DMARINO:
you are right on all counts.
and the other thing thats bad about this? it will cost us ELVIS DUMERVILLE who is vital to a team in this pass happy, 19 wr set nfl.
we have a BIG need for another pass rusher to go with wake and we suddenly have a pro bowl player, in his prime who WANTS to be on our team, that wont cost us ANY draft pics. it should have already been done before the sun set yesterday. a HUGE no brainer.
but this is the kind of thing that scared me keeping ireland. he just doesnt see the obvious. he doesnt see that his prized lt isnt nfl lt quality anymore. he was never a good pass blocker and his pass blocking has become a liability! you dont give up a player like dumerville who can sack qb's for an aging, injured, slow tackle. no matter what the price is!!
the 49ers, pats, bucs, seahawks, giants, colts gm's would do this in a heartbeat!! they wouldnt sacrafice a dumerville talent for a ot who is CLEARLY on his way down. especially when we have a young prospect who played admirably down the stretch, a player only needing an offseason of nfl weight training to be the man. a player much cheaper with more ceiling! plus a draft full of great ot prospects. we are NOT desperate at lt.
this whole thing with long, with ireland bent on sinking huge dollars in him is a real head scratcher, dumerville or not. but doing it when they have a VITAL, PRODUCTIVE piece of our puzzle available to us in ED is absolutely insane!!!!
but thats ireland.
and if i am wrong and ireland back tracks and shuts off his guilt knowing mrs. longs will be shedding crocodile tears about not getting to stay in the miami sunshine, i will sing his praises on THAT move. maybe even have a spark of hope he can handle this vital, opportunity rich offseason and make the moves the team actually needs for a change.
untill then............ .
