Unrestricted Free Agents Who Might Help

I'm sure teams are going to cut good players with inflated contracts to take advantage of the uncapped year. Yeah they'll have to pay the contracts but teams like the Skins won't have to pay ARE (not saying he's good) 8 million for the next 5 years when the cap is put back into play.

We're going to be players as always.

Mawae was just cut. Yeah he's ancient (39) but he's still playing at a high level and he was the heart-beat of the line that paved the way for Chris "the Freak" Johnson to have the type of season he had.

I'd rather draft an OT at 4 (or trade back and re-stock picks and then draft an OT) and get an interior linemen like the G/C out of Florida Pouncier (i think that's his name) with our second pick and build our line that way than go with the old-timers and hopefully we do.

I'm sure teams are going to cut good players with inflated contracts to take advantage of the uncapped year. Yeah they'll have to pay the contracts but teams like the Skins won't have to pay ARE (not saying he's good) 8 million for the next 5 years when the cap is put back into play.

We're going to be players as always.

Mawae was just cut. Yeah he's ancient (39) but he's still playing at a high level and he was the heart-beat of the line that paved the way for Chris "the Freak" Johnson to have the type of season he had.

I'd rather draft an OT at 4 (or trade back and re-stock picks and then draft an OT) and get an interior linemen like the G/C out of Florida Pouncier (i think that's his name) with our second pick and build our line that way than go with the old-timers and hopefully we do.

In principle I agree. But we have so much work to do on the OL that we may need to get a geriatric fill-in or two for a year or two. This mess of an OL will not get fixed over night.

In principle I agree. But we have so much work to do on the OL that we may need to get a geriatric fill-in or two for a year or two. This mess of an OL will not get fixed over night.

It won't be fixed overnight, but investing on a franchise left tackle is a helluva good way to start. I also hope that we have gotten better at scouting talent and/or get lucky to find the offensive lineman version of Chris Horton.

i'd rather go with a geriatric Mawae than Ben Hamilton.

I know we're not going to fix everything this year but it'd be nice if we could pick up a couple building blocks with our first few picks to rebuild our line unless we get an insane value at NO.2. (I wouldn't mind if we picked Clausen or Bradford in the 2nd but I'd prefer to fill other slots.)

ON a side note, why are we so hard pressed to pick a QB this year? We have Campbell for at least one more year and we can draft a QB next year at a lesser contract (assuming they institute a rookie cap). Undergrads are flooding the draft this year so they can cash in before the cap.

Mea culpa! I did not mention Rex Gosssman.:spank:

I also did not mention Ryan Leaf - - who is an unrestricted free agent so long as he is not in jail on his pending charges. :pffff:

I also did not mention Jeff George - - who is an unrestricted free agent who can bring veteran presence and perspective to the team as a mentor for Jason Campbell, Colt Brennan, Todd Collins and whomever the Skins might draft in April 2010 at a QB. Those folks need to know the Jeff George philosophy:

Leadership is overrated. :Flush:

Should have mentioned Grossman :)

Should have mentioned Grossman :)

hahaha

Eagles cut former Pro Bowl OL Shawn Andrews - The Huddle: Football News from the NFL - USATODAY.com (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/03/eagles-cut-former-pro-bowl-ol-shawn-andrews/1)

Shawn Andrews anyone? I would take a chance. But i also wanted to get Richie Incognito and even Shane Olivea a year or 2 back. And was all for Mike Williams (mainly because of the feel good story aspect).

Andrews just can't get healthy, I'd pass

Andrews just can't get healthy, I'd pass

yeah unlikely to draw a lot of early attention

come later on if he shows he's moving and some team feels lacking, great