The Next Few Months From Start To Finish

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Mike M (the other one) Wrote:I don't think it's too much money on Mack as our Center (he's currently due to make  8mil/year and he's already a proven player in the AFCN), any other Center, yea too much.

Draft another C... Do you know that we only have about 3 more years before our 3 DL hit the Free Agency pool (Geno, Carlos and MJ)? We don't have the time nor the luxury to wait around for a newly drafted C to develop. We have 2 cheap Tackles now so the money we gave to Andre Smith can go to Mack instead, and then the following year, Whit will be a FA. The money is there, it's just a question of how long can we keep that window open before our Defense falls apart?

See, I don't think that the center position is what is keeping us from winning the Super Bowl (or a playoff game in general).  Is it a position of weakness, yes.  But if we are going to pay that kind of money to the C position, I would rather save it and give it to Jones.  WR has a much higher impact on the game. and if we are wanting to improve the C position through FA, I would rather go cheaper and get a guy like Wiesnewski, then draft Friend or Boehm later in the draft