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Opinions: need a stout vet on other side of Ealy

Jmac

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Options off the top of my head for the vet role..

CJ coming back, Chris Long, Mario Williams, JPP (though, the whole hand thing)

 

A Malik Jackson or someone similar would be too costly IMO.  An Adrian Clayborn type signing might be an option to give us a solid rotation guy but nothing exciting. 

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Kony's best position in my opinion is at LE so what we need is a guy that excels at RE.

I really like William Hayes from the Rams but my main concern is that he mostly played as a LE last year. If we think he can be a good RE then he's the guy I would most like to bring in with a contract around 2/$8-10M.

Coples is a RE and we definitely have interest in him as shown by his visit, but it appears we are likely thinking of him as a DT.

Robert Ayers can play both ends and he would be a very good pickup.

Derrick Shelby is a younger, 27, RE and he played well after filling in for Cam Wake when he went down. He could be a very good signing.

JPP is strictly a RE, but there is that whole hand thing and he is not going to be cheap.

Chris Long and Mario Williams are pretty much exclusively LEs and would cost way more than they are worth.

The absolute perfect RE for us is available but I'm not even going to mention his name.

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I will say, yes, we need another Vet DE... who that is...yeah...no clue =P

In Gettleman we trust!  It would be nice to find someone who'se had some success who can help educate the young guys in some tricks of the trade.

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7 minutes ago, Nick_81 said:

He's not "opening the pocketbook" just because he has some extra cash.  He'll bring in some vets for sure, but he's opening the pocketbook for our own young guys.

If history has taught us anything, he'll let the feeding frenzy play out a few weeks before bringing in a solid, high character player at a bargain price. Just wondering, can Allen un-retire at a please-get-me-a-SB-ring price?

And yes, our own young guys are getting that "Big Money". 

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9 minutes ago, Bartin said:

Kony's best position in my opinion is at LE so what we need is a guy that excels at RE.

I really like William Hayes from the Rams but my main concern is that he mostly played as a LE last year. If we think he can be a good RE then he's the guy I would most like to bring in with a contract around 2/$8-10M.

Coples is a RE and we definitely have interest in him as shown by his visit, but it appears we are likely thinking of him as a DT.

Robert Ayers can play both ends and he would be a very good pickup.

Derrick Shelby is a younger, 27, RE and he played well after filling in for Cam Wake when he went down. He could be a very good signing.

JPP is strictly a RE, but there is that whole hand thing and he is not going to be cheap.

Chris Long and Mario Williams are pretty much exclusively LEs and would cost way more than they are worth.

The absolute perfect RE for us is available but I'm not even going to mention his name.

One can only dream.

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14 minutes ago, Nick_81 said:

He's not "opening the pocketbook" just because he has some extra cash.  He'll bring in some vets for sure, but he's opening the pocketbook for our own young guys.

I think he does "open the pocketbook" this year, but only in a relative sense compared to his first 3 years. Gettleman shelling out $5-6M/year to a DE is not out of the question in my opinion. No way he goes after the big name guys, but a mid-tier DE(or maybe Weddle) is definitely a possibility this year.

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4 minutes ago, Bartin said:

I think he does "open the pocketbook" this year, but only in a relative sense compared to his first 3 years. Gettleman shelling out $5-6M/year to a DE is not out of the question in my opinion. No way he goes after the big name guys, but a mid-tier DE(or maybe Weddle) is definitely a possibility this year.

Pretty much.  Anyone expecting a $10 million/year player is delirious.  As far as Weddle goes, I think he could definitely be a target.  Interested to see how it shakes out.

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Just now, Nick_81 said:

Pretty much.  Anyone expecting a $10 million/year player is delirious.  As far as Weddle goes, I think he could definitely be a target.  Interested to see how it shakes out.

Weddle would be a bit out of character for Gettleman and would come with a fairly hefty price tag($7-8M), but I can see Ron lobbying hard for him and Gettleman capitulating.

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