I've heard the Rams are already looking for Long's replacement.
What are youy prepared to pay for a LT? And who do you want?
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3rdandinches
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It was a major problem all season - it cost us games which cost us the playoffs - it cause RT to throw quicker then he should have - there was no run game because of the oline - which made us predictable = there is no "we paid too much" here. We need to solve the problem with a minimum of a starting OT and OG out of the first round of Free Agency. Draft BPA and use the 2nd round of Free Agency to fill the left over cracks!
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I prefer Monroe...but I would be happy with any of Monroe, Albert, Collins, or Veldheer. Also we need at least one more starter on the OL...whether its G or RT. That way we dont go into the draft needing 3 starters on the o-line
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Exactly, and people have to remember that with the new TV contracts starting next year the cap is projected to go up $10 million in 2015 and possibly $15 million in 2016. That's a ton of money the team will have to spend. Hopefully though, a lot of that new money is taken up after Tannehill proves this year he can be a SB caliber winning QB and the Fins sign him to fat long term contract.
I'm prepared to pay a 1st and a 2nd round pick. I would like Richardson, Matthews or Lewan. The first two are unlikely, the last one is possible if the GM would pull the trigger. This "let's just go shopping in FA and solve all of our problems" philosophy doesn't work. Unless we are talking about fill in the gaps type players like backups or lower value positional players, or transcendental players like Deion Sanders, it has never worked. It's a newbie football fan idea that getting big time free agents fix big problems. The GMs that write checks to big name players tend to lose their jobs. What does this tell you? Find your key guys in the draft, free agency is for the rest. A long term solution at LT needs to be found in the draft.
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Cap can be spent in other ways. Smart teams accelerate future guaranteed money into salary for players they believe in that are already under contract instead of signing new contracts that will come home to roost.
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Cap can be spent in other ways. Smart teams accelerate future guaranteed money into salary for players they believe in that are already under contract instead of signing new contracts that will come home to roost.
So you want to line up four rookies on the line next season?
Which players on the fins are we going to do this with?
I think you're overrating how much they'll demand
Mudder1310
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They didn't tag him and supposedly there's some friction between sides there. So maybe. Besides, the question wasn't about probability, it was who we wanted and for how much. Would I like him to come to Miami? Yep. Will he? No idea.
Yeah, I like him too.
Whatever the market value is for an above average LT ($8 Million a year??). I am not willing to pay for an ELITE LT. You do not need an elite LT to win in this league. You just cant have a terrible one.
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That may be true, but the best FA player will want to be paid like an elite player because they're the best available and someone will pay. Who is the best LT in football, Joe Thomas? I think he makes $10.5mm a year. Is Eugene Monroe as good as Thomas? Probably not, but he's the best available in FA right now, so he'll get that sort of coin.
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more than likely he will use us to get more money...there seems to be a trend of that...