PFT/Denver Post-Broncos unlikely to pick up Okung option

[cam1uvrxoxo]

30 minutes ago, emhoward said:

Miami, for example, Is replacing from within with Tunsil.

We don't have anyone close to that on our roster.  Lucky Miami

[d-dave]

3 hours ago, My Goodness My Guinness said:

A lot of this can be attributed to a combination of age and injury problems mixed with a contract that the team doesn't think is worth the risk/hassle. The same argument can be seen by some on here about Stewart. He has a high salary for a runningback, injury problems and is getting old. It's not that Stewart isn't a good runningback, he just doesn't seem worth the money to some people. 

Sooooo.... You're saying we can trade him for the #1 pick right?  ;)

[KillerKat]

There are plenty of options for a short term LT. If Remmers is our only choice by the time the season begins, Gettleman should be fired.

[AU-panther]

10 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

There are plenty of options for a short term LT. If Remmers is our only choice by the time the season begins, Gettleman should be fired.

Won't just be Remmers.....Oher also :)

[Snake]

5 hours ago, cam1uvrxoxo said:

We don't have anyone close to that on our roster.  Lucky Miami

When you pick top 13 almost every season...

[Jay Roosevelt]

If Okung is allowed to hit free agency, he's our best bet, IMO. Not top-tier, but he's been to and won a Super Bowl and is better than anyone we've had at either tackle spot since Jordan Gross retired.

[Nails]

21 minutes ago, Jay Roosevelt said:

If Okung is allowed to hit free agency, he's our best bet, IMO. Not top-tier, but he's been to and won a Super Bowl and is better than anyone we've had at either tackle spot since Jordan Gross retired.

A ton of value, tangible and intangible, in keeping him from returning to Seattle as well.

[csx]

1 hour ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

Seriously.

It's like being envious of Dallas. Sure, they got the best OL in the game but it came with a hefty price... a decade of complete disappointment and incompetence.

The Cowboys starting line is made up of a 9th pick, 16, 31, 4th rounder, and an UDFA.  It didn't take what you are suggesting to draft it.

[AU-panther]

6 hours ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

Collins was an UDFA because he was an idiot. He was considered a Top 20 pick at OT however.

Martin is an OG who was drafted 16th overall. Guards usually don't go that high. And if they do, they rarely work out (ex. Warmack).

T. Smith was a 9th overall pick at possibly the most important position.

Outside Free and Federick, the Dallas OL was a byproduct of mediocrity for years. Hell, Free is not even that good anymore at RT. Similar to us, they got a very good interior. They were just lucky enough land a franchise LT though.

Turner is a 3rd rounder, Kalil is a 2nd rounder, Norwell is an UDFA, and Oher and Remmers were pick ups via FA. I say we got great value for not having to a Top 15 pick every year.

There is also some luck involved in getting a player like T.Smith.  Even if you are bad enough to get a top 10 pick the player has to be there for you to pick.  I would guess if he was in this year's draft he would definitely be in consideration for our 8th pick.

Actually he probably would go before our pick but the 2011 draft was pretty good so he fell to 9th.

People think you can just make it happen by spending a draft a pick on a certain position.  If it was that easy every team would have good o-line, but then people would start complaining about their d-lines.

[heel31ok]

20 hours ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

He's not going back to Seattle. They let him go because he was an average OT asking for elite money. 

Now Denver let him go because of the same reason, and you guys want to overpay him??? Thank God some of you aren't GMs.

avg would  be a tremendous upgrade for us...idk about overpaying but we should offer him a good offer if available...

[Nails]

11 hours ago, AU-panther said:

There is also some luck involved in getting a player like T.Smith.  Even if you are bad enough to get a top 10 pick the player has to be there for you to pick.  I would guess if he was in this year's draft he would definitely be in consideration for our 8th pick.

Actually he probably would go before our pick but the 2011 draft was pretty good so he fell to 9th.

People think you can just make it happen by spending a draft a pick on a certain position.  If it was that easy every team would have good o-line, but then people would start complaining about their d-lines.

2011 was all time good.

[csx]

21 hours ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

Collins was an UDFA because he was an idiot. He was considered a Top 20 pick at OT however.

Martin is an OG who was drafted 16th overall. Guards usually don't go that high. And if they do, they rarely work out (ex. Warmack).

T. Smith was a 9th overall pick at possibly the most important position.

Outside Free and Federick, the Dallas OL was a byproduct of mediocrity for years. Hell, Free is not even that good anymore at RT. Similar to us, they got a very good interior. They were just lucky enough land a franchise LT though.

Turner is a 3rd rounder, Kalil is a 2nd rounder, Norwell is an UDFA, and Oher and Remmers were pick ups via FA. I say we got great value for not having to a Top 15 pick every year.

They invested one higher  1st rd pick on their OL and one mid 1st. That's it. The only thing they did was commit to drafting OL. You would have a point if they were all drafted in the top 10 but it was only 1.

Their highest picks recently (4 & 6) went to rb and cb.

[RickyManningJr]

On 2/16/2017 at 10:42 PM, Promethean Forerunner said:

He's not going back to Seattle. They let him go because he was an average OT asking for elite money. 

Now Denver let him go because of the same reason, and you guys want to overpay him??? Thank God some of you aren't GMs.

Smart man.  I live in Denver and listen to the sports talk radio on the way in to work every morning and Okung sucked this year.