Levi Jones released by the Bengals

Given the circumstances his agent might try & find a 1 yr. vet min. deal w/incentives just to try & get his client in position to maybe land a long-term deal. I don't know of a team that has a greater need for a starter than the skins.

Pitt. has a need there, but I don't see them signing him. Oakland might throw a few extra dollars his way.

It would be curious to see if Pitt made a run at him, kinda like Canty with the Giants, the losing teams division foes make a good comparison to see if they think he is worth it.

I was wondering about that...it doesn't say it on the cap summary page...it's blank.

Detroit Lions get more than $8 million in rookie pool - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4111513&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines)

ours is 3.46Million. I think it is at the end of the Salary Cap thread as well as CC's new numbers.

Well this is funny cuz i just posted today on the Bridges thread saying how surprising it is Levi hadn't been cut...

We need to sign him IMO, period. I know it will cost a pretty penny...probably take a good chunk of our cap space left on the year. Right now our RT prospects are mediocre (Jansen/Heyer) to longshot (Bridges/Williams). It's another recipe for disaster along the o-line position. Maybe most importantly we don't have anyone near talented enough to fill the void at LT if Samuels still struggles w/ injury. If the FO is serious about giving JC and the offense an opportunity to be great this year Levi Jones is the man...everything else is sort of half-assing it.

I completely agree with The Goat. Even if it eats some of our $5 mil or $8 mil. cap space, whichever it is, this is the time to break out the checkbook.

well, and i don't know, but if we sign him to a market based contract (no where near the 3M he is due, but over vet min) and he is a camp cut, no harm no foul salary cap wise right? and if he is capable, than he helps us at a higher tag. I would price him under Dock, over vet min.

Well Dockery is getting 3.2, so I would certainly hope he gets less. I am guessing your hope is that we get lucky and he plays most of the games, if not all? If he did, I'd be willing to pay more than vet min. (this is where incentives come in)

Well Dockery is getting 3.2, so I would certainly hope he gets less. I am guessing your hope is that we get lucky and he plays most of the games, if not all? If he did, I'd be willing to pay more than vet min. (this is where incentives come in)

I think he is a quality starter getting replaced by a HIGH priced rookie, and therefore he had to go. yes 3 years ago, he only started 6 games, 2 years ago he started 15, and last year he started the first 10. before that though he was a consistent 15-16 starter. No one, that I know, is saying he has lost a step like Jansen has (or it has been said). So if he we get him, he is the starter, and I believe he can backup Samuels as well. That is the type of player we are lacking, and who we have been keeping the last dollars of salary cap space available. I dont really know what would be a "right" price, but I think it is worth more than just vet min to have him. I am already glad they didn't trade a 6th round pick for him!

I would love to see it. I like orakpo, but I was really hoping for Michael Oher. We need a tackle worse than anything. I don't get how we have a top 10 defense and a pathetic offense, and everyone says the QB has no time or protection from the RT, and we go after defense in the draft. I hope we address this need somehow and this guy would be an upgrade at some point.

I think Jones may be headed to Buffalo, where he has a chance to start. I doubt he would somewhere like Denver or even here.

Broncos may pursue Levi Jones - AFC West - ESPN (http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afcwest/0-3-2146/Broncos-may-pursue-Levi-Jones.html)

I like Dhani's tv show so we obviously need to sign him.

EDIT: I was thinking about Dhani and not Levi.

If we can get him for a decent price then why the hell not.

Would love to see Levi but its already a lot of cluster/competition at RT. I really believe that Jansen can only lose the job.