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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Sucks man....really bad timing for us. If he had played out the 2017 season, we might not be primed to pay Nate Solder 13M+ a year in a few days. Not that I dislike Solder...would have been nice to have clarity....
Between Waddle and Fleming....I prefer Waddle I think.
Not that I expected him to be a plug and play LT in his first season. I expected him to be looked at extensively over the past year much like Croston was never placed on the PS all year. If he had shown progress...we would have likely let Solder walk and re-sign Waddle to a short term mid-level deal (6-7M a year or something)...and had Garcia compete with Waddle for snaps or play on the right side if Cannon gets dinged.....
Of course a healthy Garcia would've had an impact on the upcoming Solder decision.Doubtful that Garcia would have had any impact on this offseasons decision on Solder...
Of course a healthy Garcia would've had an impact on the upcoming Solder decision.
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The issue is for him being in the same football shape he was before the injuries. I presume that Garcia was in top football shape for at least 10 years, playing a season of football every year.
A year off is a serious problem, especially when he lost his rookie year of getting NFL habits and physical understanding of plays and blocking.
If Garcia was healthy all year then yeah we'd have a better idea of what we have and it WOULD have an impact on whether to try and keep Solder for what it will cost to keep him. With his uncertain health for even this upcoming season that scenario is out of the window. I have to agree with the original poster on that.How ? He was far from a plug and play option and would have been a developmental player at best last year. Most probably pushing Croston off the roster. He was never a realistic second year LT option even if you were overly optimistic.
If Garcia was healthy all year then yeah we'd have a better idea of what we have and it WOULD have an impact on whether to try and keep Solder for what it will cost to keep him. With his uncertain health for even this upcoming season that scenario is out of the window. I have to agree with the original poster on that.
1) Agree; even if completely healthy, he likely would've been a game-day inactive all season.1) He was far from a plug and play option and would have been a developmental player at best last year, most probably pushing Croston off the roster.
2) He was never a realistic second year LT option even if you were overly optimistic.
Not that I expected him to be a plug and play LT in his first season. I expected him to be looked at extensively over the past year much like Croston was never placed on the PS all year. If he had shown progress...we would have likely let Solder walk and re-sign Waddle to a short term mid-level deal (6-7M a year or something)...and had Garcia compete with Waddle for snaps or play on the right side if Cannon gets dinged.....
Sorry, @luuked , usually I'm with you on evaluations, but a healthy Garcia could have absolutely pushed for playing time. He was one of the nastiest and most athletic players I've watched in college in a long while (in fact, he reminded me a bit of Shaq Mason), and I think a year under Scar would have catapulted him in front of Waddle and Fleming with ease. He could be better than Solder in time. He redirects more cleanly on inside moves, which is something Solder has struggled with at times in his career.
Maybe he busts, but we'll never know how a healthy season may have developed.
I am not disagreeing with that. I just fail to see how any of this would be relevant for the 2018 season. I actually dont see where our opinions differ. I wrote that he could have been be our swing tackle this year. But there is a giant jump from this to letting Solder go and going into the season without a proven LT.
With time he can definitely be a good LT I just dont see how this could have helped with Solder in 2018.
Solder ended up starting 13 of 16 games his rookie year, rotating with Light and Vollmer based on injuries. Then the took over starting LT full time in his second year, so I assume Garcia would have followed a similar arc if healthy. Maybe I missed a qualifying comment; are you saying this based on his current status, which is admittedly up in the air?
Would you pay Waddle more than Cannon? Wow
LT>RT unless the QB is left handed.....plus inflation...
Basically, Brady's jersey = Clean = Us having a puncher's chance in every game we play....and prolongs his career....I am greedy...I want more!
But his a swing tackle ... He will be ou could be a LT because we don't have other options. It's like HT as a ED or Jummy Graham as a WR.