Thread: Let me pose this question about LT

I was thinking the same thing lately and I feel like our chances are getting slimmer at a big time LT FA

Still hold out hope for vollmer

Originally Posted by GermansbombedPH

Clady will get the Tag
Albert will stay in KC
Bushrod with the money he will get <<< Webb for his money
Long is the big price and a team will throw more money on him than we can offer


The only realistic vet OT out there is Sebastian Vollmer. He's a RT but played LT for little time. Keep Webb and his salary and sign Vollmer. That would solve lot's of our problems. Right side would be rock solid with Vollmer and Louis. Let Carimi battle it out with Webb or use him as Guard or SwingOT.


objectivly, we are stuck with Webb and hope he will improve again.

Vollmer is a helluva RT no doubt. Anyone know what the chances are he hits FA? And what his cost will be if he does?

signing him pretty much means we are giving up on Carimi as starting RT. He isn't an LT or an OG. Means your 1st rounder is now basically a perpetual swing OT only. Is that a trade offyou're willing to make?

Originally Posted by JustAnotherBearsFan99

Scouts Inc. now has Webb graded out as a "Good Starter" at 75. Their grading scale has:

60-69 = Average Starter
70-79 = Good Starter

They state "He has a huge frame with good functional strength and athleticism. He has power at the point of attack as a run blocker, as well as agility, balance and good hand use in pass protection."

They have Webb rated higher than Bushrod.

The more I read and learn, the less appealing an option Bushrod appears. It looks more and more to me that we won't sign a FA LT and Webb will be the de facto starter in 2013, like it or not. That does make the cap situation much less taxing.

I'm not sure i buy into that he is a "good starter" but adding high quality LG (cooper) would likely elevate his play

The thing you must understand is that a sack is very very rarely one guys fault, just as a touchdown is
rarely one guys fault

Adding a LG may very well help Webb in a number of ways

As a tackle in pass pro, with a clean pocket (not our IOL getting blown up like last 2 years) you can attack a half of the DEs body.

What this means is if cutler has room to step up, and or we have quality blocking on the inside that will allow for one of them to keep their heads up instead of doubling a down linemn, Webb has less lanes that he must protect to keep the pressure up

Speed rushes must actually turn the corner and go thru his outside shoulder if cutler can step up, making his job that much easier

It would also let us run more than 3 man routes if we weren't assuming that we will need a double team inside, it frees up a "floater" to keep the pocket clean as long as we man up the 1&3

I think it looks more and more like Webb will be there, I'm okay with that as long as we add help on the inside to help him and the offense in general

Just seems like LT prospects are not worth the $$ or going to be tagged and or scoped up

Webb was not the meat of the problems we had, the OL is a unit and must improve as so

Someone (Soul?) posted PFF's OT rankings here somewhere recently (a source Emery acknowledges utilizing) and they ranked Bushrod only slightly ahead of Webb overall and behind him in run blocking. If accurate, that would seem to indicate that JB isn't worth the $ to sign him.