Matt Kalil

[Toker Smurf]

6 minutes ago, Yaboychris28 said:

We knew signing Matt Kalil was a risk. He was ran out of Minnesota after being a top 5 pick for them.. You don't get rid of franchise young LT's..With that being said, I thought it was a questionable signing and never had huge expectations for Kalil. He has actually performed better than I thought though, so I'm not going to be a Kalil hater.  Those who expected him to be a Pro Bowl LT, well that's you're own fault 

Wowl, you had really low expectations. I didn't expect him to be Pro Bowl level just better than he has been, based on his contract. Don't dis on people who whose current evaluations are on par with the garbage expectations, you obviously had, initially. 

[Yaboychris28]

27 minutes ago, Cam El said:

Wowl, you had really low expectations. I didn't expect him to be Pro Bowl level just better than he has been, based on his contract. Don't dis on people who whose current evaluations are on par with the garbage expectations, you obviously had, initially. 

So you wanted him to play up to his contract? Well the contract we gave him was atrocious . The chances of him playing up to his contract was nearly impossible. 

[rayzor]

Might not be so bad if Shula is forced to scale back the complexity of the scheme.

Might make everyone look better.

Dude thinks he's Marvin Einstein.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Give him a chance with an offensive blocking scheme that doesn't look like a van Gogh painting after 14 beers. 

[iamhubby1]

7 hours ago, Yaboychris28 said:

We knew signing Matt Kalil was a risk. He was ran out of Minnesota after being a top 5 pick for them.. You don't get rid of franchise young LT's..With that being said, I thought it was a questionable signing and never had huge expectations for Kalil. He has actually performed better than I thought though, so I'm not going to be a Kalil hater.  Those who expected him to be a Pro Bowl LT, well that's you're own fault 

 

    Well, to be fair. We did have to out bid them for him. So he wasn't actually, run out of town. And no, I guess I couldn't just let it go.

[JakeDel5674]

15 hours ago, Saca312 said:

Matt Kalil's been pretty good lately. Against the Eagles, he made one or two boneheaded plays, but I'm surprised tbh. Upgrade over Oher imo.

But we need to cut off with Daryl Williams. Put Moton in.

You're still riding that Daryl Williams sucks train, until it crashes horribly, huh?  He's been solid so far, Matt Kalil?  No, no, h'es not.    

[ForJimmy]

15 hours ago, Saca312 said:

Matt Kalil's been pretty good lately. Against the Eagles, he made one or two boneheaded plays, but I'm surprised tbh. Upgrade over Oher imo.

But we need to cut off with Daryl Williams. Put Moton in.

Thank you! I was saying this the other day and was told Williams is one of the top RTs in the NFL. Moton should help our run blocking. Williams can be a decent backup at best...

[Udogg]

12 hours ago, rayzor said:

Might not be so bad if Shula is forced to scale back the complexity of the scheme.

Might make everyone look better.

Dude thinks he's Marvin Einstein.

So now Shula is too smart?  

 

[Peppers90 NC]

16 hours ago, Castavar said:

Always remember, Whitworth was there for the taking.

CSB

[rippadonn]

It's Ryan looking "fluffy" right now. Unless he's injured he needs to get on the field.

Throwing Matt away after less than a year with Matsko is a mistake.

Shula is confusing everybody, opposing defenses and our offensive lineman alike.

 

[thefuzz]

17 hours ago, Castavar said:

Always remember, Whitworth was there for the taking.

Like someone else said, this signing smells like owner meddling.

 

 

[thefuzz]

17 hours ago, Cam El said:

Am I remembering correctly, do we have an out from his contract after one season? If so, do we cut bait (assuming no drastic improvement)? I'm thinking, yes. We can pay someone, much less, to suck. 

To answer the question, yes we can cut him after this season.  Would cost us about 4.8M against the cap this year and next if we designate him as a June 1.  However, he is only counting 6.8M against the cap next season, which is really good for a "starting left tackle".

The easiest cut is after the 18 season when he would have only cost us 6.8 that season, and we could eat 3.6M dead space for both the 19 and 20 seasons....he would count 12.8M against the cap for the 19 season....so a restructure or a cut is likely at that point, unless he is playing well.

Pssssst....the contract, while not great, isn't nearly as bad as many of you think.

Also, I have typed that last statement too many times on this board.

 

P.S. DG/Beane knew how to structure contracts to help this team over the long haul....Hurney structures his the exact opposite.

[Camp Fodder]

20 hours ago, Yaboychris28 said:

We knew signing Matt Kalil was a risk. He was ran out of Minnesota after being a top 5 pick for them.. You don't get rid of franchise young LT's..With that being said, I thought it was a questionable signing and never had huge expectations for Kalil. He has actually performed better than I thought though, so I'm not going to be a Kalil hater.  Those who expected him to be a Pro Bowl LT, well that's you're own fault 

People keep saying he was ran out of Minnesota but they offered him 10 million a season to come back. We just outbid them

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, Camp Fodder said:

People keep saying he was ran out of Minnesota but they offered him 10 million a season to come back. We just outbid them

This is true. Minnesota wanted to keep him they just didn't want him as bad as we did.