3rdandinches
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If JM does a pretty decent job at LT we may be over paying our new RT. Maybe in the long run switching both would be more ideal but the money will be huge no matter what.
We have others phins that will be FA too.
Jake Long
Sean Smith
Reggie Bush
Brian Hartline
Randy Starks
6mil for the draft
WR we bring it will likely cost 10 mil +
and I'll say it again. add the 19 ufa/rfa or the replacements we will have to sign will end up being around 17-19 mil as well. We would be able to use jake long 13-16 mill on a Tide end like cooker/pass rusher he's just isn't worth the money.Tampa Bay was able to give Vincent Jackson and Carl Nicks something like $104 million combined. And they still had $18 million left over. Even if we sign Long to a huge contract, no one on that list prevents us from signing a big name free agent. Of those expecting a big pay day, only Starks comes close and id be willing to bet he can be squeezed under the $20 million we have left over after Long/free agent wideout. Gone are the days of $100 mill contracts to interior lineman.
People are so quick to forget: we have to spend our cap. Due to the CBA all teams have to spend 88% of their cap space. Get yo credit cards ready!
and I'll say it again. add the 19 ufa/rfa or the replacements we will have to sign will end up being around 17-19 mil as well. We would be able to use jake long 13-16 mill on a Tide end like cooker/pass rusher he's just isn't worth the money.
If we spend another st rounder on the line, Im not sure any team in history will have invested as much in OL in the span of 5 years.
3 first round picks
1 second round pick
1 3rd round pick
2 or 3 later round picks
2 big money FA signings
2 or 3 smaller FA signings
Mind boggling.
No.
With that, a decent starting RT should be easy to find in FA or in the 2nd/3rd round.
It should be easy? really? What RT did you have in mind? Filling any starting position isnt easy, especially RT.
Arizona had the same idea this year. They started a middle round pick at RT in Bobbie Massie (a player many posters here wanted) and he gave up 4.5 sacks to Cam Wake in one game! Massie is on pace to give up over 20 sacks on the year....
Why dont we just re-sign him? That way we don't have to spend a draft pick and he's still better than anyone we could draft to replace him. I'd rather overpay Long than have to waste a high round pick on an OT when we should be using that pick on skill positions. I dont even want to use a middle round pick on an OT. We need to be drafting offensive weapons.
Not IMO. I do not see the point in paying less for a player who sucks anyways. If a player sucks, he sucks, regardless of what his salary is. If we paid him 15M, or if we paid him 6M, it doesnt matter, because he is still getting holding penalties, false starts, and giving up sacks. We need to cut our ties with him and start over. That being said, I do not advocate for spending anything higher than our second 3rd rounder at right tackle.
If ur gonna spend a first rounder on a LT you may as well just resign Jake...Miami has the cap to sign him..we just need to ask for a bit of a home town discount.