miamirw
Pro Bowler
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1. Trade Ricky's rights to Oakland for a 2005 1st rounder plus a conditional 2nd in 2006 if Ricky plays.
2. Trade Fiedler to the Cowboys (who are desperate for QB help) today for a 2005 3rd round pick. Parcells likes Fiedler and Jay can move the chains for Bill while Henson learns the ropes. (This is highly unlikely given Dave's attachment to Jay).
3. Sign Chad Hutchinson to be our 3rd string QB and promote Sage to the #2 spot. All reports out of camp are that Sage is playing terrifically and could challenge for the starting job if given the opportunity.
4. Sign Pete Kendall as insurance for Seth McKinney and Greg Jerman at Center and RG respectively. The guy is a former pro bowler and we could use some veteran leadership.
5. Extend Chris Chamber's contract. Use the extra Ricky money to lock him up long term. This frees us up to use the franchise tag as a bargaining chip against Ogunleye.
6. With the added leverage of the franchise tag combined with the prospect of losing all that money this year (playing at 425k this year), Ogun should sign the compromise deal before the start of the season.
That's the way I'd start. I know trading away Fiedler could backfire on us if Feely or Rosenfels doesn't develop (we know what we have in Jay - a decent QB who can at least run the offense), but the risk of letting Sage get in there and compete is worth it and we'd recoup some of what we're missing in the form of draft picks.
2. Trade Fiedler to the Cowboys (who are desperate for QB help) today for a 2005 3rd round pick. Parcells likes Fiedler and Jay can move the chains for Bill while Henson learns the ropes. (This is highly unlikely given Dave's attachment to Jay).
3. Sign Chad Hutchinson to be our 3rd string QB and promote Sage to the #2 spot. All reports out of camp are that Sage is playing terrifically and could challenge for the starting job if given the opportunity.
4. Sign Pete Kendall as insurance for Seth McKinney and Greg Jerman at Center and RG respectively. The guy is a former pro bowler and we could use some veteran leadership.
5. Extend Chris Chamber's contract. Use the extra Ricky money to lock him up long term. This frees us up to use the franchise tag as a bargaining chip against Ogunleye.
6. With the added leverage of the franchise tag combined with the prospect of losing all that money this year (playing at 425k this year), Ogun should sign the compromise deal before the start of the season.
That's the way I'd start. I know trading away Fiedler could backfire on us if Feely or Rosenfels doesn't develop (we know what we have in Jay - a decent QB who can at least run the offense), but the risk of letting Sage get in there and compete is worth it and we'd recoup some of what we're missing in the form of draft picks.
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