Originally posted by 4ML:
Originally posted by dj43:
Here is a list of UFA Right Tackles, according to Spotrac; Age and relative PFF ranking among ALL OTs.
George Fant - 31 - 79
Billy Turner - 32 - 73
Ja'Waun James - 31 - did not play this year
Jawaan Taylor - 25 - 68
David Quessenberry - 33 - 67
Josh Wells - 32 - 48
Jermaine Eluemunor - 29 - 21 (only real comp to McGlinchey)
Marcus Cannon - 35 - spent the year on the couch
Ty Nsekhe - 37 - 34
Le'Raven Clark - 30 - did not play this year
Mike McGlinchey - 28 - 35 - if I counted correctly, McGlinchey is the #9 ranked RT.
Since nobody is going to trade us a starting RT, that leaves us with either McKivitz or a comp pick at the end of the 3rd round to replace Mc if we can't resign him.
See the problem?
Paying an average tackle lots of money is exactly the kind of decision that can set a franchise back - especially one which is a contender and doesn't have a lot of cap space to begin with.
McGlinchey is not an elite tackle but he is well above average.