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Suh is a fuging beast, no doubt about it. But I just don't see how you can tie up that type of money in any player who isn't a franchise QB in a league with a hard salary cap like the NFL.

Orlando Franklin isn't an option. He and Kawaan Short would never see eye to eye.

I think that was already in play no matter what happens with Blackburn. TD isn't getting any younger and Klein is decent, but unspectacular. He's basically a younger Chase Blackburn.

Yeah, I have next to zero interest in this TE draft class.

What kind of cap space do they have available? With trams like the Raiders in a position where they HAVE to spend a poo ton of money on the FA market, some of these dudes are gonna get PAID. Sounds like the Chargers are ready to go all out like the Saints in a desperate effort to cash in on the final years of an aging QB. Maybe it'll work out better for them than it has those hicks down on the bayou.

And Gettleman likely knew it, hence why we acted so quickly.

I wouldn't mind having Dickson back, but if other teams are showing interest he's likely gone. I don't think we'd be willing to pay much more than vet min, not should we.

He looked better than ever throwing the ball early in the season last year, then the hits started to take their toll. If we'll actually protect the guy, I think we'll see him make major strides as a pure passer.

A bunch of posters are acting like there's a bunch of All-Pro OTs available for the picking. It's as if they haven't actually looked at the FA OT market and seen that it's incredibly slim pickings. Out of the OTs that got paid good money in FA last year, plenty flopped because they were overpaid by desperate teams. We don't want to be one of those teams. We were interested in Oher last year but the Titans offered him a stupid contract.

Did you just refer to yourself in the 3rd person? Jesus, just when I thought you couldn't possibly be more of a douche on this thread...

I appreciate gettlemanjack's input on other threads, but he's being an asshat here and might end up getting himself banned in the process. I wish he'd just STFU and go back to perusing twitter to bring us useful nuggets. The Oher thing is played out. It was played out 10+ pages ago.

You'd think some would have learned with Mike Mitchell and Ted Ginn that just because guys have sucked elsewhere doesn't automatically mean they'll suck here. Different coaches, different systems, different expectations. Virtually everyone across the board thought the Mike Mitchell signing was a waste of time and the guy played so well for us that he landed a bog money deal with the Steelers.

As the #9 overall pick, he's absolutely a bust. But he wasn't OUR #9 overall pick, so who cares? He played well for us in '13/'14 and we missed him badly last year, both as a returner and as a deep threat WR.

Me too. I wanted Dontari Poe, Michael Brockers, or Stephon Gilmore in that draft. All three were still on the board. Same thing with Jon Beason. I wanted Brandon Meriweather or Greg Olsen. Funny how that one ended up working out. Hell, we almost never drafted the guy I wanted until Gettleman came along. Star (obviously) and KB were the guys I wanted.

I'm gonna watch The Blind Side tonight because fug the naysayers!

gettlemanjack right now: Look at him. How is he supposed to post reasonably when dealing with all this rage?

There's a big difference between not viewing a move through homer goggles and scouring the internet far and wide to make dozens of posts about how horrible Oher is. Last year everyone - including myself - bitched about Gettleman not addressing OT. Now he signs one and everyone still bitches. The FA OT market sucks. It's not like Jon Ogden and Orlando Pace in their prime are out there begging to play for the Panthers for vet min. Bulaga is the only proven quality starter on the market and he's probably gonna get paid like he's a future HOFer due to that. I'm honestly not sure what some of y'all expected.

If I worked this hard to be so negative about sports, I'd just quit watching.

I just can't stand "fans" like him who'd rather see the team struggle and be right than see the team succeed and be wrong. Hell, I relish being wrong when it's in the team's best interest.

gettlemanjack, we get it. You don't like the signing. Are you gonna eat crow if the guy plays well for us?

PFF rankings incoming... People treat that site like it's the Bible.

Screw the haters! I hope he proves them all wrong and we all laugh in their faces together!

For all those ready to leap off a cliff regarding the potential signing of Oher, who would you prefer? We have to get some vet OT help and given who is available, who else fits the bill? Keep in mind, we employee his former OL coach, so we have inside info on who we're getting, pending his medical checks. Of course Oher is gonna get a ton of hate from Titans fans/bloggers. They stupidly overlaid him and it flopped on them. Kinda like Ginn in Arizona and Mitchell in Pittsburgh. We wouldn't be signing Oher expecting Jonathan Ogden and even if we do aign him, I doubt it would have any impact at all on our draft plans. Good lord people, settle down. Have a beer. Have a toke. Whatever you need to do.

He was quite serviceable in Baltimore, the Titans just offered him way too much. His best two seasons were his first two, the same two years that Matsko was his OL coach. We need to add a vet OT and Oher is about as good as we can expect. The FA OT market is mighty light.

Love it. These are the types of signings we can expect and the types of signings that can really help us without damaging our cap space. Oher had a rough year last year, but he'd be the most talented OT on our roster since Gross which granted ain't saying much. We know what Ginn would bring. Instant impact as a return man and deep threat.