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[quote=mredskins;995193]You say there is no big market for him but in the same breath say he is a top ten TE????? In league were the TE position is at all time high.

Come on Bro.[/quote]

well coming off a achilles injury with a deep group of TEs on the market is why I said that...here is how walterfootball rates the TE: [url=http://walterfootball.com/freeagents2013TE.php]WalterFootball.com: 2013 NFL Free Agents - Tight Ends[/url] or [url=http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/2/16/3857330/2013-nfl-free-agents-top-tight-ends]2013 NFL free agents: Top tight ends available - SBNation.com[/url]

I think we will have the advantage signing him.

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[quote=Chico23231;995197]well coming off a achilles injury with a deep group of TEs on the market is why I said that...here is how walterfootball rates the TE: [url=http://walterfootball.com/freeagents2013TE.php]WalterFootball.com: 2013 NFL Free Agents - Tight Ends[/url] or [url=http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/2/16/3857330/2013-nfl-free-agents-top-tight-ends]2013 NFL free agents: Top tight ends available - SBNation.com[/url]

I think we will have the advantage signing him.[/quote]

Also there is the "puff puff pass" factor. Other top TE's don't have two strikes already.

Fair enough i forgot about his drug issue

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Here comes the black cloud of capgate.

[url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/redskins-initial-offer-to-lorenzo-alexander-not-close/]Redskins initial offer to Lorenzo Alexander “not close” | ProFootballTalk[/url]

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[quote=SkinzWin;995679]Here comes the black cloud of capgate.

[url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/redskins-initial-offer-to-lorenzo-alexander-not-close/]Redskins initial offer to Lorenzo Alexander “not close” | ProFootballTalk[/url][/quote]

Great special teams player, and back up inside linebacker....whats the market for those type of players?

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[quote=Chico23231;995695]Great special teams player, and back up inside linebacker....whats the market for those type of players?[/quote]

Apparently a significant amount more than what we offered him. I'd love to know what the offer was. He said he'd give the Skins a discount if it was close but that didn't appear to be the case this time.

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[quote=SkinzWin;995703][B]Apparently a significant amount more than what we offered him[/B]. I'd love to know what the offer was. He said he'd give the Skins a discount if it was close but that didn't appear to be the case this time.[/quote]

Well there is only one way to find out. Not impressed going to the media like that. Im more interested what other teams would offer, I dont think its that big.

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We cant afford to dick around with guys like this this year.
Hes gotta give us a deal or he can shuffle off to Buffalo.

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[quote=Alvin Walton;995709]We cant afford to dick around with guys like this this year.
Hes gotta give us a deal or he can shuffle off to Buffalo.[/quote]

I wouldn't go full on honey badger just yet. (No Mathieu pun intended) The man said he would take less to stay, but for all we know we offered him the vet minimum. Need to wait until the numbers become available to pass judgement. I wouldn't want to play for the vet min either if I just went to the pro bowl.

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Alexander's last deal was 3 years 3.8 million. For a special teams ace/backup LB turning 30 this year I wouldn't offer him more than 1.5/yr at the most.

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[quote=SkinzWin;995165]A good point was made on Sirius XM NFL Radio the other morning. With the salary cap stagnant, big name players are still going to be outdoing each other for contracts, where is the money going to come from? The middle man of the NFL. Middle tier players aren't going to get the money they got in past years IMO because of this. [/quote]

There is still not a salary floor teams have to meet. There is plenty of money to go around if teams want to spend it. Next year, there WILL be a floor and I would imagine this should result in pay bumps for alot of the middle tier players.

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Question: I know some people are saying let Lichtensteiger go and just go with LeRibieus but how did LeRibeous do in his limited action last year? Was he playing at a similar level or better?

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[quote=musicmaster45;995827]Question: I know some people are saying let Lichtensteiger go and just go with LeRibieus but how did LeRibeous do in his limited action last year? Was he playing at a similar level or better?[/quote]

He played well enough we could do without Lich, but IMO more OLine means more better. I always like a ton of line depth because linemen can go down, as we've seen in the past, and if you have no depth where are you? In the crapper.

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[quote=Chico23231;995197]well coming off a achilles injury with a deep group of TEs on the market is why I said that...here is how walterfootball rates the TE: [URL="http://walterfootball.com/freeagents2013TE.php"]WalterFootball.com: 2013 NFL Free Agents - Tight Ends[/URL] or [URL="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/2/16/3857330/2013-nfl-free-agents-top-tight-ends"]2013 NFL free agents: Top tight ends available - SBNation.com[/URL]

I think we will have the advantage signing him.[/quote]

Right now, I think the only guy on that list that's better than Davis is Tony G. Pita is pretty good too but I think he stays in Baltimore.

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[quote=SkinzWin;995679]Here comes the black cloud of capgate.

[URL="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/27/redskins-initial-offer-to-lorenzo-alexander-not-close/"]Redskins initial offer to Lorenzo Alexander “not close” | ProFootballTalk[/URL][/quote]

Zo has to realize that being a back up LB and teams standout isn't going to command millions of dollars. I hope the FO isn't low balling him, but I also hope that he doesn't think he's worth more than what he is. I guess when free agency starts we'll what he's worth on the open market.