Not upgrading Guard in FA would be a huge mistake IMO

[insomnia411]

They're all pretty much off the market at this point except for Wisniewski... If we don't sign him (and I haven't seen anything linking us to him) guard would be such a glaring hole heading into the draft we would almost be forced to pick Collins at 14... I think Scherff goes top 12. Relying on Dallas Thomas to start CANNOT be an option, and we'd be taking a pretty big risk going anywhere else round 1 and hoping the guard we like will last til our 2nd round pick.

This is why I was concerned about Suh. Only time will tell, but a plan for Knighton/ Dan Williams AND a big guard like Franklin or Iupati would've cost less than Suh alone, and it would've patched 2 big holes. In that case, we probably could've cut Starks and brought back Odrick. We'll see what happens.

 

[Phinatic8u]

Spending big money on a guard isnt very smart

Draft one in the 3rd add a cheap vet and move on.

 

[67Stang]

More FA options will come after the draft.....we won't make all of our moves in FA before the draft.

 

[Phinfan99]

teams will make cuts on there rosters and then we will see whats available at that time

 

[SunsPhinsfan03]

Why freak out on day 1 of FA? We will address it with a inexpensive guy and a mid rd pick. Then we'll move on.

Thats how it should be

 

[overworkedirish]

These reactionary, short-sighted threads, my God.

 

[Fintastic2124]

We still have cuts from other teams. Drafting one also is an option

 

[Mogwai]

I'm assuming we're going to pursue a guard and a swing T. We have to. It's too early to stress over it. If we wind up not addressing it then yes I'd feel we wound up making a huge blunder.

 

[Tiko377]

Spending big money on a guard isnt very smart

Draft one in the 3rd add a cheap vet and move on.

agreed. We need to get Turner in as a starter and maybe draft the other or get someone else cheap.

 

[FearTheBeard]

Spending big money on a guard isnt very smart

Draft one in the 3rd add a cheap vet and move on.

:rob19::rob19:

Sounds like Tyson Clabo and Dallas Thomas.

You don't save a couple mil and get your QB killed, we should know this by now.

 

[insomnia411]

I'm not being reactionary or shortsighted... I'm stating my simple opinion that not bringing in a starting vet guard in FA would be a mistake for us. Dallas Thomas sucks and Billy Turner is totally unproven. Supposedly Wisneiwski is in Florida to visit the Bucs. Hopefully he leaves Tampa and comes to sign with us.

 

[LordTua]

If we go into the draft with our current situation unchanged, I will be pretty upset. I highly doubt our FO prioritized our DL over our OL that has been under heavy fire since Philbin's tenure began. We have to have a plan in place. They just cant be that dumb.

 

[finfan54]

What you really want is guard off the table so you can draft 5 wr's. Drafting a guard is smart. Not a tackle moved to G, but a guard who will always be a G.

 

[greasyObnoxious]

I'm not being reactionary or shortsighted... I'm stating my simple opinion that not bringing in a starting vet guard in FA would be a mistake for us. Dallas Thomas sucks and Billy Turner is totally unproven. Supposedly Wisneiwski is in Florida to visit the Bucs. Hopefully he leaves Tampa and comes to sign with us.

while i agree, we should bring in a vet at OG, there is still a bit time left. we got Colledge pretty late in the off-season, and for as long as he was healthy, he was ok. i'm looking for a similar signing again.

 

[Lilseb93]

Yah it sucks that the season starts tomorrow.