If he's more injury prone than Saffold, why sign him? We already have Saffold, and Saffold has been a better player than Joeckel to this point in their careers.
Only because I want Saffold at LG. :fuelfire: I understand that he may end up becoming our best option at LT, but he's injured every 5 minutes playing that position. None of the guys mentioned in the previous few posts may be good options for remaining healthy at LT for an entire season, but I do believe Robinson and Saffold will have longer careers working the interior. I can live with most any LT for another season not named Greg Robinson, raising the bar above his past performances shouldn't be that difficult. Unless we get lucky enough to land a long term premium LT somehow thru free agency, the draft or a trade, i'd rather go the cheap and short term route.
Keeping GRob at LT not only risks Goff & the team for another season, it means seeking a quality starting OG, and the going rate is still very expensive. It also means GRob is likely lost to free agency following the season, where if we move him inside now it's going to be easier to re-sign him going forward imo. Being we also need a Center and my willingness to gamble on Robinson at RG, I just prefer going this route. We've got plenty of OG's if we'd just play them (Saffold & GRob), we also have decent depth with Brown, Donnal & Wichmann, ... what we really need is a starting LT and Center, so rather than screw around with Saffold or Robinson any more, just fill what we know needs filling. Hell, we may need two LT's if Darrell Williams hasn't recovered his 2015 potential, so i'm not opposed to going after a couple of these former IR'd short term, show-me type player contracts. Still, i'd probably draft one and sign the other short term. And may the best man win. With all this, who is Havenstein's back-up ? Acquiring a starting LT and a back-up for both Tackle positions can't hurt either unless we know Donnal is absolutely that guy for RT. If we are going for a starting Center like JC Tretter as well as a LT in free agency, this could get expensive, and being without a first round draft pick in 2017, perhaps the temporary route at LT is a wise move, and who knows, maybe they end up sticking anyway. Several guys' names have been thrown out for consideration, McVay will conduct his due diligence for every possibility, it will be interesting to see which route he takes, i'm just hoping it's bold and it works successfully.
t's the Off-Season!
