The Offensive Tackle Free Agent Market

[Kevin Greene]

Suddenly the Panthers have some huge shoes to fill with 69 retiring.

I would definately like to see this need at least partially addressed through free Agency which helps to set up the draft, Gettleman style.

 

Here's the market per Walter Football.

 

Eugene Monroe, OT, Ravens. Age: 27.

 

Jared Veldheer, OT, Raiders. Age: 27

 

Austin Howard, OT, Jets. Age: 27

 

Rodger Saffold, OT/G, Rams. Age: 26

 

Anthony Collins, OT, Bengals. Age: 28. 

 

Michael Oher, OT, Ravens. Age: 28.

 

 David Stewart, OT, Titans. Age: 32

 

Gets pretty thin after that. 

 

Would like to see Saffold pursued for some depth if nothing else.

 

The full list from Roto:

 

Offensive Tackles

1. Eugene Monroe
2. Jared Veldheer
3. Branden Albert
4. Anthony Collins
5. Rodger Saffold
6. Michael Oher
7. Breno Giacomini
8. Austin Howard
9. Zach Strief
10. Charles Brown

11. Bryant McKinnie
12. Ryan Harris
13. Eric Winston
14. Jason Fox
15. Will Svitek
16. 'Marcus Webb
17. Tyson Clabo
18. Mike Otto
19. Sean Locklear
20. Tony Pashos
21. Marshall Newhouse
22. Jeremy Trueblood
23. Khalif Barnes
24. Dennis Roland
25. Winston Justice
26. Jonathan Scott
27. Andrew Gardner
28. Rashad Butler
29. Guy Whimper

30. Sam Young

[carolina-chuck]

Would love: Michael Oher, Anthony Collins, or Rodger Saffold

 

If not: Breno Giacomini or Eric Winston; possibly both.

 

[El Chingon]

Jason Fox, Mike Otto or Ryan Harris would be cheap and young options.

[Kuech the Sneak]

Any of those options in bold would be great, two would be better haha

[La Pantera]

Oher or Collins would be nice...

[Catalyst]

Collins would probably be (relatively) cheap.

[Ruff]

Strief would be nice just to steal him away from New Orleans. Oh, just seeing salty Taints fans makes me smile.

[Evengelion]

For at least this off season we only need to fix 2 positions: OL and WR. We have 8 picks and a decent cap space. The first 5 rounds can easily be dedicated to those positions.

[LinvilleGorge]

I think Oher is a real possibility.  Matsko was the Ravens' OL coach when he was drafted.

[El Chingon]

For at least this off season we only need to fix 2 positions: OL and WR. We have 8 picks and a decent cap space. The first 5 rounds can easily be dedicated to those positions.

We have 7 picks and CB, S and possibly our PK to replace.

[KillerKat]

For at least this off season we only need to fix 2 positions: OL and WR. We have 8 picks and a decent cap space. The first 5 rounds can easily be dedicated to those positions.

We don't have starting CBs either.

[SIGCHI222]

We have 7 picks and CB, S and possibly our PK to replace.

 

PK are not usually drafted.  If we waste a pick on a PK this year I might cuss.

 

[TheRumGone]

I still can't believe gross is gone :-(

[TheRumGone]

And concerning all of the needs we have. No team is perfect, not even the Seahawks. We are not going to fill all of our needs, players will get injured ect. We need to draft well, stay within budget and let our core players lift the rest of the team to an elite level.

I'm not going to panic even though right now out offense looks scary. This guy in charge knows what he is doing and will do everything to get this team where it needs to be without sacrificing our future. Gotta trust keek and cam to elevate this team and fill that leadership void.