Burrow Recruiting Collins

[Joelist]

Let's get the current OL lineup straight first:

LT: Jonah
LG: Carman (and likely Spain)
C: Karras
RG: Cappa
RT: (Open)

I am unhappy they failed to land Collins. But even RIGHT NOW the OL is hugely upgraded. Remember that the vast majority of the line issues last season came from the right side. And I have to think they are not going to ride with Isaiah Prince next season - we missed on Collins but they will get an improvement (maybe Daryl Williams?). And as to LG they are almost certainly going to resign Spain who contrary to some opinions played well for us at LG - the issue in the last two playoff games was more about him having to play injured because as it turned out Carman was also nursing an injury.

I still think they need to rethink parts of their Free Agency approach in particular concerning ESTABLISHED tier 1 players - that is where this kind of result seems to bite the most.

Finally, yes asking for fully guaranteed contracts hits small market teams hard and there needs to be some kind of alternative developed. Maybe a financial product the team can buy where the product vendor pays the contract then the team pays a fee plus the payment to the company writing the product? Just thinking out loud there.