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	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Commanders Football > Locker Room Main Forum > UPDATE: Bears Sign 29 Year Old RT Shaffer PDA UPDATE: Bears Sign 29 Year Old RT Shaffer Pages : 1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7 8 GTripp0012 03-12-2009, 07:27 PM I know he would have gotten about 6 Million if he had stayed with the Browns, I wonder what his payday will be now. Seems like a LOT of teams are vying for an OT. Maybe this can help even if we don't get him, if a team above us takes him instead of drafting an OT.3/12 seems to be the going market rate for a starting caliber left tackle at this age. That's pretty much what I would offer him as well. Paintrain 03-12-2009, 07:33 PM He may be an upgrade over Jansen but I'd rather see what we have in Heyer and draft an OT in the 3rd than pay for a 29 year old tackle that already washed out at LT. CRedskinsRule 03-12-2009, 07:34 PM Schneed's Salary Cap projection puts the OL hit at 3.5, so we would have to work something out with him to get the deal done. Course we could release Rabach and gain 2.3 but that would mean we HAVE to do something for the Center position. CRedskinsRule 03-12-2009, 07:38 PM He may be an upgrade over Jansen but I'd rather see what we have in Heyer and draft an OT in the 3rd than pay for a 29 year old tackle that already washed out at LT. Well, maybe, but maybe he could learn from Bugel. As was mentioned in another thread, Samuels got quite the lift when Bugel trained him. Not to mention, this guy has started 15 or 16 games for the past 6 seasons, not many rookies from the 3rd round will do that this season. Riggo44 03-12-2009, 07:44 PM The only question I have is how much do you guy's think it would cost to sign him? Paintrain 03-12-2009, 07:50 PM Well, maybe, but maybe he could learn from Bugel. As was mentioned in another thread, Samuels got quite the lift when Bugel trained him. Not to mention, this guy has started 15 or 16 games for the past 6 seasons, not many rookies from the 3rd round will do that this season. Possibly.. I'm not advocating starting a 3rd rounder at OT, rather seeing what we have in Heyer over 16 games and drafting the 3rd rounder because we need to develop young OL. CRedskinsRule 03-12-2009, 07:57 PM Possibly.. I'm not advocating starting a 3rd rounder at OT, rather seeing what we have in Heyer over 16 games and drafting the 3rd rounder because we need to develop young OL. Sorry, misunderstood. I don't know much about this guy, but I think Cleveland's line was decent and this is just the Browns revamping, might give us a lucky break and let us use the draft picks elsewhere. I think Heyer would have to step up big from last year to be considered successful. Trample the Elderly 03-12-2009, 08:06 PM I'll have to wait and see. I do think think the best way to fill the hole with or without Heyer at RT is in FA. If we sign this guy we can still sign O line men and have time to get them up to speed without having a serious decline in production like last year. Nflnick11 03-12-2009, 08:08 PM no...draft a T... go young CRedskinsRule 03-12-2009, 08:15 PM no...draft a T... go young I would think at 29, we could get his best years right now. I understand going young, but if this guy, or someone like him gives us a good insurance policy if our OL draft pick bombs