ckparrothead
Premium Member
Who would you choose?
I would choose Tait hands down. I just said this in another thread...but you dont go and overpay for a guard when you have a gaping hole at tackle with someone standing there ready to fill that hole.
Tackle is still the most important position on the line, and a good tackle tandem will get you a lot in both the passing game AND the running game.
Woody wants to break the bank and be the highest paid inside lineman ever. Is he the best inside lineman ever? Nope. He's not as good a center as Olin Kreutz, Kevin Mawae, or Dermonte Dawson, and he's not as good a guard as say, Larry Allen.
Hey I say we get him and if we did he'd be a GREAT addition no doubt. He wouldn't solve the OL problems alone though. I'm afraid of getting into a bidding war for him. If the Lions are offering an $8 million signing bonus, let them have him. Remember when we opened up the checkbook fat and wide for Kevin Donalley? That didn't work out terribly well for us. He was an alright guard for us definitely and did good things in Carolina this year but the point was we had an ailing line and opening up the pocket book for a guard didn't solve those problems.
BUT, when we drafted Todd Wade in the 2nd round, instantly we've got the best running game we'd seen around here since Andra Franklin, or even since the good ole days of Czonka, Kiick, and Morris.
I would choose Tait hands down. I just said this in another thread...but you dont go and overpay for a guard when you have a gaping hole at tackle with someone standing there ready to fill that hole.
Tackle is still the most important position on the line, and a good tackle tandem will get you a lot in both the passing game AND the running game.
Woody wants to break the bank and be the highest paid inside lineman ever. Is he the best inside lineman ever? Nope. He's not as good a center as Olin Kreutz, Kevin Mawae, or Dermonte Dawson, and he's not as good a guard as say, Larry Allen.
Hey I say we get him and if we did he'd be a GREAT addition no doubt. He wouldn't solve the OL problems alone though. I'm afraid of getting into a bidding war for him. If the Lions are offering an $8 million signing bonus, let them have him. Remember when we opened up the checkbook fat and wide for Kevin Donalley? That didn't work out terribly well for us. He was an alright guard for us definitely and did good things in Carolina this year but the point was we had an ailing line and opening up the pocket book for a guard didn't solve those problems.
BUT, when we drafted Todd Wade in the 2nd round, instantly we've got the best running game we'd seen around here since Andra Franklin, or even since the good ole days of Czonka, Kiick, and Morris.