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03-22-2013, 07:40 AM #25
Re: Bryant McKinnie talking to Harbaugh
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I like McKinnie. But for the love of all that's holy and good, will you please stay focused on keeping in some semblance of shape over the off season and report to whatever team you are playing for on time?
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Re: Bryant McKinnie talking to Harbaugh
Go look up anyone who charted the o-line and you'll see that McKinnie wasn't even that good. KO playing next to him made the big difference. He was still the best option at the time but there is no way he's worth paying up to get. Every team in the league has analyzed the way the Ravens line played in the playoff and no one else is calling him. That means they don't think that McKinnie was anything special either. McKinnie can sign at the Ravens price or deal with his creditors.
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03-22-2013, 08:12 AM #27Regular 1st Stringer
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Allegedly the Saints are interested also since they lost Bushrod.
Take a look at this info from Brian Baldinger re: Castillo on Osemele
“I think Juan is the single-best developer of talent on the offensive line in the entire league,” Baldinger said. “If Juan tells me he thinks that Kelechi Osemele can play left tackle, I want to see it. I want to see what he looks like if he lines up there.”
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Re: Bryant McKinnie talking to Harbaugh
Any player that can be called the most frustrating player ever seen on tape, by Greg Cosell, is a player who wasted talent.
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03-22-2013, 08:39 AM #30Regular 1st Stringer
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03-22-2013, 09:17 AM #31Hyperbolic curmudgeometer
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Re: Bryant McKinnie talking to Harbaugh
Folks on this board need to stop obsessing over McKinnie's "wasted talent" & start considering whether he ought to be re-signed for the performance he can be expected to deliver based on his historical (lack of) work ethic & (lack of) passion for the game.
It's easy to shake your head at how great a player he might have been. It's even satisfying in a nasty, jealous sort of way that fits right in with the love-hate relationship between many serious fans & the players & teams they live vicariously through. But y'all need to accept that it was his talent to waste & his decision to waste it, not yours, & deal with what is. I'm quite sure Oz is doing that. (I'm less sure that Harbs is, or is even capable of it; I sure hope so.)
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Re: Bryant McKinnie talking to Harbaugh
How are they raiding our offensive line? These guys are free agents. If the Ravens wanted them they had an exclusive window to do it in and chose not to. The days when a team owned a player are long gone. They have rights and are free to sign elsewhere. Grubbs wasn't a Raven when he signed with the Saints and neither is McKinnie.
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03-22-2013, 09:32 AM #33Pro Bowl Poster
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03-22-2013, 09:35 AM #34Hall Of Fame Poster
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03-22-2013, 09:45 AM #35
Re: Bryant McKinnie talking to Harbaugh
To me, it's simple:
Is Oher better than McKinnie at L?. I think most of us agree -- NO. And IF we move Oher to LT, we probably have to do some dangerous OL shuffling.
Can we draft a starting-ready LT? Almost certainly not.
Can we sign a FA LT better than McK? That is for Ozzie to figure out, but I am not optimistic.
With the RIGHT contract, I say sign McK.
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03-22-2013, 09:58 AM #36
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I was one of those people who were calling for McKinnie to play last year. My only question for those posters who do not want to see McKinnie re-signed is, who are the Ravens going to be able to get to play LT that is better than McKinnie? They should re-sign McKinnie, and then draft a player like Manelik Watson or Terron Armstead to develop behind him.
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