So what's the plan with Moton?

[Aussie Tank]

Gotta extend him we finally got a strong oline don't fug with it. But also don't be afraid to draft a pure RT from Rd 3 onwards if they're the best player available 

[thunderraiden]

2 minutes ago, CarolinaRideorDie said:

Shaq has been injury prone and not played up to his contract, Shaq should be cut loose. Where has Moton's play dropped off? O-line men have longer careers compared to linebackers. Everybody is a risk for injury, look at Derrick Brown after giving him all that money, so we shouldn't extend Brown because he might get injured? 

Just to note, Shaq, Thomas, Dalton, Corbett are all gone next season and do not have active contracts. They have shitty "void" years we will be dealing with for awhile tho.

[ProcessBlue2]

15 minutes ago, CarolinaRideorDie said:

Shaq has been injury prone and not played up to his contract, Shaq should be cut loose. Where has Moton's play dropped off? O-line men have longer careers compared to linebackers. Everybody is a risk for injury, look at Derrick Brown after giving him all that money, so we shouldn't extend Brown because he might get injured? 

Every year it becomes more and more of a risk. We already have Lewis and Hunt tied up with a TON of cap space. We will need a Center, and god knows Ekwonu will find a way to weasel into an extension which won't be cheap. Should we really tie up even more cap space in a 31 year old? The smart move would be to draft and get that rookie contract and use the cap space on DL, Edge, WR, CB, etc.

[Prowler2k18]

37 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

Every year it becomes more and more of a risk. We already have Lewis and Hunt tied up with a TON of cap space. We will need a Center, and god knows Ekwonu will find a way to weasel into an extension which won't be cheap. Should we really tie up even more cap space in a 31 year old? The smart move would be to draft and get that rookie contract and use the cap space on DL, Edge, WR, CB, etc.

I’d think long and hard before extending Ickey. I think we can upgrade the LT position at some point. 

Edited November 26 by Prowler2k18

[ProcessBlue2]

10 hours ago, Prowler2k18 said:

I’d think long and hard before extending Ickey. I think we can upgrade the LT position at some point. 

I think we should do it sooner than later so we don't have to pay LT money. I'd really consider putting Lewis at Center long term and Ickey at LG. Christensen to RT and draft a true LT high. Will Campbell comes to mind.

Edited November 26 by ProcessBlue2

[PNW_PantherMan]

11 hours ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

Every year it becomes more and more of a risk. We already have Lewis and Hunt tied up with a TON of cap space. We will need a Center, and god knows Ekwonu will find a way to weasel into an extension which won't be cheap. Should we really tie up even more cap space in a 31 year old? The smart move would be to draft and get that rookie contract and use the cap space on DL, Edge, WR, CB, etc.

That's really the kicker.  You can't really view a Moton extension in a vacuum.

[Jay Roosevelt]

The plan better damn well be to extend him. We finally have a solid OL; we don't need to be letting proven players go when we've finally got some along the OL.

[Htarnation4.0]

13 hours ago, rayzor said:

You keep him. You don't mess around with the OL if it's good.

Add to the OL. Don't subtract.

 

We should target OL help every draft and no lower than the 5th round. Good ones are gone by then

[Bear Hands]

Yeah if we were spiraling I would consider a different strategy but extending seems appropriate if we can work something out.

He is north of 30 so could be wise to start eyeing the draft even if we extend. Don’t let a strength turn into a weakness, keep making it stronger.

[rayzor]

3 minutes ago, Htarnation4.0 said:

We should target OL help every draft and no lower than the 5th round. Good ones are gone by then

100%

[PNW_PantherMan]

With all the money invested in the offensive line, we really need to hit on some Round 1-3 picks.  We could really use a star receiver or pass rusher on a rookie contract for a few years.

[mrcompletely11]

10 minutes ago, Bear Hands said:

Yeah if we were spiraling I would consider a different strategy but extending seems appropriate if we can work something out.

He is north of 30 so could be wise to start eyeing the draft even if we extend. Don’t let a strength turn into a weakness, keep making it stronger.

With his current deal and his age and by the sheer fact that they havent done anything to extend him or whatever, it appears they are just going to ride it out and let him walk at 32 years old instead of working something out.   I mean a 31 million cap hit is pretty wild to have at this stage in the game

 

What would an extension even look like at this point?

[strato]

12 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

Gotta extend him we finally got a strong oline don't fug with it. But also don't be afraid to draft a pure RT from Rd 3 onwards if they're the best player available 

Yeah, something like this. We need to get his understudy in the pipeline and when he is done, we won't be.

So however long he goes, great. When junior overtakes him we move junior up and find a new understudy. It ain't that hard. 

edit: Travelle Wharton was really good for us, I think he was 3rd rounder.

Edited November 26 by strato

[Ricky Spanish]

"Our O-Line is finally good, so we should get rid of the most consistent guy we've ever had at RT and roll the dice on a rookie in the draft because it's cheaper."

-Idiots

Ever heard the idiom "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"?

Moton is a Pro Bowl level Tackle. Extend Moton 3 years with the ability to cut bait at 2 if decline in play happens due to age. Look at drafting a tackle in the mid-rounds who is raw but has potential, and let him learn under Moton for a season or two. If he shows progress and looks like he can be the heir apparent, then move on from either Moton or Icky and have the newest guy slide in to the vacant T spot. If Icky continues to play well (And he has played very well this year, people are being chuds about him based on last year) then extend him too. You can't sit here and bitch about how "We AlWaYs GeT rId Of OuR bEsT pLaYeRs" then turn around and bitch when we extend said best players.

Who gives a poo if we have a ton of money tied up in the line? That's where you should invest the team's money. O-Line makes the offense run. Hell, draft an O-Lineman every draft. You can never have too many of them.