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What's John Nalbone doing these days?

Carl Nicks is my #1 wish in free agency too. Allows Richie to move to RG which suits him better, giving us a massive and powerful Husker guard contingent. :up:

#2 wish is Anthony Spencer to bookend with Cameron Wake at OLB.

I'd love to get him, but we'll have to break the bank to get him which kind of limits other free agents and may stop us from re-signing Soliai or Langford.

#1-Peyton Hillis
#2-Kyle Orton
#3-Martellus Bennett

"Daben wrote:

Not a fan of paying big money to a guard unless it's a hall of famer type. Anthony Spencer makes a ton of sense however and is a realistic proposition especially if Todd Bowles is still on the staff (to help lure Spencer here, of course Ireland will already be on board with it).

With that whole on the other side from Wake filled, we'll be in a much stronger position on draft day. Even if we don't get a QB we'll be in a good spot to fill the gaping hole at RT (and insure ourselves if Jake Long keeps getting hurt).

I can hear the groans at dolphin draft parties when we draft Riley Reiff already. I'm fine with it.

If Nicks plays the next 7-8 years like he did the first 4 it will have been a HOF worthy career.

I would first want to sign Soliai. then Nicks and maybe look at a Free Safety or OLB.

"MisterSean wrote:

I don't know about you guys, but I think our top goal should be to try and acquire G Carl Nicks from New Orleans. With solidifying the guard spot and then taking a T with our number one pick would really sure up the play up front. Then using our second rounder on maybe Weeden or any other position like OLB/DE or secondary. With consistent offensive line play, it would really make life a whole easier to whatever young QB we bring in. What do you guys think?

I'm down with the first part but not the second. If we spend big money in free agency then we should stick John Jerry at rt and strengthen other areas of our team. In your scenario our offensive line would be:

LT - 1st Round Pick
RG - High Priced Free Agent
C - 1st Round Pick
LG - Incognito (cheap)
RT - 1st Round pick

Our offensive line would be very good but that is a huge amount of resources used on one unit.

Flynn

"padre31 wrote:

#1-Peyton Hillis
#2-Kyle Orton
#3-Martellus Bennett

not sure if serious.

Drew Brees.

"Rhody Phins Fan wrote:

I'm down with the first part but not the second. If we spend big money in free agency then we should stick John Jerry at rt and strengthen other areas of our team. In your scenario our offensive line would be:

LT - 1st Round Pick
RG - High Priced Free Agent
C - 1st Round Pick
LG - Incognito (cheap)
RT - 1st Round pick

Our offensive line would be very good but that is a huge amount of resources used on one unit.

It's not far off from the 49ers OL. They have 3 first round draft picks, one 3rd rounder and a medium priced free agent making up their OL. The 3rd rounder, Adam Snyder replaced 2nd rounder Chilo Rachal after 3 games in the starting lineup.

"padre31 wrote:

#1-Peyton Hillis
#2-Kyle Orton
#3-Martellus Bennett

I certainly hope you mean Orton as a backup...The guy reeks of mediocrity, even with McCoy around...

I think the bigger question is who is going to be our HC and OC/DC. We might not even consider keeping Soliai (who I like) if we change to a 4/3 d. I still like the idea of Nicks though. I know we've got a lot of money tied into the OL, but when can we really say it's been consistently good in the last.....since Shues was here, I think...

I would think that we'll look more for bodies than elite quality...We need 2 starting safeties, no matter the style of D. We'll need an OLB or pressure DE. We need either an upgrade to Fasano or a #2 pass catching guy. We need at the very least a back up QB. And then there is the OL, needing a RT, RG (assuming we can move Ritchie to where he belongs) at the very least. JJ might be the RT, but can we count on that ??

There are certainly holes to fill, but who the staff is will go a long way determining who we really go after in FA...

Barring QB, our #1 pressing need (draft or FA) is a top OLB to pair with Wake ... has been the same issue the last 2 years.

it's more important than OL, TE, S or WR ... in that order ....

A big play, low-target wide receiver, or a pass rusher.

I was all for giving Brian Hartline or Davone Bess a chance to develop into strong #2's but they if anything regressed this year. I'd like someone who we don't need to "feed" the ball. Two players who need a heavy workload to be effective aren't going to work. Desean Jackson or Marques Colston yes, Wes Welker or Dwayne Bowe not so much.

A pass rusher would be nice. Particularly someone who can rush on the right edge, but that's kind of a limited market. It's mostly John Abraham, who I'm not at all opposed to but we've largely avoided veterans and that might be an Ireland thing. Calais Campbell is also potentially on the market, and while it's not so much a need, he's consistently one of the best interior rushers in the league and if one is out there, you've got to consider letting Langford and Soliai to walk.

Anthony Spencer, Michael Griffin, Martellus Bennett.

Carl Nicks and Peyton Hillis in FA and if possible Jeremichal Finley. Re-sign Paul Soliai, use franchise tag on Kendall Langford and trade him along with our 1st this year and our 1st next year(this is starting price, not saying it will be the final price) to the Rams/Vikings for their 2nd or 3rd overall pick to draft RG3.

And my offseason wish list would be changing to a 4-3 scheme.

Odrick-Starks-Soliai-Wake

That lineup screams havoc IMO.

Henne :tongue2:

John Abraham - 2nd best pass rusher available after Mario Williams who I am assuming will get franchised. Abraham was excellent last year, has experience in a 3-4, doesnt appear to be going back to ATL and moving back to 3-4 OLB would prolong his career a la JT. Putting him across from Wake with Dansby and Burnett in the middle and you have the best combo of pass rushers of any 3-4 team.

Hard to say until we know who will be HC. But I will say that the safety position is one I would target.

Just to throw out a name, I'll go with Craig Steltz.

"Stringer Bell wrote:

Hard to say until we know who will be HC. But I will say that the safety position is one I would target.

Soooo
Tyvon Branch, LaRon Landry, Dashon Goldson, Michael Griffin or Reggie Nelson?

Id probably go with Goldson or gamble on Landry that he can stay healthy. Griffin has excellent ball skills but hes a shady tackler. Branch would probably be my 3rd choice.

Need someone that can play free safety. Can Laron Landry play free safetY?

my number 1 priority get Sage the rage resigned and let Marino show him the ropes.

bring in two wr's to replace Bess and Hartline those guys are not impact players we need to improve there.

here is a idea how about drafting a big time tightend and stop spending all our money on oline. using ceaaper players on oline and paying skill
players more money will win us games its what you might say like a corporate job the better the skill the better your crew is.

i would like to know how much money we have to spend approx. before i think about it, anyone knows ?

"lmeister3 wrote:

not sure if serious.

Drew Brees.

Boy would that be nice, but if he isn't franchised, the Saints should just fold the team. :wink2:

Jermichael Finley sure would look nice in a Phins uni - he is only 25 (but will probably be franchised, unless GB is dumb and franchises Flynn instead).

My other votes would be for: Mario Williams (27) or Calais Campbell(26).