Willie Roaf retires

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

The guy who this hurts the most isn't LJ, its Tony Gonzalez. When Jordan Black was starting last year, they kept Gonzo in more often to help with the rush end. His stats are definately going to take a hit without Roaf. Team should be fine though. Black has expierence and LJ will still have many of the same running lanes he had before.

Excellent point. Remember as well that John Welbourne has retired, leaving the starters (on paper) to be Black and Kyle Turley. Turley, as you all may recall, missed games these past few years with severe neck injuries and a public and bitter fued with his head coach, who alleged that Turley threatened him with physical harm (roid rage, anyone?). Turley had lost a lot of weight to return to the NFL as a TE, and is trying to bulk back up to play tackle.

Seems like Saunders got out at the right time.