Two reasons you don't take a ILB with a high pick in round 1:

[BigRob]

yeah, maybe.

but colon is much expensive as was kemo the year before, but we never heard the outcry like we do with ovi about foster.

foster has been good value for this team no matter if some will ever admit it or not.

Hell yeah he's been good value. He was an UDFA. To get any starts out of him is a good value. Doesn't mean we should sign him back to the team.

Colon is a little better than Foster and we can't really save much money cutting Colon.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

that's probably going to be the difference, I agree.

ovi will need a new whipping boy next season.

[hawaiiansteel]

I'm personally hoping for a starting OL next season of:

Starks-Colon-Pouncey-DeCastro-Gilbert/Adams/Beachum

[BigRob]

I'm personally hoping for a starting OL next season of:

Starks-Colon-Pouncey-DeCastro-Gilbert/Adams/Beachum

What to do when Colon goes down with another season ending injury? Who replaces him? A draft pick?

[hawaiiansteel]

What to do when Colon goes down with another season ending injury? Who replaces him? A draft pick?

maybe Legursky moves to center and Pouncey slides to LG again.

perhaps the loser of the RT battle, someone like Beachum who has actually showed a lot of potential.

or we sign a low-level FA or a draft pick.

[steelz09]

I'm personally hoping for a starting OL next season of:

Starks-Colon-Pouncey-DeCastro-Gilbert/Adams/Beachum

but I wish we could cut ties with Colon to save $$. If that was the case, I'd have no problem signing Foster for less and have DeCastro & Foster as our starting guards.