Peppers signs with the Bears (updated - again)

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

I'm not really that high on the pursuit of Clifton for various reasons, health as well as age being atop my concerns. Replacing a 33 yr. old tackle with another 33 yr. old is suspect IMO. I'm having a difficult time trying to understand what it is we have against drafting offensive linemen.

Mind you I'm just guessing, but during JG1 I thought I remember his saying he preferred the older OL cause they usually don't make the same mental mistakes. JG2 pretty much confirms that with him picking up aged OL vs. drafting OL high in the draft. So I'd guess it has something to do with the fact that young drafted OL will make mental mistakes and pick up false starts or penalties vs. older OL.

I'm in the camp of getting younger across the board. I'll take the mental mistake and the 5yrd penalty once and a while so long as we are moving the ball and scoring points.