OL Laken Tomlinson, signs with NYJ

Originally posted by Dajanksta:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

Originally posted by cciowa:
nice. people give an opinion and they get slapped with a snarky label. funny how this is always allowed here

You mean like what you (and a few others I shall not name) do whenever someone says something remotely positive about this team?

Na. More like when people realistically try to predict us going 10-6 and then say we're not true fans because we don't believe it. lol.

Originally posted by Dajanksta:
Na. More like when people realistically try to predict us going 10-6 and then say we're not true fans because we don't believe it. lol.

Originally posted by Dajanksta:
I wonder if we make any more moves? I'm sure we do. When do all the cuts happen?

Originally posted by 9moon:
We missed out on Watkins.. We really need a #1 receiver..

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:

Originally posted by Dajanksta:
I wonder if we make any more moves? I'm sure we do. When do all the cuts happen?

Saturday afternoon, IIRC.

Originally posted by SteveYoung:

Originally posted by PopeyeJonesing:
Detroit runs an inside ZBS in which Tomlinson sucked, and power-scheme guys like him should be kind of passable.

Hate to be the negative one, but in Shanahan's outside zone scheme everything Tomlinson is decent at isn't asked of him, and everything he's supposed to be awful at is asked of him.

Beadles isn't better than a decent backup, but he's a much, much better scheme fit in the run game.

So, I don't like this trade that much, and am pretty confused by it.

I'm hoping I'm really missing something.

This is true but I think his lack of athletesism can be masked as a RG. Call power runs to to the right behind Brown and Tomlinson and stretch plays to the left behind mobile linemen Staley and Beadles.

Originally posted by SteveYoung:

Originally posted by okdkid:

He may start for us. But that says less about Tomlinson and more about our current situation at guard. He is a backup guard on nearly every other roster. People shouldn't be surprised when he gets Hoyer killed in week 3. Again, a fair trade for a guy who kinda sucks.

He didn't get Stafford killed.

He also didn't give up a sack in 2 years at Duke.

He was just playing out of position in Detroit and had no spot when they gave 9.5 million to TJ Lang

Originally posted by cciowa:

not sure what to expect of a former high draft pick we picked up for a fifth but he is a body,. we had a need and hope it makes us better

Originally posted by jcs:

Originally posted by 9moon:

We missed out on Watkins.. We really need a #1 receiver..

We have this guy named Garcon we just payed...

Originally posted by jcs:

Originally posted by 9moon:
We missed out on Watkins.. We really need a #1 receiver..

We have this guy named Garcon we just payed...