Quote:Teddy got right back up after this hit...

 

 

 

If he takes too many of those, he won't be playing very long, or at the very least his effectiveness won't be top notch for very long. There's no way those type of hits over a longer period of time would make him start to get gunshy/ happy feet. 

 

Bridgewater's size is a legit concern.....probably his only major concern. 

 

Quote:I want Mack but I hope we don't overpay him.

 

They will have to overpay if they want him. The question is whats the point where they say thats too much? I'm sure they have an idea of that, but we aren't privy to it.  

 

Quote:Man, the highest C salary in the league this year is 7.38 mil. Do we really want to spend 40-50% more than the next highest C in the entire league, which is probably what it would take? Mack is good but he isn't a demigod. I think it's one that would be exciting short term, but probably even as early as next year we'd be wanting to not have that 10 mil cap hit for a good not great C. And no, just because "we have the cap room so why not" is not a good excuse to blow a positional value salary out of the stratosphere. 

 

I agree somewhat. I'd love Mack here, but we can't get too crazy. If we want him, the recent Jason Kelce contract will probably be a template. 

 

Quote:I don't understand why you would pay all that money for a center to put Chad Henne back there. If you're gonna pay that money then let a rookie get comfortable behind a solid line like that.

 

He would be the best veteran to let a rookie center learn from though.

 

Because you don't put a rookie QB back there until he's ready. I was hoping we as a fan base might have learned this by now. Maybe Gabbert doesn't flame out so bad had we sat him for a year, ala Rodgers.....If we draft a QB, and we will, Henne will almost certainly initially be the starter and once the coaching staff feels the rookie is ready for the challenge, they'll insert him into the starting lineup. 

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