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Originally Posted by Rhaamses
I really think there needs to be improvement on the O-Line. Ray Brown is gone, and the bench is weak. It is good to have Samuels, Jensen and Thomas, but we are gonna need depth.
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Originally Posted by paulskinsfan
Id love to send Patten somewhere in return for a quality backup offensive tackle or center.
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Originally Posted by 12thMan
you bring up a very good point - could the skins be looking to deal patten somewhere. although he's sick right now, hope he gets better.
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This is not going to happen. Plus, we’d be sorry if it did. Tyson Walter and Mike Pucillo were signed as offensive line depth. With team salary caps already settled, nobody is going to release offensive linemen of any quality. Depth is just as important to every other team out there as it is to us. Sure, we all want Orlando Pace or Steve Hutchinson-type quality on the second string. But that’s fantasy land; it’s not the reality in today’s NFL. Pucillo and Walter is as good as it’s going to get as far as back-up O-linemen go.
By the same token, not many teams can lay claim to the fact that they have 4 -- count’em -- FOUR capable, veteran wideouts who can take over and not miss a beat should one or two of them go down to injury for any length of time. We saw what happened to this offense when Brunell had only Moss and Cooley to throw to.
Trust me, we do not want to see David Patten go anywhere. He got a bad break last season, and we did not see what he’s truly capable of. Having him behind Moss, Lloyd, and Randle El makes up a depth chart any coach in the NFL would kill for. It would be asinine to give up something like that.