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[quote=Skinny Tee;535675]Orlando Pace was just released.

[url=http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/03/10/rams-release-pace/]ProFootballTalk.com - RAMS RELEASE PACE[/url]

What about a stop-gap solution with Pace and using our 13th overall on DE or LB?[/quote]

Hey SmootSmacks magic 8 ball works ;)
[URL="http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-locker-room/28686-jason-taylor-released-7.html#post532907"]http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-locker-room/28686-jason-taylor-released-7.html#post532907[/URL]

Re: 2009 Free Agents
 

[quote=Skinny Tee;535678]He apparently played most of last year but was out 2006 and 2007 season due to injury.

He's on his last pair of legs but may be serviceable if we are looking at defense with the 13th overall.

I'd still rather have a youth movement on the OL but if there is a stellar defensive player on the board I wouldn't want to be precluded from picking him.[/quote]

Thanks for the info, I wasn't sure when was it that he was injured. Getting someone like Pace right now would be a question of $$ and interest. I don't think someone like him should be paid that much (I mean the Rams tried to trade him unsuccessfully). And whether he'd be willing to come here, I'm not sure if they would start him right away or make him compete with JJ and Heyer. According to JLC, VC is looking for a starting tackle though, and I think Pace would be one.

Re: 2009 Free Agents
 

[quote=Skinny Tee;535675]Orlando Pace was just released.

[URL="http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/03/10/rams-release-pace/"]ProFootballTalk.com - RAMS RELEASE PACE[/URL]

What about a stop-gap solution with Pace and using our 13th overall on DE or LB?[/quote]

NO THANKS! Hes old and has to many injuries. He "might" be able to play a year or two else where. Not in DC!

Not to mention hes a LT which we don't need.

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[quote=skinsfan_nn;535683]NO THANKS! Hes old and has to many injuries. He "might" be able to play a year or two else where. Not in DC!

Not to mention hes a LT which we don't need.[/quote]

He could extend his longevity at the tackle position if he slides over to RT, but I want a young solution at tackle, not another old stop-gap.

Re: 2009 Free Agents
 

[quote=skinsfan_nn;535683]NO THANKS! Hes old and has to many injuries. He "might" be able to [B]play a year or two[/B] else where. Not in DC!

Not to mention hes a LT which we don't need.[/quote]

I think the whole purpose would be for him to be a stop-gap and allowed the team to use the #13 on a defensive player (i.e. LB). While no one wants our line to get older, we definitely can't just sign a FA b/c they are young.

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[quote=Ruhskins;535687]I think the whole purpose would be for him to be a stop-gap and allowed the team to use the #13 on a defensive player (i.e. LB). While no one wants our line to get older, we definitely can't just sign a FA b/c they are young.[/quote]

Well you certainly don't want to sign an old vet. That has injury problems like most of the current O-line what sense does that make?

Then try to play him out of position. Hes a LT! Makes even less sense.

If you want a RT to replace OR challenge JJ. Get a FA, RT in here.

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[quote=GTripp0012;535665]Bodden is a steal for the Pats, but what else is new. We probably didn't have the cap space to throw at a non issue like that, honestly (it's less that we don't have enough, but that we don't have means to create any more should we run out), but I'm guessing his contract is not quite what Hall's looks like.[/quote]

We could have had him for $750,000, dumb not to sign him. We could have cut Thrash or Yodder.

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[quote=Ruhskins;535687]I think the whole purpose would be for him to be a stop-gap and allowed the team to use the #13 on a defensive player (i.e. LB). While no one wants our line to get older, we definitely can't just sign a FA b/c they are young.[/quote]

Exactly. I couldnt have said it better myself. Signing Pace would be a brilliant move. Between Samuels and Pace, i'd probably move Samuels to RT and keep Pace at LT. Next year we could draft a T with our 1st round pick and groom him behind Samuels and Pace.

This year, we could sit at 13 and take Maualuga if he's still there or trade down in the first (if we find a partner) and pick up a 2nd round pick. In the latter scenario, id draft LB and DE with my first two picks and use the third rounder on a project lineman.

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Oh boy. Here comes the Orlando Pace thread....

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Pace is better than nothing. But, that's about it. He's probably a better one year option at RT than Jansen, but we can rely on him for about three weeks before we can expect him to be injured.

He'd be a good fit as our second string LT. But if we try to play him at RT, we'd likely just lose him for the year.

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[quote=GMScud;535700]Oh boy. Here comes the Orlando Pace thread....[/quote]

Been waiting for this moment :)

[url]http://www.thewarpath.net/532907-post100.html[/url]

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it depends on the cost. pace would be a good one year option, but with his history, i wouldn't guarantee him much money... that way he can be cut when he gets hurt and whatever he didn't earn can go somewhere else...

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[quote=SmootSmack;535704]Been waiting for this moment :)

[url]http://www.thewarpath.net/532907-post100.html[/url][/quote]

I do remember saying no to him then

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What about Marvel Smith from the Steelers. I know that he was hurt last year but I heard him on Sirius NFL radio a couple of weeks ago and he said that he was 100%. He started out as a RT when he first was drafted by the Steelers and moved to LT a few years ago. I haven't heard much about him during the free agency period but he was a solid player when healthy.

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[quote=89moss89;535716]What about Marvel Smith from the Steelers. I know that he was hurt last year but I heard him on Sirius NFL radio a couple of weeks ago and he said that he was 100%. He started out as a RT when he first was drafted by the Steelers and moved to LT a few years ago. I haven't heard much about him during the free agency period but he was a solid player when healthy.[/quote]

I'm pretty sure he's going back to Pittsburgh