Re: *** Will YEATMAN!!! ***
I see Vollmer being traded next offseason or franchised and traded the next offseason. There's too much value in a potential franchise LT to keep him at RT for the duration of his contract and get just a 3rd comp pick out of him. Hence, now's the time to work on getting a new right tackle for 2012 and beyond.
Hey Sciz--I hate to do it, but I'm going to respectfully disagree with some of the thinking here.
Are you being serious when you say that Sebastian Vollmer can currently net us a "first round pick??" I can't see anyway of how we could get a "1st round pick" out of someone who started 8 games last yr, and had one good season in 2010 where he made 2nd team All-pro? You claim that if he left
after his rookie deal was up, we would get JUST a "3rd round comp pick out of him?" If someone told me we could get 2 more yrs of Vollmer at a reasonable price on a rookie deal, and also get a 3rd round pick for him for nothing in return if he's not resigned, I'd be pretty happy.
While I can appreciate your tendency to look ahead, and I agree that they shouldn't wait until the last minute, there is absolutely no reason why anyone should be worried about Sebastian Vollmer's contract right now. He will not be a FA until late February 2013....and if they choose to franchise him at that point, he wouldn't be due until February 2014. So at the very least we have 2 more yrs at a minimum.
There's really no reason to believe that there couldn't be a reasonable deal offered to Vollmer too, I think maybe some posters are assuming that there's no way we could afford him. I think that is not necessarily true, at least at this point. Of course we all hope for him to continue to have the kind of season that he had last yr, so when all is said and done, you very well could be right about him wanting LT money, instead of RT money.
There's also the possibility that he could even be our LT at some point, depending on the injury situation, and the development of Solder.
Of course, the fact that a lot of teams are/will continue to give up ridiculous deals for OL just proves your point even more. So far we have seen Doug Free from Dallas get approx. 8 million per (4 yrs/32), and Yanda from Baltimore just got approx. 6 1/2 million per as a guard. (5/32). If we're actually going to try and offer something or lock up either Mankins or Light, these outrageous contracts just from yesterday will not help the situation any, so if they're going to act they better do it soon.
Oh, BTW--your new avatar of Jeff Tarpanian looks like a porn star pic straight out of the 70's adult film collection. Just one man's opinion
