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Old 01-07-2013   #16
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wow. he's gone.
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Old 01-07-2013   #17
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The 3 Million potential savings would just be eaten up by a player we would be forced to bring in to play RT.

I think we need to see what he could be if he had a good guard to play next to. His performance has always been much better when you play him beside a good guard.
He is getting physically manhandled at times. Larry Allen next to him would not make Doug Free good against a bullrush. Steroids yes.
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I believe.

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Free seemed to lose it mentally.

He isn't strong and isn't nasty but when he came a whipping boy every play that is just too much to handle.

Scrubs were having career years off him in ONE GAME.


To stay as an OG he'd have to take a big salary cut which seems almost crazy.

We paid him as an LT and he isn't even a starting caliber RT. He has to be cut lose.
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No way... He's overpowered as is.
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Gotta know when enough is enough. Bad investment, time to move on.


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Old 01-07-2013   #22
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He is getting physically manhandled at times. Larry Allen next to him would not make Doug Free good against a bullrush. Steroids yes.
He's not a RT. Never thought he was and I have actually stated this on this board many, many times.

I think he's a LT.
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He's not a RT. Never thought he was and I have actually stated this on this board many, many times.

I think he's a LT.

This.

But then again I thought he was more of a backup than a full-time starter.
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He's not a RT. Never thought he was and I have actually stated this on this board many, many times.

I think he's a LT.
They tried that already.

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They tried that already.
When he played LT along side Kosier, he actually had a pretty good year. I believe that was 2010. In 2011, we flipped Kosier from the Left to the Right and started Holland at LG. Free's play started dropping off but Smith's play on the right side was as impressive as you could ask for a Rookie with Kosier player next to him. This season, we flipped Free from Left to Right, Kosier went away, we brought in Livings on the Left and Bernadeau on the Right and both Free and Smith feel off a cliff.

I'm not saying Free is the answer but I am saying that before we make a final decision on him, we should see what happens if we put him next to a good Guard.
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This.

But then again I thought he was more of a backup than a full-time starter.
He might just end up being a swing tackle. Of course, he would have to renegotiate his contract but I could see that.
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He earned his contract because of how he played at LT.
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He earned his contract because of how he played at LT.
Well, I guess he'll earn his next one as well one he's cut.
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When he played LT along side Kosier, he actually had a pretty good year. I believe that was 2010. In 2011, we flipped Kosier from the Left to the Right and started Holland at LG. Free's play started dropping off but Smith's play on the right side was as impressive as you could ask for a Rookie with Kosier player next to him. This season, we flipped Free from Left to Right, Kosier went away, we brought in Livings on the Left and Bernadeau on the Right and both Free and Smith feel off a cliff.

I'm not saying Free is the answer but I am saying that before we make a final decision on him, we should see what happens if we put him next to a good Guard.
how come I don't hear this about other tackles that stink- they need a good guard next to them? Total BS.
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