ckparrothead
Premium Member
My perscription...
Keep James McKnight, hand him the starting job, let Jay get use to passing to the WRs more in the Norv offense. Let OG go, he sucks and he's a traitorous @sshole. Cris Carter ought to be gone too...as will Dedric Ward.
Let Jed Weaver go, try to keep Desmond Clark (might be difficult).
Keep Deon Dyer, let Konrad test the waters. If someone offers him big, let him go.
Cut Todd Perry, use the money to re-sign Mark Dixon (won't be retiring, too injury prone for other teams to bid up his price). Have Nails, Dixon, and RUDDY compete for the 3 guard spots. Seth McKinney is the new center. Re-negotiate/extend Todd Wade longterm while he's cheap (the coaches want to). Let the coaches do what they feel is right about the starting LT position (be it Gandy, Adams, Petitgout, or some coup'de'tat to pry Pace or Jones away from someone).
Go after Takeo Spikes first, unless we're being outbid, then switch gears to Rosey Colvin. If not, Mike Peterson would not make a bad substitute. We NEED a tackling machine at WSLB, Zach needs it, the defensive secondary needs it, the DL needs it.
Go after a passrushing defensive TACKLE either in the draft (Vince Wilfork) or free agency.
Leave the rest of the D alone. The elements I feel we're missing on D is more penetration into the backfield and capable tackling (how about actually standing up the runner instead of letting him crash forward?) This can be accomplished with upgrades at WSLB and a passrushing young DT (remember Damian Gregory how he use to penetrate well?).
Priority Free Agent list...
1. Walter Jones or Orlando Pace (virtually impossible, might as well put them at the top).
2. Gandy, Petitgout, Adams, or whoever in god's name the coaches are thinking about for their tackle problems.
3. Takeo Spikes
4. Laveraneous Coles
5. Rosevelt Colvin
6. Peerless Price
7. Mike Peterson
8. Backup QB (who knows?)
9. Mark Dixon
10. Richmond Webb (backup LT)
11. Fill out the WR depth.
Note this is my priority list for free agents. In addition to this wishlist I would probably draft a young passrushing DT, a QB, WR, and OL...not necessarily in that order (as always, take the talent first position later, with limited respect to some positions).
Keep James McKnight, hand him the starting job, let Jay get use to passing to the WRs more in the Norv offense. Let OG go, he sucks and he's a traitorous @sshole. Cris Carter ought to be gone too...as will Dedric Ward.
Let Jed Weaver go, try to keep Desmond Clark (might be difficult).
Keep Deon Dyer, let Konrad test the waters. If someone offers him big, let him go.
Cut Todd Perry, use the money to re-sign Mark Dixon (won't be retiring, too injury prone for other teams to bid up his price). Have Nails, Dixon, and RUDDY compete for the 3 guard spots. Seth McKinney is the new center. Re-negotiate/extend Todd Wade longterm while he's cheap (the coaches want to). Let the coaches do what they feel is right about the starting LT position (be it Gandy, Adams, Petitgout, or some coup'de'tat to pry Pace or Jones away from someone).
Go after Takeo Spikes first, unless we're being outbid, then switch gears to Rosey Colvin. If not, Mike Peterson would not make a bad substitute. We NEED a tackling machine at WSLB, Zach needs it, the defensive secondary needs it, the DL needs it.
Go after a passrushing defensive TACKLE either in the draft (Vince Wilfork) or free agency.
Leave the rest of the D alone. The elements I feel we're missing on D is more penetration into the backfield and capable tackling (how about actually standing up the runner instead of letting him crash forward?) This can be accomplished with upgrades at WSLB and a passrushing young DT (remember Damian Gregory how he use to penetrate well?).
Priority Free Agent list...
1. Walter Jones or Orlando Pace (virtually impossible, might as well put them at the top).
2. Gandy, Petitgout, Adams, or whoever in god's name the coaches are thinking about for their tackle problems.
3. Takeo Spikes
4. Laveraneous Coles
5. Rosevelt Colvin
6. Peerless Price
7. Mike Peterson
8. Backup QB (who knows?)
9. Mark Dixon
10. Richmond Webb (backup LT)
11. Fill out the WR depth.
Note this is my priority list for free agents. In addition to this wishlist I would probably draft a young passrushing DT, a QB, WR, and OL...not necessarily in that order (as always, take the talent first position later, with limited respect to some positions).
