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Originally posted by Deputy Nutz
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He would be nice, but Pittsburgh seems to know when to let a guy walk. I wonder if he's on the decline."There's a lot of interest in the draft. It's great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don't know anything about what they are talking about."--Ted Thompson -
They just said that they wouldn't pay 7 million a year for a guard. I believe he is relatively young, late twenties.Originally posted by HarveyWallbangersComment
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Looks like he just turned 31.Originally posted by Deputy Nutz"There's a lot of interest in the draft. It's great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don't know anything about what they are talking about."--Ted ThompsonComment
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Haynesworth to me seems like a Cledius Hunt type of player. Plays his ass off to get a contract and then hops on the donut train.Originally posted by Packers4Glory
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he might not compute to a great guard in our system either, being that old there's a chance he's not athletic enough to play guard for us. I don't know what his height and weight are but I'd put money on him not being ideal for the ZB scheme.Originally posted by HarveyWallbangersComment
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Does it really matter all these big name UFA TT wont go after them then we all get upset he usually picks up ones we don't know that work out some great some so so .
If he does open up the purse strings this YR. I would say the secondary is where what we should focus on first 1 or 2 safeties and 1 younger cb to give Harris some back up and possible future replacement.
Our offense is not to bad maybe draft a strong young safety and RB to give Grant so backup but I think Grant will continue to grow and impress but we need some insurance.Comment
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My guess is that if enough of these kinds of guys go to the open market, this year's FA will look more like the year before last's FA than last year's FA. Thompson rushes out early on and signs a player who is not a big name, but is a player a lot of teams would like to have (like with Pickett). Then later on as FA drags, Thompson signs one of the bigger name guys with question marks and is competitive in a few others (like with Woodson).
My suspicion is that this last year there were a few guys that Thompson was interested in on the doorstep to FA, but those guys never hit the market (Tony Gonzalez) or were snapped up within hours of FA opening (Adalius Thomas). Within a couple hours of FA starting, all those guys were off the table and so Thompson sat on his hands while people spent megabucks on Nate Clements, Drew Bennett, etc. Last year was an unprecedented bad free agency class. Virtually none of the big name free agents have contributed in significant ways this year. My kudos to any GM who more or less sat this one out.</delurk>Comment
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Every team in the NFL runs the zone blocking scheme to a certain extent, Fanaca isn't a brute of an offensive linemen, and I am sure that he is more athletic than Jason Spitz or D. Colledge.Originally posted by footballfeverComment
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I was not saying TT was wrong I was just tryiing to say I am not going to try and get worked up about any big name UFA because its not TTs way of doing things and his way is working
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It is interesting from a fan's perspective to look at the draft and FA to see who's out there and to imagine what your team would be like with some of those players...but it's just daydreaming.
TT has shown he's more likely to use the cap money on resigning his own players (since they see them practice daily) than someone else's. If that means Williams, Grant, and Bigby get resigned and he drafts more kids to get coached up and fill in the gaps, so be it.
I think TT might go after a second tier guy, but I'm not expecting a big splash. Then again, he almost never does what I expect.Comment
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