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I would like to talk about this Matt Kalil situation

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On ‎9‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 1:36 PM, TheRed said:

We ended up drafting Moton anyways. So maybe not sign him?

Sometimes doing nothing is the right choice but this fan base would have had a fit.  I think sometimes owners, GMs, and coaches can fall in the same trap of trying to force something.  

On ‎9‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 2:27 PM, trueblade said:

I don't think its woah-woah crazy to think, given the options available, that Gettlemen anticipated he could resurrect Kalil's career just as he had done with Oher, but it didn't work out.

I seriously doubt this decisions was purely Gettlemen's.  He might have the final say (outside of the owner of course) but decisions like this I would think would have heavy input from several parties.  Namely the HC, OC, and line coach.

As far as the other 4 choices (Okung, Whitworth, Beachum, and Reiff) I'm not sure any of them were perfect.  

My favorite was Whitworth, I figured even if he declined some because of age he would still be better than average.  I would love to know if we even talked to him.  All things being equal he might have preferred West Coast.  I would have over paid just to see if he would have changed his mind. 

Next guy I wanted was Reiff but from what I understand he has played about the same as Kalil and he makes just as much.  Okung never really seemed on our radar at all and ended up going for the most of those 5. https://overthecap.com/position/left-tackle  Beachum was the steal of the bunch at $8m a year.

Purely guessing here but I would think the team, for whatever reasons, decided Kalil was their guy.  I don't think teams sit there and try to negotiate with all 5 of the LT free agents at the same time.

With regards to Oher that was a high reward, low risk situation.   Financially it wasn't near as risky as Kalil's.

 

 

 

 

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