Great Discussion on 970 ESPN on OL

[K Train]

Ive always thought he was ok, but not long term deal good....they will have to pay him oher money i would assume

[BradshawsHairdresser]

I've always thought he mostly sucked, except for a few stretches of fair/average play.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Ive always thought he was ok, but not long term deal good....they will have to pay him oher money i would assume

Why would we want to overpay Gilbert just because Tennessee decided to overpay the sucktastic Oher? Gilbert doesn't even have a Sandra Bullock movie about him (unless you count "Gravity" when Gilbert gets big enough to exert his own gravitational pull).

Ooh, wait. This Sandy Bullock game is fun. Dri Archer would be "Speed." David DeCastro could be "Demolition Man." We've got "Two Weeks Notice" for all of the camp fodder as we approach roster cutdown day. And of course, there is always "Crash" which of course could only go to Ben Roethlisberger.

[Oviedo]

Why would we want to overpay Gilbert just because Tennessee decided to overpay the sucktastic Oher? Gilbert doesn't even have a Sandra Bullock movie about him (unless you count "Gravity" when Gilbert gets big enough to exert his own gravitational pull).

Ooh, wait. This Sandy Bullock game is fun. Dri Archer would be "Speed." David DeCastro could be "Demolition Man." We've got "Two Weeks Notice" for all of the camp fodder as we approach roster cutdown day. And of course, there is always "Crash" which of course could only go to Ben Roethlisberger.

Way too much free time on your hands.

[K Train]

Why would we want to overpay Gilbert just because Tennessee decided to overpay the sucktastic Oher? Gilbert doesn't even have a Sandra Bullock movie about him (unless you count "Gravity" when Gilbert gets big enough to exert his own gravitational pull).

Ooh, wait. This Sandy Bullock game is fun. Dri Archer would be "Speed." David DeCastro could be "Demolition Man." We've got "Two Weeks Notice" for all of the camp fodder as we approach roster cutdown day. And of course, there is always "Crash" which of course could only go to Ben Roethlisberger.

Creative post, but the market value for a starting RT is now about 5-5.5million/year. Guys like Loadholt and Anthony Davis are making 6-7million

[RuthlessBurgher]

Creative post, but the market value for a starting RT is now about 5-5.5million/year. Guys like Loadholt and Anthony Davis are making 6-7million

Loadholt and Davis are quality tackles, though. Michael Oher sucks.

[K Train]

Loadholt and Davis are quality tackles, though. Michael Oher sucks.

Which is why Loadholt and Davis set the premium for top RTs, and Oher is in that 5.5 range.

[pfelix73]

Why would we want to overpay Gilbert just because Tennessee decided to overpay the sucktastic Oher? Gilbert doesn't even have a Sandra Bullock movie about him (unless you count "Gravity" when Gilbert gets big enough to exert his own gravitational pull).

Ooh, wait. This Sandy Bullock game is fun. Dri Archer would be "Speed." David DeCastro could be "Demolition Man." We've got "Two Weeks Notice" for all of the camp fodder as we approach roster cutdown day. And of course, there is always "Crash" which of course could only go to Ben Roethlisberger.

This is becoming a very cool ECU related thread. We had pics of Will Simmons earlier, now we're talking Sandy Bullock.......She used to bar tend at a sports bar in Greenville way back when I was a Pirate..........

[RuthlessBurgher]

Which is why Loadholt and Davis set the premium for top RTs, and Oher is in that 5.5 range.

There shouldn't be only a million or a million and a half difference between quality and suckage. Subpar starters should get half or less than the quality starters get at the same position.

[K Train]

There shouldn't be only a million or a million and a half difference between quality and suckage. Subpar starters should get half or less than the quality starters get at the same position.

I didnt set the market or say thats how it should be but Howard, Herremans, Smith, and Collins just got that much with Oher and Cherilus got a top dollar like Davis and Loadholt...the market is what it is. Gilbert is going to be in that range.

Its a million per year average difference, which is the difference of 4-6 million total depending on the deall, which is a significant number

Check it out, all those top contracts were signed this year

[url]http://overthecap.com/top-player-salaries.php?Position=RT[/url]

[RuthlessBurgher]

The Gosder Cherilus contract was worse than the awful Oher contract. Irsay must have been on some heavy duty pills when he signed off on that one.

I might be willing to go into the Donald Thomas-Doug Free range with Gilbert.

[K Train]

Streif/Vollmer is going to be the floor. $4million a year will be a very good deal.

Free had to take a pay cut cause he sucks. He signed a 4 year, $32mil/$17 mil guaranteed deal when he was the future at LT....he was due a whopping $7 million prior to last season but took a pay cut at $3.5 million per year

[D Rock]

Outside of Pittsburgh, Gilbert is still a nobody.

His value should be similar to other nobody's - that Donald Thomas guy will do - no idea who he is. Strief will also work.

[K Train]

Teams know who Gilbert is and that he's been a starter for us for some time. If he's improved at all this year there will be a market for him.

No one really knew who al woods was either right?

[D Rock]

Teams know who Gilbert is and that he's been a starter for us for some time. If he's improved at all this year there will be a market for him.

No one really knew who al woods was either right?

2M/yr for 2 yrs Al Woods?

I'll take that contract for Gilbert