Any good free agent O-lineman or D-lineman available for next season?

Pos Pos
Rank Rating Name Type Yr Ht/Wt College 2008 Team Signed Team
OT NR Jordan Gross UFA 6 6-5/300 Utah Carolina
OT NR Marvel Smith UFA 9 6-5/321 Arizona State Pittsburgh
OT NR Mark Tauscher UFA 9 6-4/315 Wisconsin Green Bay
OT NR Jon Runyan UFA 13 6-7/330 Michigan Philadelphia
OT NR Tra Thomas UFA 11 6-7/335 Florida State Philadelphia
OT NR Willie Colon UFA 3 6-3/315 Hofstra Pittsburgh
OT NR Khalif Barnes UFA 4 6-5/325 Washington Jacksonville
OT NR Marc Colombo UFA 7 6-8/320 Boston College Dallas
OT NR Vernon Carey UFA 5 6-4/333 Miami (FL) Miami
OT NR Max Starks UFA 5 6-7/337 Florida Pittsburgh
OT NR Charles Spencer RFA 3 6-4/337 Pittsburgh Jacksonville
OT NR George Foster UFA 6 6-5/332 Georgia Detroit
OT NR Oliver Ross UFA 10 6-4/327 Iowa State New England
OT NR Anthony Davis UFA 5 6-4/329 Virginia Tech Tampa Bay
OT NR Brandon Gorin UFA 7 6-6/308 Purdue St. Louis
OT NR Jon Stinchcomb UFA 6 6-5/315 Georgia New Orleans
OT NR Adam Goldberg UFA 5 6-7/318 Wyoming St. Louis
OT NR Wesley Britt RFA 3 6-8/312 Alabama New England

DT 1 Albert Haynesworth UFA 7 6-5/320 Tennessee Tennessee
DT 2 Rocky Bernard UFA 7 6-3/290 Texas A&M Seattle
DT 3 Jovan Haye UFA 4 6-2/295 Vanderbilt Tampa Bay
DT 4 John Thornton UFA 10 6-3/297 West Virginia Cincinnati
DT 5 Tank Johnson UFA 5 6-3/300 Washington Dallas
DT 6 Jonathan Babineaux UFA 4 6-2/286 Iowa Atlanta
DT 7 La'Roi Glover UFA 13 6-2/285 San Diego State St. Louis
DT 8 Larry Tripplett UFA 7 6-2/293 Washington Seattle
DT 9 Shaun Cody UFA 4 6-3/290 USC Detroit
DT 9 Kedric Golston RFA 3 6-4/292 Georgia Washington
DT 10 Darwin Walker UFA 9 6-3/294 Tennessee Carolina
DT 11 Mike Wright UFA 4 6-4/295 Cincinnati New England
DT 12 Colin Cole UFA 4 6-2/325 Iowa Green Bay
DT 13 Grady Jackson UFA 12 6-2/345 Atlanta

More hole plugging instead of building from the inside out. Until this changes it will be the same old Skins.

Fill needs via the draft!

Fill needs via the draft!


How many first round picks do you think we have. Neither one alone is the answer. That doesn't mean we should go looking for top players.

I just wonder about the uncapped year the next year.

How does that affect salary cap restructures? Can we bump guys like Marcus Washington's and Randel El's salary down and have it count less for 2009? If it came to it could they be cut and have the dead space they'd count the season after magically vanish because there's no cap in 2010?

Will we see guys sign a contract for 1.5 next year, 30 mil in 2010 and 2.5 in 2011?

Aside from Gross and Haynesworth, both of whom will be very pricey, there aren't any good linemen who will be available this offseason via free agency. We could really use a guy like Haynesworth though. We desperately need a pocket collapsing DT.

Aside from Gross and Haynesworth, both of whom will be very pricey, there aren't any good linemen who will be available this offseason via free agency. We could really use a guy like Haynesworth though. We desperately need a pocket collapsing DT.

Ditto. Prior to this season we kept hearing about the situation @ DE, but between Evans and Carter we've got two above average guys - one who can stop the run very well and the other who can pressure the QB when the other guys on the DL are doing their jobs. DT is the real need. Very frustrating also that Anthony hasn't developed into more. Williams always said he could be an elite DT and by the show of force he puts on every so often I want to believe it. Still... he's not dominating out there.

Let me revise my previous statement. We don't desperately need a pocket collapsing DT, but if we got one, we'd be absolutely dominant on defense.

Tank and Haynesworth. What the heck ....find a way to free up money and go for broke. Also pick on someone via draft for the long haul.

Another thing I don't understand ...If Taylor is not getting the job done why are we not utilizing James more or Wilson more?

The problem Zorn had to face with Jansen was he is good in the run and terrible in the pass protection. Heyer is good in pass protection and terrible in the run. So pick your poison. If your whole line is better at running the ball then pass protection then run is your staple so we see Jansen. Besides one man does not make pass protection. Sticking Heyer in would only plug one hole we have on pass protection.