CowboyStar88
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Gonna miss this dude.. Big Ron is a beast, and the line started blocking better once he got in the game. He's a mean nasty SOB. Total unsung hero
Now people are gonna call him names when he leaves like they did to Demarco lol
I am so sick about hearing about potential, can he play? Ron has proved he can. Potential is just a word applied to people that MIGHT do something.He is better today yes-- but Collins ceiling is higher and it's not debatable. Collins is simply the better athlete. Give Collins another offseason of strength and conditioning and we will be fine at LG.
We have bigger holes on this roster to worry about.
Does anyone know how much dough we will have without Romo or Carr under contract?If letting Ron walk means more money for defense, I'm okay with it.
I am so sick about hearing about potential, can he play? Ron has proved he can. Potential is just a word applied to people that MIGHT do something.
Does anyone know how much dough we will have without Romo or Carr under contract?
And I am sick of fans not getting the fact that there is a thing called the salary cap and that we can't pay every player along the OL top 5 money at their position. Also sick of fans demanding immediate returns on player development. Parcells gave players 3 years to develop-- but of course, you know better amiright!?. Apparently b/c Collins isn't immediately in a pro bowl you think he sux. Brilliant.
You are replacing Leary with a guy who is a blue chip talent and would have been a top 10 pick on draft day had it not been for some strange circumstances. What more do you want? lol
LC has how many years left here? 2? if i could get leary under a solid but fair contract for 4 to 5 years, i'd do that and trade collins. collins still fetches at least a 2nd round pick. Leary is more proven and has a higher chance of being signed to a reasonable contract. With his knee, he isn't making top 5 OG money. with lael, if he actually develops, we can't afford him in 2 years.
Did you read the article in the OP? Leary wants to get PAID. He is not going to come cheap. He hits the market and his value will go WAY UP because a team will overpay him as a FA.
Not sure why everyone is down on Collins. Leary is more technically sound at this point in their careers-- but La'el is off the charts in terms of athleticism and talent. Give Collins a chance to develop and I think you'll be happy. He's only played one year as this year he was hurt. He should come back ready to rock and roll next year.
Did you read the article in the OP? Leary wants to get PAID. He is not going to come cheap. He hits the market and his value will go WAY UP because a team will overpay him as a FA.
Not sure why everyone is down on Collins. Leary is more technically sound at this point in their careers-- but La'el is off the charts in terms of athleticism and talent. Give Collins a chance to develop and I think you'll be happy. He's only played one year as this year he was hurt. He should come back ready to rock and roll next year.
Plus Collins doesn't have a knee that could blow-out at any time.
Does anyone know how much dough we will have without Romo or Carr under contract?
i'm not down on collins at all. but we are talking production vs talent and lael hasn't reached his talent level yet. he could be much better than leary but isn't right now. and when he does reach that, we for sure won't be able to afford to keep him.
i think the possibility of long term OL stability with leary is better. there was a reason he was undrafted. with his knee, he isn't going to be a top paid OG like martin imo. maybe i'm wrong but i see either short high paid contracts or longer, more reasonable contracts with heath outs for teams.
Only save 5 mil without romo. Dallas will carry 19 mil in dead cap money.
The risk of signing Leary at a huge deal after this season is higher than leveraging Collins for 2 years and adding depth/talent via the draft.
i don't disagree depending on what type of money we can get for leary and what kind of draft pick we can get in return for LC. i agree that both can't be kept. i'd only be agreeable to keeping leary if he hit the market (or not) and didn't find what he liked and let dallas sign a reasonable deal because he didn't have any big money offers like he is expecting. if he's getting top 10 money which is over 6 mil a season you probably can't keep him but if he finds his market more in the 4.5 mil per season range because of his knee, i'd love to have him back.