Free Agency starts March 15th…. WHY TF HAS BOZEMAN not been signed?

[Leeroy Jenkins Ph.D.]

 

Looks like it is a sellars market for Centers

[KatsAzz]

18 hours ago, MHS831 said:

There are quite a few Centers in free agency and C is pretty deep in the draft.  I think he will be signed for about $9m per by Friday. 

I haven't checked on the available centers. Do you know if there is one available in free agency that is good as Bozeman?

[beo]

I really hope we don't fug around trying to lowball him by a couple million and end up having him get jacked by another team. Missing a C is one of the worst spots to be missing on the OL in terms of on-field impact (not accounting for scarcity/replaceability) and we have a guard coming off a torn ACL; it wouldn't be shocking if Corbett struggled some early in the year just from rust caused by that long rehab period. If we have no C and have Corbett struggling it could lead to a lot of interior pressure which is the worst place to get pressured from (ask Tom) and could easily end up rattling a young QB's confidence especially when you factor in the state of our WR core.

Edited March 13, 2023 by beo

[ForJimmy]

2 minutes ago, beo said:

I really hope we don't fug around trying to lowball him by a couple million and end up having him get jacked by another team. We have a guard coming off a torn ACL; it wouldn't be shocking if Corbett struggled some early in the year just from rust caused by that long rehab period. If we have no C and have Corbett struggling it could lead to a lot of interior pressure which is the worst place to get pressure from (ask Tom) and could easily end up rattling a young QB's confidence.

Did Bozeman ever really excel at pass blocking though?  I know he is great at run blocking.

[beo]

2 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Did Bozeman ever really excel at pass blocking though?  I know he is great at run blocking.

I wouldn't say excel but he doesn't really get beaten by a drum either, at least not from what I saw. That is a good point though that I hadn't considered. But the big thing that Bozeman has over Elfein from my POV is that it seems to me like he calls better protections at the LOS (way less free runners coming through it felt like when he was on the field vs Pat) and that he snaps the ball better. Much less botched/high snaps it seemed to me when he was under center.

Edited March 13, 2023 by beo

[Jackie Lee]

24 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Did Bozeman ever really excel at pass blocking though?  I know he is great at run blocking.

I think he was ranked 26th in pass pro

[beo]

4 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

I think he was ranked 26th in pass pro

This stat isn't the be all end all of course (interestingly enough he doesn't even appear on the chart for run block win rate which I was not expecting) but I'd be interested to see where you saw 26th. I dunno. From what I watched I don't really feel he was a bad pass blocker, but not really a great one either.

Edited March 13, 2023 by beo

[MHS831]

59 minutes ago, KatsAzz said:

I haven't checked on the available centers. Do you know if there is one available in free agency that is good as Bozeman?

I would take Garrett Bradbury (28) from Minnesota over Bozeman, but Bozeman did play well for about a half season or so for us.  A former first rounder who had a decent season last year (injured late).  I think it is interesting that Pocic (Cleveland) also 28, just signed a three year, $18m deal--$6m per and he is rated higher than Bozeman. Going by that, the Panthers probably offered him $6 and he wanted $10-he is probably getting $6m.

[Mr. Scot]

He is now

[La Pantera]

Poo*

[csx]

21 hours ago, TheBigKat said:

Saints just handed Carr $100 million

 

 it’s a CPA exercise to manipulate numbers

If it doesn't exist they wouldn't need to manipulate and get creative.

[csx]

2 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

I think he was ranked 26th in pass pro

6th

[csx]

13 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Making a huge trade to land a #1 overall QB while parting ways with your starting center and only proven NFL WR in the process...

So is jumping to premature conclusions 

[pantherclaw]

5 hours ago, ECHornet said:

I don’t pick and choose the facts that make me most comfortable like you’re doing. 
 

Facts

Sources have expressed Panthers would like Boze to return. 
 

Sources have mentioned Boze would like to stay. 
 

The Bozemans appear to have a home in Nashville. 
 

Tennessee released their starting center.

Fitterer has said we can’t resign everyone. 

Despite having plenty of time to get a deal done prior to FA, there is no deal in place. 

First, I noticed you deleted your first response.  

Second,  Bozeman is signed. 

So obviously,  I didn't pick and choose.  

I stated the 2 strongest facts that supported the suggestion to stay calm, he's getting signed. 

Thanks for playing.