Marc Colombo

[iceberg]

See this is what I don't understand. Yes, ok I get that Free has bought himself all of this team and most of these zoners confidence.

But Columbo was already athletically limited with his knees prior to this broken leg.

I always liked Columbo's fire and I do believe he turned out to be a player for us the pastseveral seasons.

However, can you imagine what another 16 regular season games plus what the playoffs would do to this guy?

Like lets be realistic here. We have Free taking on a huge challenge himself and Columbo is breaking down.

Say what you want, but that's life in the NFL and if this team wants to rely on McQ, Brewster and some "vet free agent" with game experience to protect our QB and drive our running game to a superbowl they are delusional.

Heck even if Columbo was 100 percent and Free was 2 years in as a left tackle you need that bonafide guy to step in.

I dont care what Pittsburgh did 2 years ago with that hunk a junk line and I know Jerry thinks BIGG is a contingency at LT if need be but we're playing with fire.

We didn't offer a pick for Gaither, but us and the Bills did check in aboiut him and that means we are looking at tackles.

I find it hard to believe we are going to just sit back. Even Flo should remain a possibility still.

i find it hard to believe people think every move should be made TODAY for no other illusion than to "look busy".

they had TWO people in the 1st round they were looking at before the draft. they were both gone. we got damn good value and people are upset we ignored a need.

a need we really couldn't fill where we were so we got MUCH BETTER at a skill position.

we've got the FA's to filter through. We've got potential trades still out there. we've got flo still a remote possibility, and in the end, we've got June 1 cuts heading into camp where even more trades are likely to happen.

we're not going to just "sit back" - but they don't seem ok to just do something stupid to make mr average fan happy either.