04-16-2021, 02:34 PM
(04-16-2021, 01:55 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You know who's opinion I value more than yours or PFF's? Professional scouts for NFL teams.
Every team saw the film on Spain from last year, yet we were able to sign him or basically league minimum ($1.1 million). If he was any good at all he would have gotten a lot more than that.
The Bills had given him a decent contract (3 year $15 million), but they cut him. He must have played well at some point to get that deal, but he also must look like shit now to professional NFL scouts.
No way in hell am I counting on a vet we signed for league minimum to be very good for us.
Not saying this will be the case, but Shaq Barrett got a 1-year deal in Tampa for 4 million when no one wanted to sign him in 2019 and he led the league in sacks. Barrett wasn't quite league minimum but he was the 16th highest free agent Edge (Behind a lot of guys no one has heard of) in 2019, so the scouts missed pretty badly there. Success comes down to a lot of things, talent, desire, scheme, and opportunity all play a role. Will Spain be the best guard in the NFL? No, probably not. Can he be decent even though no one as far as we know offered him any more than we did? Sure.
That said, yea we should bring competition in for him in the draft but I am not opposed to letting him compete for a singular spot. He played 3 different positions last year which is not easy to do and I am sure that didn't help his success.
