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So we just signed Fernando Velasco


nctarheel0619

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So decent we had him, cut him, watched him try to get a job over Bell in Tennessee, fail, get cut then signed him back!

Super mah fuggin Bowl Bitches!

This has NOTHING to do with wanting Velasco back on the roster, but everything to do with being DESPERATELY thin at Oline with JJWatt & crew coming to town.

In case people didn't realize it, we only had 7 healthy linemen this a.m. before this move.

Our starting 5 (Remmers, Turner, Kalil, Norwell, Oher)

and 2 backups:  Amini Silatolu and Chris Scott.

2 guys to backup 5 in a week when you've got one of the best Dlines coming to town.

Wasn't gonna happen, and the only OLine on our PS are Foucault (UGH!) and the brand new Center signed yesterday.  So, it was pretty obvious when Chandler didn't practice yesterday that unless that changed today, we were gonna have to find someone we could plug and play.

I think we're pretty fortunate Tennessee cut Velasco and that he was available.

Thankfully they cut him and not Bell!!!  My word, can you imagine the Huddle meltdown if we had resigned Bell.  LOLOLOLOL!

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