Is anyone else somewhat frustrated?

[Lurker64]

Oops; sorry. Fanecca is 30 or 31 I think. He's an all pro and a nasty player. Perfect fit in any scheme. Honestly, the true reason not many pursued him is $$$. He's going to get 7-8 MIL per year and many teams still don't want to pay an OG that much, especially at that age.

That's pretty much it. When he inks his deal with the Jets, Faneca will be the highest paid offensive lineman in football.

The highest paid offensive lineman in football should not be a 31 year old guard. If you're going to break the bank on a lineman, it's on a 26 year old Left Tackle or something.

[Bretsky]

I like Jacob Bell.

He's mature, young, but no kid.

As others have noted, it's still "stupid money" time. If we can get him at a good price, he'd be a player. The problem at G is we have some interesting choices, guys that might just develop into a good player. It'll be hard to figure who gets cut.

I'd prefer Jacob Bell as well; but I'm convinced he's going to get more money that TT is willing to spend so that is why I think Scott might be a nice consolation prize.

Here are some recent comments

Word is ...

Jacob Bell, G
Free Agent On Rams' radar March 2: With Alan Faneca off the market, the Rams have turned their sights on Bell, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Bell, the Titans' starting left guard for three of the past four seasons, is scheduled to pay a free-agent visit to Rams Park on Monday. Bell and Indianapolis' Jake Scott are widely considered the best guards in this year's free agency pool other than Faneca

http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsessionid=35265A469082A5B11152D45670AF45FC?id=09000d5d806a3052&template=with-video&confirm=true

[Harlan Huckleby]

But because Williams was traded, he is listed under the "Lost/Released" column as "traded for '08 2nd" I think he should be in the "Gains" column, too, as "Franchised-but traded for '08 2nd".

Williams was traded!? How come there aren't some 200-post-long threads about this, and at least a couple polls????

Damn, PackerRats is sagging, I expect to be able to read the thread titles and keep up.

Williams for a 2nd rounder doesn't sound very good to me. I'd rather have an established player than a 2nd round pick. But I don't doubt that was his market value.

[Bretsky]

But because Williams was traded, he is listed under the "Lost/Released" column as "traded for '08 2nd" I think he should be in the "Gains" column, too, as "Franchised-but traded for '08 2nd".

Williams was traded!? How come there aren't some 200-post-long threads about this, and at least a couple polls????

Damn, PackerRats is sagging, I expect to be able to read the thread titles and keep up.

Williams for a 2nd rounder doesn't sound very good to me. I'd rather have an established player than a 2nd round pick. But I don't doubt that was his market value.

http://www.packerrats.com/ratchat/viewtopic.php?t=11454&start=0

[Tony Oday]

We dont have that many threads on a second tier topped out player

[Harlan Huckleby]

hey, he was good enough to franchise!

we get multiple threads when Ben Steele gets cut.

[Tony Oday]

Im just breaking balls...yeah I have been watching a lot of the Sopranos.

[Patler]

Williams was traded!? How come there aren't some 200-post-long threads about this, and at least a couple polls????

Damn, PackerRats is sagging, I expect to be able to read the thread titles and keep up.

Looks like we will have to take turns reading to Harlan again.

[KYPack]

I like Jacob Bell.

He's mature, young, but no kid.

As others have noted, it's still "stupid money" time. If we can get him at a good price, he'd be a player. The problem at G is we have some interesting choices, guys that might just develop into a good player. It'll be hard to figure who gets cut.

I'd prefer Jacob Bell as well; but I'm convinced he's going to get more money that TT is willing to spend so that is why I think Scott might be a nice consolation prize.

Here are some recent comments

Word is ...

Jacob Bell, G
Free Agent On Rams' radar March 2: With Alan Faneca off the market, the Rams have turned their sights on Bell, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Bell, the Titans' starting left guard for three of the past four seasons, is scheduled to pay a free-agent visit to Rams Park on Monday. Bell and Indianapolis' Jake Scott are widely considered the best guards in this year's free agency pool other than Faneca

http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsessi...o&confirm=true

Well, we're on the same page, B. That must mean this is all wrong, eh?

Bell is an LG. That would map to our needs better. The Zone blocking that we run (which ain't the ZBS, but that another story) would be no problem for him. I, too, think Bell will get paid at a high rate. A rate higher than our current Oline lads are being paid and we got Tausch coming up.

A lot of teams would like to add a 4 year guard who knows what he's doing

I still can't figure out why Bell is in Fisher's dog house. Tennessee has all kinds of cap room. They could sign 4 "Bells" and still be in good cap shape. Bell must have pissed somebody off.

I like him, but doubt we will sign him.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Have you seen the list of FAs this team will have after the 2009 season? It's long. We're going to need the extra cap room soon. Those guys will need to be extended this offseason or next--or we risk losing them.