Orlando Pace has been cut (updated: Skins not interested)

[KLHJ2]

There is a reason that he was released. In the eyes of his former employers he was not worth the money that he was collecting.

The guy may still be good, but he is certainly not great. We have needs on the offensive line, but I would not address it this way. Let someone else sign him.

I want to draft some fresh meat early for the OL. Signing Pace would just prolong Rookie development.

[terpsez11]

Originally Posted by NYCskinfan82

Could we afford him and would he fit.

we couldn't... he might fit in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

[vallin21]

YES!!! I'd sign Pace to a 1-2 yr deal and slide him to RT. He won't have to face top pass rushers and he can be on a contender. He would fill a need and give us solid production. SIGN PACE!!!

[terpsez11]

Originally Posted by vallin21

YES!!! I'd sign Pace to a 1-2 yr deal and slide him to RT. He won't have to face top pass rushers and he can be on a contender. He would fill a need and give us solid production. SIGN PACE!!!

Pace has always seemed to be one of those players with a pedigree..because somebody annointed him "great" he never goes to training camp..he has played 11 games since 2005 w/ no starts since '06

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by terpsez11

Pace has always seemed to be one of those players with a pedigree..because somebody annointed him "great" he never goes to training camp..he has played 11 games since 2005 w/ no starts since '06

??? He started 14 games last year. He did miss all of '06 and half of '07 though.

[terpsez11]

Originally Posted by GMScud

??? He started 14 games last year. He did miss all of '06 and half of '07 though.

Orlando Pace Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com

was wrong

Rams release 7-time Pro Bowl OT Orlando Pace

spells it out as you said... the Rams were so bad last season and then we lost to them..I don't remember watching them at all

[dmek25]

geez, just what we need. another broken down, 30 something year old lineman

[skinsfan69]

Pace is getting cut by a team that has had one of the worst O-lines In the NFL the last few years. This is not even worth talking about.

[SkinzzFan]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Pace is getting cut by a team that has had one of the worst O-lines In the NFL the last few years. This is not even worth talking about.

Good call. Hopefully that ends this conversation.

HAIL!

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Pace is getting cut by a team that has had one of the worst O-lines In the NFL the last few years. This is not even worth talking about.

Yea, I guess your right. The Skins should cut Samuels too cause they had a bad O-line also.

Guess what....one man does not make a team. Just cause they had a terrible O-line does not mean Pace sucks. It means either the scheme was flawed, there were break downs in other positions on the O-line, or possibly Pace sucked. One telling point of view would be to look at how many sacks he gave up. Perhaps look at how far the runs went on his side of the line.

If we could bring him in on the cheap and have Buges work with his techniques maybe he will still have some gas left in him. I mean Samuels was (so I heard) written off before the Skins got him and thats why he speaks so highly of Buges. Yes Pace is older, but an upgrade is an upgrade. I still wonder if the Skins will play a Rookie in the O-line who has not played in any NFL games and needs to get up to NFL speed. It seems the team frowns on it. Every coach that comes in has not put the Rookies in on offense. Defense has been a different story though.


edit: Before you all mention Heyer remember he got in due to injury and lack of depth.

[GMScud]

While I doubt the Skins will sign Pace, his release could affect us as far as the draft goes. This really increases the likelihood of St. Louis taking a tackle with their first pick, meaning one less of the "big 4" for us to choose from at 13.

[RedskinMike]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Yea, I guess your right. The Skins should cut Samuels too cause they had a bad O-line also.

Guess what....one man does not make a team. Just cause they had a terrible O-line does not mean Pace sucks. It means either the scheme was flawed, there were break downs in other positions on the O-line, or possibly Pace sucked. One telling point of view would be to look at how many sacks he gave up. Perhaps look at how far the runs went on his side of the line.

If we could bring him in on the cheap and have Buges work with his techniques maybe he will still have some gas left in him. I mean Samuels was (so I heard) written off before the Skins got him and thats why he speaks so highly of Buges. Yes Pace is older, but an upgrade is an upgrade. I still wonder if the Skins will play a Rookie in the O-line who has not played in any NFL games and needs to get up to NFL speed. It seems the team frowns on it. Every coach that comes in has not put the Rookies in on offense. Defense has been a different story though.


edit: Before you all mention Heyer remember he got in due to injury and lack of depth.

We drafted Samuels with the #3 overall pick. I don't know where you are getting that he was written off before he got here, he has always been here.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by RedskinMike

We drafted Samuels with the #3 overall pick. I don't know where you are getting that he was written off before he got here, he has always been here.

Maybe he meant Kendall?

[RedskinMike]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Maybe he meant Kendall?

Even Kendall wasn't written off, mast jets fans wanted to keep him. He was just disgruntled because they were trying to short change him.

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by RedskinMike

We drafted Samuels with the #3 overall pick. I don't know where you are getting that he was written off before he got here, he has always been here.

My apologies. I thought Samuels had said something about how Buges revived his career and was happy to be with Bugel. Perhaps I'm wrong.