Thread: OT Eric Winston Released

Originally Posted by kevperro

I'd be talking to him. Right now any peice of the Oline that we can secure gives us that much more flexibility in the draft.

I agree I'd take Winston in a heart beat.

Originally Posted by Rogelio

How does it make sense for the Chiefs to keep Albert and draft Joeckel? They will have two pretty highly-paid LT. Do they keep Albert for one year only? Which one would play RT? I don't get how that makes sense. How is it cheaper for them? Joeckel will likely make more than Winston this year. If they wanted to save money, they would have not tagged Albert.

It wouldn't shock me if they tried to trade Albert at all.

Originally Posted by MPBears68

Lol, if he was worth the same deal he had he probably wouldn't have been released. Most FAs think they're going to get more than the actually do. He's not Mario Williams or Peyton Manning. And this is shaping up like a buyers market in FA with few teams having tons of cap space to burn. I don't think for a second that Jake Long is going to get $10 million or that Finley/Cook are going to get 7. Reality intervenes. No way Winston gets $6.5

I think he's going to get $5 Million or so. I'd do that in a heart beat.

We could flash back to 2004 and sign him as our Tait RT-to-LT and Moore as our Ruben Brown.

Originally Posted by soulman

That's the answers I'm looking for. I'm not at all familiar with the guy so I asked. If he's a guy who can be had for a good price and contribute at a much higher level than a guy like Scott ever could then I can see the benefit.

Two things still concern me though. One is spending much $$$ on a RT when we still have an unproven former 1st round pick who hasn't been fully evaluated playing there. And two is that no matter what you all think I don't believe Carimi will ever be able to play OG well at an NFL level.

Simply moving him there and away from his natural position just to find some place to play him does nothing more than copy the approach we took with CWill so we're supposed to make that same move again??? I'd need to see a lot more out of him than I have so far for me to think he could do it.

I don't think he has the right size, body build or athleticism to play OG in the type of offense I'm envisioning we'll be running. Assuming his injury isn't a permanent problem and he can rebuild his playing strength I think we'd be far better off leaving him at RT to take advantage of his run blocking talents and coach his bad pass blocking techniques out of him. You move him to OG now and it's a set up for another failed first round OT pick.

Valid points, Soul. I agree with you and have hope still for Carimi to be a long term starting RT. Not ready to give up on him at all yet. But....we do have to hedge our bets a little. He could flop again next year. He could (I hope not) turn out to be another JA injury OL bust.

We have 3 OTs with NFL experience--Webb, Carimi, and Scott who's a journeyman quality backup at best. He sucks, lets be honest. So unless we draft one (unlikely) its either Scott or another FA. Winston is a proven, quality RT and >>> Scott. If the price is right, he's worth a look. The way I see it, picking up one clear OL upgrade in FA (iow, someone head and shoulders better than Rachal/Spencer/Scott/Garza) makes it a helluva lot easier to justify drafting a LB in round 2.

Originally Posted by lklrlolnlilklsox

We could flash back to 2004 and sign him as our Tait RT-to-LT and Moore as our Ruben Brown.

That only works if we draft OLmen to supplement older players.

What Jerry Angelo did to this OL was criminal in the way he ignored it in the draft.

Originally Posted by WindyCity

That only works if we draft OLmen to supplement older players.

What Jerry Angelo did to this OL was criminal in the way he ignored it in the draft.

I thought the facetious smiley said it all, but to be clear, it's very unlikely positions can be solved with high quality veterans in FA like this. More likely we can get a couple players in FA, one of which will likely be a sixth OL type, and one prospect early in the draft. You add Winston and I'm fine with us waiting for the draft at OG and supplementing with a Antoine Caldwell-type.

Originally Posted by lklrlolnlilklsox

I thought the facetious smiley said it all, but to be clear, it's very unlikely positions can be solved with high quality veterans in FA like this. More likely we can get a couple players in FA, one of which will likely be a sixth OL type, and one prospect early in the draft. You add Winston and I'm fine with us waiting for the draft at OG and supplementing with a Antoine Caldwell-type.

I was more venting about Angelo.

I think we will see a starting OLmen signed, OG or OT they both suck equally and the level of the free agent is up to Stein.

I think we will look to draft a 2nd starter.

I think we draft a later round developmental depth player.