PurpleKoolaid wrote:
I dont think building an elite Oline and getting Case for a few years is a bad idea. Now If I thought Cousins was as good as some, I would say do the deal now. But last year showed, a good Oline makes the team look so much better. Now if we can find out why the D looks bad some times, we might have a dynasty even with Case. With Cousins, Rick will always be looking at the cap. We will not end up with cap for under 30 mil. Case might be 21 mil. Thats a big difference in money for less wins and some stats that are meaningless now.
Yeah let’s bring up those wins for the 13th time. Been there done that.
As for that idea, we can sign cousins, keep drafting OL and keep the line young
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Pay case and pay a guy like Norwell and now we’re paying more for them then we are cousins by a good chunk. We’re worried about getting into cap hell with cousins but we’re ok with that? Paying Norwell and Case a combined $35 million. That straps us even more for cap going forward. Now we have 3 highly paid OL that’s going to kill our cap along with $22 million at qb. So how does that situation help our D “stay together”? It makes it worse. Like $7-8 million dollars worse. If we want to pay that, go sign a middle of the road offensive lineman like Omameh, Slauson, Kline or maybe even Sitton and sign cousins. Why does it have to be the best OL out there?
Some would say “ well wouldn’t you rather have Case and Norwell vs cousins and Sitton?” No. Case brings too much of a risk. We need stability at the QB position more than the OL position. If case is a one year wonder, now we’re screwed and back to square one. Clearly cousins isn’t a one year wonder.
Cousins and Sitton is more of a sure thing than Case and Norwell. Mainly because of the giant risk that comes with Case. If we want to spend $35 million on two players, go with what’s more of a sure thing.
Either way, I’d much rather draft interior OL than to sign. Keep our OL cap reasonable in the upcoming years and have a franchise QB. Build the OL through the draft. Not free agency. Yes last year helped with Reiff and Remmers but we did our part there. Now let’s keep the cost low and draft good offensive lineman