Left Tackle: Ereck Flowers
There is no sugarcoating, the past two seasons, Flowers has been one of the worst if not the worst left tackles in the whole NFL.
When drafted ninth overall, ahead of Todd Gurley, expectations were sky high. Then the Miami product was prematurely forced into action at left tackle after Will Beatty suffered a season-ending injury.
From the second that Flowers stepped on the field, it was clear that he was not yet prepared for such a large role. Shortly into his rookie season, he suffered an ankle sprain, and it is believed that the injury may have affected his play. So approaching his sophomore season, he was expected to grow and be a better player without his injury inhibiting him.
For the first few games, the OT was playing admirably, then it fell apart. By the end of the season, Flowers was ranked as the 57th best offensive tackle in the NFL by Pro Football Focus. For comparison, in the NFL there are 64 starting tackles. The tackle was not good this past season, to say the least.
In the offseason, Ben McAdoo stated that he believes that Flowers will be the starting left tackle. He also went on to say that he has room to grow and that he is working hard to get better.
