Steelers have reached agreement with former Bills tackle

[Chadman]

Re: Steelers have reached agreement with former Bills tackle

Given all the signings the Steelers made, Chadman gets the sneaky suspicion that this one, Jon Scott, might just end up being the best aquisition of the lot..

as much as i would love to believe this to be true, the evidence so far doesn't support it.

Jon Scott was a 5th round draft choice coming out of college.

the Bills who are in dire need of good OL don't even extend a tender to Scott? what does that tell you?

having said that, i hope i'm wrong...something that i have been once or maybe twice before in my life.

And yet the former Bills OL coach likes him enough to bring him over? Not saying it's set in stone, but Chadman just has a hunch Scott might start at RG...

[hawaiiansteel]

Re: Steelers have reached agreement with former Bills tackle

Given all the signings the Steelers made, Chadman gets the sneaky suspicion that this one, Jon Scott, might just end up being the best aquisition of the lot..

as much as i would love to believe this to be true, the evidence so far doesn't support it.

Jon Scott was a 5th round draft choice coming out of college.

the Bills who are in dire need of good OL don't even extend a tender to Scott? what does that tell you?

having said that, i hope i'm wrong...something that i have been once or maybe twice before in my life.

And yet the former Bills OL coach likes him enough to bring him over? Not saying it's set in stone, but Chadman just has a hunch Scott might start at RG...

i'm all for replacing Essex, however this article only mentions that Scott can play LT and RT (which is still a good thing).



Steelers sign Buffalo offensive tackle Scott


By John Harris, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, March 9, 2010


The Steelers signed unrestricted free-agent tackle Jonathan Scott to a multiyear contract, agent Jordan Woy confirmed today.

Scott (6-foot-6, 318 pounds) is versatile enough to play left and right tackle. A fifth-round draft pick in 2006, he started eight games with Buffalo in 2009.

Scott will be reunited with new offensive line coach Sean Kugler, who coached him for two seasons in Buffalo.

[Chadman]

Re: Steelers have reached agreement with former Bills tackle

Given all the signings the Steelers made, Chadman gets the sneaky suspicion that this one, Jon Scott, might just end up being the best aquisition of the lot..

as much as i would love to believe this to be true, the evidence so far doesn't support it.

Jon Scott was a 5th round draft choice coming out of college.

the Bills who are in dire need of good OL don't even extend a tender to Scott? what does that tell you?

having said that, i hope i'm wrong...something that i have been once or maybe twice before in my life.

And yet the former Bills OL coach likes him enough to bring him over? Not saying it's set in stone, but Chadman just has a hunch Scott might start at RG...

i'm all for replacing Essex, however this article only mentions that Scott can play LT and RT (which is still a good thing).



Steelers sign Buffalo offensive tackle Scott


By John Harris, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, March 9, 2010


The Steelers signed unrestricted free-agent tackle Jonathan Scott to a multiyear contract, agent Jordan Woy confirmed today.

Scott (6-foot-6, 318 pounds) is versatile enough to play left and right tackle. A fifth-round draft pick in 2006, he started eight games with Buffalo in 2009.

Scott will be reunited with new offensive line coach Sean Kugler, who coached him for two seasons in Buffalo.

True enough, but Trai Essex was strictly a LT or RT before last season too.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: Steelers have reached agreement with former Bills tackle

Given all the signings the Steelers made, Chadman gets the sneaky suspicion that this one, Jon Scott, might just end up being the best aquisition of the lot..

as much as i would love to believe this to be true, the evidence so far doesn't support it.

Jon Scott was a 5th round draft choice coming out of college.

the Bills who are in dire need of good OL don't even extend a tender to Scott? what does that tell you?

having said that, i hope i'm wrong...something that i have been once or maybe twice before in my life.

And yet the former Bills OL coach likes him enough to bring him over? Not saying it's set in stone, but Chadman just has a hunch Scott might start at RG...

Compare the contracts of the guys that we signed, though:

Ryan Clark: 4 years, $14 million
Antwaan Randle El: 3 years, $7 million
Will Allen: 3 years, $4.4 million
Arnaz Battle: 3 years, $3.9 million
Jonathan Scott: 1 year, $545,000

Scott is the only one who signed a one year deal, and it appears to be a veteran minimum deal. The other 4 guys signed multi-year pacts, with Clark getting $3.5 million per year to be a starter, Randle El is getting more than $2 million per year, and Allen and Battle getting more than a million annual salary as well. Just on the basis of those numbers, I doubt that Scott has the biggest impact.

[Oviedo]

Re: Steelers have reached agreement with former Bills tackle

Given all the signings the Steelers made, Chadman gets the sneaky suspicion that this one, Jon Scott, might just end up being the best aquisition of the lot..

as much as i would love to believe this to be true, the evidence so far doesn't support it.

Jon Scott was a 5th round draft choice coming out of college.

the Bills who are in dire need of good OL don't even extend a tender to Scott? what does that tell you?

having said that, i hope i'm wrong...something that i have been once or maybe twice before in my life.

And yet the former Bills OL coach likes him enough to bring him over? Not saying it's set in stone, but Chadman just has a hunch Scott might start at RG...

Compare the contracts of the guys that we signed, though:

Ryan Clark: 4 years, $14 million
Antwaan Randle El: 3 years, $7 million
Will Allen: 3 years, $4.4 million
Arnaz Battle: 3 years, $3.9 million
Jonathan Scott: 1 year, $545,000

Scott is the only one who signed a one year deal, and it appears to be a veteran minimum deal. The other 4 guys signed multi-year pacts, with Clark getting $3.5 million per year to be a starter, Randle El is getting more than $2 million per year, and Allen and Battle getting more than a million annual salary as well. Just on the basis of those numbers, I doubt that Scott has the biggest impact.

Could be Kugler sold him on the opportunity that he would have here to compete for a position and earn a contract. I think it says alot when a player follows a coach or a coach recruits a player. Something could be there.

I may also say that Kugler has an idea of what he wants to do and Tony Hills can't do that.