You are not Wrong. Funny how some have to bring up some of the best edge rushers on the strong side to make a case that Free sucks. Free is not great. Hes not even good. hes an average starter that looks worse then he is because he plays with 3 all pros and one of the meanest OG in the League.
some of my best work ....I must say
I aint a Free apologist. Like i keep asking the others. Name someone realistic to replace Doug Free in the offseason. No one seems to be able to do that. Just keep saying someone should be available. If he is as easy to replace as so many say then it shouldn't be hard to name a replacement. Their are multiple sites that name every free agent available in the off season for all positions as well as multiple draft sites that give u names of OT's in the draft.
You aren't presenting a plan......committing another 7.5m to Free to be terrible is a terrible plan....you seem to think there is no one in the NFL or the NCAA that can duplicate his work...... I think we 2 or 3 on the team that can do just as well for 1/10th the cost......Green, Collins and Cleary would all compare if called upon..... all things aren't equal with the cap
I took part of what u said as a plan. Keep Free (for cheap) keep trying with the OT we took in the 3rd round. Didn't say not draft a late round OT to develop or not sign a cheap vet to compete. I'm just saying completely getting rid of Free right off the bat and hoping it works out is not a good plan at all. I can list tons of NCAA OT's right now and give u my review as well as what NFL scouts are saying about them. It seems everyone else is not able to though. All i want is someone to give me a name. No one is doing that. Why is that so hard? do i need to post links to free agent list sites and NFL draft sites? I want Free gone sooner then later too but if their is no real option who is improvement over Free from Day 1 then lets not make a rash decision. I don't care if their is an OT that can be better then Free down the line in his 2nd or 3rd year. If he is not better then him Day 1 then lets wait till 2018 class where their may be 5 or 6 OT's with 1st and 1st/2nd round grades. As well as some day 2 OT's this year who are going back for their senior year. We just put up a record of 13-3 with a rookie QB and was one of the top teams for fewest allowed sacks this year with Free at RT.
Except Collins has been tested at RT and the coaching staff decided he was a guard and Chaz Green has been having durability issues since his freshman year of college. But yes Cleary is going to take us to the top. Imma put u down as in the Cleary camp because u have yet to give me another name other then our starting left guard, an OT who has played in 2 regular season games, and a OT who is a back up at best in the NFL. Give me a realistic option and ill agree with you.
our left guard who has already tried out at RT and was moved back to guard, a OT who has played in 2 nfl games in 2 years, and a at best back up OT. Is that the best that we can do?
And Free was our RT then our LT and then our RT.......things change
So he stayed at OT though. Their is a reason teams switch players who where OT in college to OG. Even his scoutings coming out of college say he is best at OG because he is a physical mauler. He also has short arms for the position. Not to many on here complain about his pass protection. He was giving up sacks at guard where its much easier to hide lack of pass protection ability. what do you think is going to happen on the outside? the complaint about Free is that he sucks at Pass Protection. Collins may be a much better run defender but he won't make much a difference when it comes to pass protection from the strong side.
Plus vets like Stinton get cut every year for cap reasons
Lol You wont give me a name because u can't give me a name other then a trash back up, a good OT who hasn't been healthy since his playing days in highschool 6 years ago, and a player who the teams coaching staff has already decided should stay at guard. Good night Stasheroo. reply back to me when u can give me a free agent name or a draft prospect that can replace free day 1. Not 2 or 3 years down the road. I personally would rather play it safe and draft a RT in the 1st or trade up in the 2nd round in the 2018 draft and really make a dominate line but i guess Cleary is good too...
Yet you can't give me a name not on the team. imma just leave u links.
Possibly if just for a season but i really don't want to mess with the interior of the line. Martin creates so many holes for Zeke in the interior.
