Thread: Glazer ESPN Chicago: The OL

I'm really curious to see if Brown is going to be solid. He looked like a guy who needed work, but his raw talent looked pretty good to me.

Originally Posted by WindyCity

I agree that perhaps he does not start, but it may influence who we go after to fill the spot if they think that he can play.

Maybe we go after an older guy like Brandon Moore [33] who can start for a year or 2 while Brown is developed to take over the position?

Exactly. It's not like we can replace the entire OL roster. Gotta hope some of these guys have value for this year, even if it's solid backup play.

If we can improve upon Garza with a better vet we should do so and if not at the very least we should have some competition for him. He's journeyman type guy and that all he's ever been or will be.

As for LG if either Cooper or Warmack are on the board for crap sake take one of them (preferably Cooper since he may also be able to play OC at some point in time). It's time to stop screwing around with stop gap measures and build that line with good draft picks the way it needs to be done.

If we can count on Louis to return and play at the level he was before his injury then the biggest holes that need filling are in the middle at LG (we don't have one) and at OC (we have a crappy one). We have two young guys at OT who do have some upside and the draft may provide another so let the coaches get those two up to NFL standards and get them what they don't have not more of what they already do.

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

Wonder how serious this Webb thing is, it's not just Pot, it's some other kind of controlled substance also. This is not a team that tends to be happy w/these arrests. Tank was a talented DT, and was quickly removed when he found himself having issues w/the law. Benson, not as talented, but also found himself shipped off when he got himself a few DUI's.

Kind of like Ogletree, this is a sign of poor judgement, and it will be interesting to see how Emery/Trestman and the Mc's are going to handle this. That could really put a bind on how the team hanldes FA/draft.

Well as it turns out it is just a small amount of pot and in the grand scheme things not all that big a deal. Unless we end up drafting Lane Johnson by camp we'll be looking at Webb playing LT again and this will mostly be forgotten. How often does JT Thomas' pot bust come up?

Yeah it's poor judgement to be running around with pot in your car. If you get stopped they may ask to search the car. Keep you shit at home or if it has to go with you keep it where they can't find it with a cursory search. Probably didn't help is he was driving a big black ghetto cruiser of an SUV either.

But as far as what to do about it the best answer is very little. Guys that age drink, smoke pot and screw as many woman as they can and no amount of lectures on morals is gonna change that. All you can hope is that most of them have the brains and the maturity to control it well enough to not let it interfere with their NFL life. In Webb's case he's short both of those key ingredients.