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Chico23231 · 05-01-2009, 07:39 PM

I agree with The Goat. Sure I would loved to be pleasently surprised and have one of the young guys come in and excel at the RT position. But when I see the headline "Skins Looking at Veteran Offensive Linemen" I feel like asking: Why now? This is the headline I expected to see at the beginning of free agency and why I really feel the FO missed the boat on a couple vet tackles who were availible then. I understand they wanted to see how the draft worked out, and who may have fallen to us, but we only had a couple of picks to fill really several needs (OLB, OT and DE). I love the Orakpo pick and feel he is going to be a force on the D-Line for years. I think I'm still disappointed by the fact we didnt get any O-Line in draft and now were left trying to plug holes with guys who are not legit starters at this point in their careers. But when it comes to FO they never have plan b, and the O-line was destroyed by the end of last year. Hopefully one of the guys will work out or we get vet who maybe cut soon.

05-01-2009, 07:39 PM	#21
Chico23231 Warpath Hall of Fame Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 34,800	Re: RI: Skins Looking at Veteran Offensive Linemen I agree with The Goat. Sure I would loved to be pleasently surprised and have one of the young guys come in and excel at the RT position. But when I see the headline "Skins Looking at Veteran Offensive Linemen" I feel like asking: Why now? This is the headline I expected to see at the beginning of free agency and why I really feel the FO missed the boat on a couple vet tackles who were availible then. I understand they wanted to see how the draft worked out, and who may have fallen to us, but we only had a couple of picks to fill really several needs (OLB, OT and DE). I love the Orakpo pick and feel he is going to be a force on the D-Line for years. I think I'm still disappointed by the fact we didnt get any O-Line in draft and now were left trying to plug holes with guys who are not legit starters at this point in their careers. But when it comes to FO they never have plan b, and the O-line was destroyed by the end of last year. Hopefully one of the guys will work out or we get vet who maybe cut soon.