Thread: Babin?

Originally Posted by short faced bear

Can you imagine Peyton playing behind this line? Evel Knievel would have had less broken bones.

Cutler is one gutsy guy. He's played behind the worst oline in the NFL 2 of the past 3 years in Chicago (the other year we were rated #31.....not dead last, but next to dead last in the entire NFL).

And he still wants to stay here in Chicago. Gotta like that. He's definitely more of a "Grabowski" guy. Peyton Manning would be wetting himself behind our "so called" oline. His little pretzel neck wouldn't last one quarter of one game here.

And I'll bet Peyton wouldn't tie Webb's shoes as well as Jay either. On a side note, I'm bettin' Webb will finally learn to tie his own shoes by the end of this 3rd season here. I know he's been tryin' real hard.

Originally Posted by GermansbombedPH

If you have the chance to add a player with this quality, you do it. Point is, that he won't make it to us or won't clear waivers. If he does, he is an upgrade for free

But that's the point. Babin is not an upgrade over Izzy and Wootton. Jason Babin has been a decent player throughout his career and he parlayed one big season right before he hit FA into a big time contract offer from Philly.

We looked at him when he was a FA but he went where the $$$ was, got is mega deal, and has been playing at a lesser level ever since. Not only don't we need him but we have a rookie on the roster who is almost exactly the same size as Jason Babin and McClellin will give you 110% effort on every snap he plays. McClellin is a playmaker whereas Babin is not much more than an undersized pass rusher who doesn't play the run all that well.

We need to stick with developing McClellin and Wootton. Those guys are the future DEs around here. Babin isn't. He might help for a game or two but what little cap room we have left for replacements needs to be spent solving the holes in the OLine not the DLine where there really aren't any.

We've lost four starting OGs since September and Babin can't play OG or OT. That's where we need help.

Originally Posted by Boochee Man

Philly fans have told me that Babin is awful at playing the run. He just runs straight for the QB. So he would be more of a detriment to the team. We already have a rookie to fulfill that pass-rush/not play the run role in Shea butter.

That's absolutely true. It's how a guy who was a 5-6 type sack guy his whole career manged to get 12.5 in one year right before he hit FA. He had one good year in Philly and is right back to his average type year again. He's no dummy. Sacks are what get you the big $$$$ and he got it but at 32 his numbers are declining again.

McClellin is a similar size DE with a much higher motor and he plays the run far better than Babin. Spending $$$ on Babin would be a mistake.