Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

Skins should sign both, especially Olivea. He was a pretty good OL and is still young. [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3269531]ESPN - Chargers' Neal, McCree, Olivea enter free-agent market - NFL[/url]

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

Wouldn't mind seeing us pick up Neal, Olivea isnt bad either.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

Oh God, another chance for Warpath members to bash Mike Sellers who has been nothing but productive the past few years. Don't know what kind of salary Olivea would want, so I'll wait to see on him.

Sorry Mike Sellers [IMG]http://www.theradiotrip.com/resources/images/sound_bites_images/Miscellaneous/rodney_dangerfield_tn.jpg[/IMG]

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

neal, yes..

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

The guy in that headline I'd take, if I had to choose one, would be McCree

Neal is 37 and coming off a broken leg. I would have liked him back in 1998, not now.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

Where's the vet min people... c'mon now don't let me down!

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

Lorenzo Neal is strictly a blocker and an incredibly gifted blocker.
He is not very good at anything else.
He has hands of stone, 8 receptions for 23 yards for the entire year of 2007.
In our system the FB has to be a good receiver Mr. Neal sucks as a receiver. He is not suited for our system.
Shane Olivea is an interesting player only 26 years old.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

What's wrong with iron mike?

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

[quote=Mattyk72;427313]Where's the vet min people... c'mon now don't let me down![/quote]

Ive got your back.

Hey maybe we should sign both of the for the vet min, what do you guys think?

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

[quote=BrunellMVP?;427321]What's wrong with iron mike?[/quote]

He isn't rated 90+ on Madden.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

We have no need for Neal, maybe if that is a position of need but Big Mike has been holding it down pretty good. And Olivea is probably gonna handle a hefty sized contract, he's young and he's good and that equals a big payday in free agency.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

[quote=mooby;427326]We have no need for Neal, maybe if that is a position of need but Big Mike has been holding it down pretty good. And Olivea is probably gonna handle a hefty sized contract, he's young and he's good and that equals a big payday in free agency.[/quote]

Adam Schefner had a pretty profound quote on NFL Total Access. He said something along the lines of "those teams that don't do well in the draft are forced to overpay for players in Free agency."

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

Why don't we just sign everyone's rejects. We have NO NEED for a 37 year old FB coming off a broken leg. I'm sure he's 100% healthy but we have Sellers and he can do the job. I don't know much about Olivea other than I believe he's been an effective starter along a pretty good O-line.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

neal has at best 2 years left...i follow the chargers pretty good out here and the guy legs are just gone..but if we can steal him take him.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

We don't need a damn fullback....unless it's at vet min:)

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

[QUOTE=Dirtbag359;427309]Oh God, another chance for Warpath members to bash Mike Sellers who has been nothing but productive the past few years. Don't know what kind of salary Olivea would want, so I'll wait to see on him.

Sorry Mike Sellers [IMG]http://www.theradiotrip.com/resources/images/sound_bites_images/Miscellaneous/rodney_dangerfield_tn.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Poor Sellers, I thought he was popular with ppl. This is the second or third thread for a FB, which is crazy!! We have bigger needs than a FB, which we can pick up (a second) FB late in the draft.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

Mike Sellers is one of the best fullbacks in the league. He was the first alternate to the pro bowl for a reason. Anyone who thinks we should replace him is retarded. He can run, catch, and block well.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

I'm not sure that people want to replace Big Mike but would rather have more depth at the FB position

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

[quote=theJBexperience;427350]I'm not sure that people want to replace Big Mike but would rather have more depth at the FB position[/quote]

You'd be surprised. If I hadn't seen this before I would agree with you, but recently more and more people are lobbying to get a new FB to replace Sellers. Which in theory would be great, because Sellers is a very good player, so to find a better player would be awesome.

The craziest thing I hear is that Sellers can't block over the middle. Which I could believe if:

1. I saw it during the 12 or 13 games I got a chance to watch live from start to finish (Sopcast started to screw me over near the end of the season thank God for the new system of selecting Prime Time games during the second half of the season, the other games I watch the gametrek on NFL.com), or

2. Heard it from a respected analyst.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

fb is not a need, and if we sign one, it should be a 23 year old in the draft, not a 37 year old that's 180 degrees from what we need for the WCO.

mccree is another average player. signing him really doesn't improve the team much beyond depth, though if he's cheap, he's definitely worth a look there.

olivea is good depth and young enough to stick around a while, but i have no idea how much money he wants (which directly affects how much i'd want to sign him), and he wants to start, so we're not exactly his best option (besides that season ending OL curse we've been developing).

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

We need a proven backup FB that's why I posted this. Sellers is "the man" no doubt. If he gets hurt, then what? Remember the 2007 season when BIG Mike was hurt? Our backups couldn't do the job and it showed during the losses.

Re: Shane Olivea and Lorenzo Neal cut
 

[QUOTE=mooby;427326]We have no need for Neal, maybe if that is a position of need but Big Mike has been holding it down pretty good. And Olivea is probably gonna handle a hefty sized contract, he's young and he's good and that equals a big payday in free agency.[/QUOTE]



actually, we are gonna need two starting FB's for the WCO.. ITs gonna require mike to do a lot more work I believe..