Chess anyone? Seeing as how Olindo Mare is shaking us down because of the scantness of the place kicker possibilites these days, what say we throw this off on someone else.
First of all we have to make a trade for a mid second round pick because both Dallas and New Orleans are projected to draft Mason Crosby in the 2nd round.
We beat them to the punch and draft Crosby first, solving our kicking problems for hopefully at least 15 years.
At the same time, seeing as how Crosby is the only true NFL ready kicker in the draft, we have created significant trade value for Olindo Mare. We may actually get something for him instead of having to cut him or get him to re-structure his contract.
He really disappointed us at the beginning of last year but he finished quite well. Mare that is.
Crosby is the real deal. He hits the ones he should hit and he kicks them out of the end zone just like Mare.
There are a number of trade scenarios to garner a mid 2nd round pick. I like the draft Samson Satele trade Rex Hadnot to Pittsburgh scenario. But I'm a huge Satele fan. Green Bay would also probably be a willing trade partner for the right price. Maybe one of our veteran receivers and a second day pick would do it. Pitt would of course need more than just Rex too but with Hartings retired and there almost nonexistant cap room, they shouldn't be too hard to convince that a low cost above average center would be good for their team.
What do you think of the deal Mare draft Crosby thing???
First of all we have to make a trade for a mid second round pick because both Dallas and New Orleans are projected to draft Mason Crosby in the 2nd round.
We beat them to the punch and draft Crosby first, solving our kicking problems for hopefully at least 15 years.
At the same time, seeing as how Crosby is the only true NFL ready kicker in the draft, we have created significant trade value for Olindo Mare. We may actually get something for him instead of having to cut him or get him to re-structure his contract.
He really disappointed us at the beginning of last year but he finished quite well. Mare that is.
Crosby is the real deal. He hits the ones he should hit and he kicks them out of the end zone just like Mare.
There are a number of trade scenarios to garner a mid 2nd round pick. I like the draft Samson Satele trade Rex Hadnot to Pittsburgh scenario. But I'm a huge Satele fan. Green Bay would also probably be a willing trade partner for the right price. Maybe one of our veteran receivers and a second day pick would do it. Pitt would of course need more than just Rex too but with Hartings retired and there almost nonexistant cap room, they shouldn't be too hard to convince that a low cost above average center would be good for their team.
What do you think of the deal Mare draft Crosby thing???
