First of all, why would we be "lucky"? We have the cap room. Yeah there are other teams that need OL help but its our #1 priority and we have the money to spend.Alaskan wrote:
This sums it up nicely. They'll be lucky to land a solid O linemen in free agency. If they do they'll overpay like they did for Boone. The O line fix is not a simple one. There are several other teams that are contenders whom need O linemen bad too.
Also, we definitely did not "overpay" Boone. We gave him a 4 year 26.8 mill contract. Making around 6 mill annually vs. Osemele who got a 5 year 58 mill deal making 11.7 annually. Boone was a solid guard this year and has been in the pro bowl. And would have been even better if he didnt have the worst tackle of the century next to him all year. Osemele makes almost double what Boone makes. Osemele is better, yes but not almost 6 million more a year better.
We pulled out of the running for Osemele so Boone was one of the only options left or else we wouldnt have a LG at all.