What vet NTs are available? if any?

[juck]

Gurus here would know.We need a backup NT bad.

 

[sureletsrace]

I posted asking this same question 2 days ago. I'd love to see a list of who's out there.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Has anyone actually looked closely at Siavii and how he played during the game? I have seen a lot of vague anecdotes like 'he sucked' but nothing that is in any way meaningful.

I keep going back to two years ago when people were freaking out because Ratliff was our only backup going into the season and people were panicking. Ferg got hurt and the rest was history.

I may not trust Wade on a lot of things but when it comes to evaluating defensive talent I trust him a lot.

 

[big dog cowboy]

The chances of us picking up a better NT after the roster cut to 53 will be much better.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

Has anyone actually looked closely at Siavii and how he played during the game? I have seen a lot of vague anecdotes like 'he sucked' but nothing that is in any way meaningful.

I keep going back to two years ago when people were freaking out because Ratliff was our only backup going into the season and people were panicking. Ferg got hurt and the rest was history.

I may not trust Wade on a lot of things but when it comes to evaluating defensive talent I trust him a lot.

Siavii doesn't hold his point of attack, has no pass rush and jumped offsides while standing right over the ball. He's garbage.

 

[21Savage]

Has anyone actually looked closely at Siavii and how he played during the game? I have seen a lot of vague anecdotes like 'he sucked' but nothing that is in any way meaningful.

I keep going back to two years ago when people were freaking out because Ratliff was our only backup going into the season and people were panicking. Ferg got hurt and the rest was history.

I may not trust Wade on a lot of things but when it comes to evaluating defensive talent I trust him a lot.

Exactly! He slipped while penetrating on that Mcfadden long run and then jumped offsides and suddenly he's not the answer. I watched all of his plays and he was pretty stout. They only ran one play directly at him for a 4 yard gain which was the first play of the second half.

And in that play, he was cut block by the left guard, the center came off him and fell down trying to get to the second level, and he also got blocked by the full back. Yet he still got involved in the tackle.

I think some people have made up their minds that he sucks and that's it. I for one, and for a fact, watched this guy through out preseason last year and he was pretty stout against the run.

I wish I had the technological know how so I can cut all of his plays from our next season game, make clips of them and post them up so people can see and basically know what they're talking about.

Can someone with the technological know how inform me of how to go about doing this? Like Dcfanatic or somebody. I download videos online like most other fans and play them with Divx. What do I need? I saw someone on youtube do a similar thing with Igor Olshansky's game against the Saints last year because stupid people were saying he sucked in that game.

Man, I hate people who just scream from tall buildings while being ignorant.

 

[21Savage]

Siavii doesn't hold his point of attack, has no pass rush and jumped offsides while standing right over the ball. He's garbage.

 

[Joe Realist]

Un retire La'Roi Glover!

 

[Chocolate Lab]

The chances of us picking up a better NT after the roster cut to 53 will be much better.

Yep. If we do get someone, it will be a guy who barely misses the final cut on a good team. Not a guy cut now when every team needs camp bodies just to get through the games.

And like newnation says, it's too soon to give up on Junior just yet.

 

[EPL0c0]

Did a quick check of nfl.com/freeagency/ and a couple of other pages and I think these are the DT/NT that are out there right now.(Hope formatting is ok)

Allen, Kenderick DT UFA 6-5 328
Gibson, Gary DT UFA 6-3 285
Jackson, Tommy DT Rel 6-0 304
Lake, Antwan DT UFA 6-4 308
LeGrande, Shemiah DT UFA 6-0 282
Moore, Langston DT UFA 6-1 305
Reed, James DT UFA 6-0 286
Robertson, Dewayne DT Rel 6-1 308
Smith, Kenny DT UFA 6-4 303
Thornton, John DT UFA 6-3 297
Walker, Darwin DT UFA 6-3 294
Wyms, Ellis DT UFA 6-3 290
Zgonina, Jeff DT UFA 6-2 281


Pretty slim pickings...

 

[RoadRunner]

The chances of us picking up a better NT after the roster cut to 53 will be much better.

Agreed. There will be more to choose from since more guys will be looking for work.

 

[Biggems]

what about that Smith guy that Cleveland cut a few days ago?

 

[Monster Heel]

Jerry should be dialing 1-800-Nose-Tackle

 

[juck]

We need a big fat body in there.

 

[SMCowboy]

Exactly! He slipped while penetrating on that Mcfadden long run and then jumped offsides and suddenly he's not the answer. I watched all of his plays and he was pretty stout. They only ran one play directly at him for a 4 yard gain which was the first play of the second half.

And in that play, he was cut block by the left guard, the center came off him and fell down trying to get to the second level, and he also got blocked by the full back. Yet he still got involved in the tackle.

I think some people have made up their minds that he sucks and that's it. I for one, and for a fact, watched this guy through out preseason last year and he was pretty stout against the run.

I wish I had the technological know how so I can cut all of his plays from our next season game, make clips of them and post them up so people can see and basically know what they're talking about.

Can someone with the technological know how inform me of how to go about doing this? Like Dcfanatic or somebody. I download videos online like most other fans and play them with Divx. What do I need? I saw someone on youtube do a similar thing with Igor Olshansky's game against the Saints last year because stupid people were saying he sucked in that game.

Man, I hate people who just scream from tall buildings while being ignorant.

You are right, but there are still some on this board screaming about how bad Bobby Carpenter played after Wade Phillips said he played a good game.

 

[robb01]

We need a big fat body in there.

we really do

 

[unionjack8]

Shaun Smith signed with the Lions this week. Million for one yr deal