Packers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While\nSpriggs is a younger and will likely compete for a starting job\nelsewhere, the Packers know what they have in Bulaga. While he\u2019s\ndealt with some injury issues in the past, he started 14 games in\n2018 and 18, counting two playoff games, this season. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More\nthan that, there\u2019s just no way Rodgers allows the Packers to let\nBulaga walk. Like the Bengals\u2019 Zac Taylor, Green Bay head coach\nMatt LaFleur too was a coach on that 2017 Rams squad. If anybody has\na concept of what a strong offensive line can do, and what letting\nmembers of that offensive line go as the Rams did in 2019, it should\nbe LaFleur. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wrap up out list with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/6-best-offensive-tackles-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-3\/\">our oldest entry showing up in Part 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/6-best-offensive-tackles-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-1\/\">6 BEST OFFENSIVE TACKLES HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 1<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/6-best-offensive-tackles-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-3\/\">6 BEST OFFENSIVE TACKLES HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 3<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Get the latest NFL football odds and information&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/betonline_ag\">follow BetOnline.ag on Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/betonline_ag\/\">BetOnline.ag on Instagram<\/a>&#8211;Follow for the latest odds, stats and information!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY ADAM GREENE While we opened our offensive tackle list with a guy on the trading block, the guys in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9043,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9034\/revisions\/9043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}