Free agent chatter

[ECHornet]

It is completely ridiculous that the NFL doesn’t differentiate a franchise tag of an offensive tackle vs interior olinemen. 
 

They do so for DT and DE. 

[kungfoodude]

Just now, TLGPanthersFan said:

I hope it doesn’t come down to paying Bozeman or Burns. We can afford both…maybe?

Burns deal, in theory, should open up future money for a couple of seasons.

[LinvilleGorge]

Y'all must've forgot that Elflein is not a good starting OL. His value is as a versatile backup who can play any of the interior OL positions. The issue is that he doesn't play any of them particularly well.

[Jesse]

Just now, TLGPanthersFan said:

I hope it doesn’t come down to paying Bozeman or Burns. We can afford both…maybe?

We have enough money and can work the cap to sign both of them plus a few more free agent pickups. No need to worry about picking one IMO. 

[ForJimmy]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Y'all must've forgot that Elflein is not a good starting OL. His value is as a versatile backup who can play any of the interior OL positions. The issue is that he doesn't play any of them particularly well.

Cade Mays might be an option as well. I think he has played C before.

[TLGPanthersFan]

1 minute ago, Jesse said:

We have enough money and can work the cap to sign both of them plus a few more free agent pickups. No need to worry about picking one IMO. 

I just read above he wants 16 million potentially. No thank you. I like Bozeman but no center is worth LT money. 

[MHS831]

There are some good centers in the draft--it is deep at C, but do you want to start compromising with the OL now?  I would rather go without an upgrade at TE than let a good starting C walk. 

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, ECHornet said:

It is completely ridiculous that the NFL doesn’t differentiate a franchise tag of an offensive tackle vs interior olinemen. 
 

They do so for DT and DE. 

Yeah, there really should be an OT tag and an IOL tag.

[MHS831]

1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

Cade Mays might be an option as well. I think he has played C before.

He literally started as a freshman at Georgia and started every year afterwards at various positions--I think he was a steal in the sixth round. He did start at least one game at C.  I think they played him some at C during camp last year.

[MHS831]

That introductory splash into free agency for Fitterer to solify our OL by grabbing Elflein and Erving on the first day of free agency scared the piss out of me--Campen needs to get in on this one.

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

That introductory splash into free agency for Fitterer to solify our OL by grabbing Elflein and Erving on the first day of free agency scared the piss out of me--Campen needs to get in on this one.

Yeah, we really overpaid for some marginal players.

[Jackie Lee]

10 minutes ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

I just read above he wants 16 million potentially. No thank you. I like Bozeman but no center is worth LT money. 

Not really believing that they realistically expect that much. The best Centers top out at like $12M and Boze was ranked like 26th in pass pro last year. He's ranked between 5th-10th best free agent center depending where you look

[Mr. Scot]

7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yeah, we really overpaid for some marginal players.

Our watchword at that time was "versatility".

[TLGPanthersFan]

11 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

That introductory splash into free agency for Fitterer to solify our OL by grabbing Elflein and Erving on the first day of free agency scared the piss out of me--Campen needs to get in on this one.

Wasn’t that mostly Rhules fault? I mean the contracts he gave them were still terrible but Rhule was the one pushing for 2 bad linemen.