Sullivan and Birk are both 6’4’’. Birk is 309 pounds, Sullivan is 301 pounds. Quite similar, wouldn’t you agree? I can’t wait to see Sullivan out there on the field.

I love Bryant McKinnie, I have no doubts about him.

Steve Hutchinson, enough said. Best guard in the NFL.

Anthony Herrera looked good last year. He’s huge, as well. Another great guard.

Philip Loadholt is probably the draft pick I feel most safe with. I didn’t think we needed Harvin, although wildcat could be freaking awesome. Hopefully we can sign him quickly and put him on the field. Ryan Cook – yuck.

Offensive Line Grade – B+

I can’t give is an A when Sullivan and Loadholt are unproven. But I am very optimistic heading into the season. =)

all reports are very favorable for Sullivan. Even Birk had nothing but good things to say about the kid. then birk has always been a very classy guy, one of the reasons he will be missed, even if Sullivan is great.

Was an awesome pickup. There was some pretty good value there. The draft did a lot of good things, but that could be huge.

I fully expect the running game to not lose a step. It was sad to see Birk leave, but I don’t think they lose all that much. I love that Sullivan is a smart guy as well. I guess I’m assuming he is, does anyone have an IQ or something on this guy?

my jury is still out on this group. i think sullivan will be equal or better than birk by the end of the season. loadholt will hopefully live up to his potential. even if he is only adequate it will be an upgrade on the right side.

you never can tell with guys who haven’t played at the nfl level. both could suck royally and we’re screwed or both could be pro bowlers and ap rushes for 3000 yards. in the end our see our line slightly better than last year.

Should be even better then last year, which is going to be pretty scary. The reviews on Loadholt are that he is a great run blocker but struggles in pass blocking. I think your line could struggle in pass blocking though, at least initially. Sullivan will have to learn all the audibles and line shifts, and it might take him a while to recognize when he needs to call those audibles and line shifts. Loadholt also could be a question mark as far as pass blocking goes. I don’t think it’s out of the question to think that they could possibly be equal to last years line, or maybe even a little better.

Cook was not a bad run blocker…and from all reports that is what Load does so well. We need good pass blocking…so we may not see that big of and improvement here.
Sully…well he has big shoes to fill as another poster said….So again we will see. The up side to Sully is that the staff felt he was ready to take over for Matt….and outside of QB…they have been pretty good at judging the talent for the team.