I'm not upset. But I don't see the upside on this.
What have we learned? Because of the reduced practice time that teams have since the new collective bargaining agreement veteran offensive linemen are more valuable.
He is a serviceable, experienced offensive lineman. You need those. This signing reminds me of the Grey Ruegamer signing back in 2006.
"heard" you like this. It's February. Greco is one of 90 guys. If someone better comes along, he can be let go. Right now he is an NFL caliber player, lower caliber maybe, but still someone who can play in the NFL.
You still need 90 guys by training camp and I guarantee you they will have a 4th QB who is a camp arm only, and just like there will be several camp OL/OG. All fill in practice time but ultimately will be let go. Whether they sign now or June is irrelevant.
Now just for shits and giggles, just because somebody was let go by Cleveland doesn't mean the are a bad player because Cleveland wouldn't know a good player if it hit them in the face.
And BTW, the oline at the end of the year was playing better than earlier in the year with 4 and 5 different players. Greco was one of them.
there are going to be a bushel of OL acquired- rookies, UDFA, draft picks, over-the-hill vets, other teams' cuts- in the hopes we can sift through the bushel and come up with five that can start.
I guess I'd just rather give one of the 90 available roster spots to a younger player, even an undrafted one.
Until there is a draft, there isn't an available roster spot for a drafted prospect let alone an undrafted one. I'm guessing Greco signed for the vet minimum including the subsidy (and at this point there is no reason to believe anything other than that). This is a non-story.
"heard" you like this. It's February. Greco is one of 90 guys. If someone better comes along, he can be let go. Right now he is an NFL caliber player, lower caliber maybe, but still someone who can play in the NFL.
You still need 90 guys by training camp and I guarantee you they will have a 4th QB who is a camp arm only, and just like there will be several camp OL/OG. All fill in practice time but ultimately will be let go. Whether they sign now or June is irrelevant.
Now just for shits and giggles, just because somebody was let go by Cleveland doesn't mean the are a bad player because Cleveland wouldn't know a good player if it hit them in the face.
And BTW, the oline at the end of the year was playing better than earlier in the year with 4 and 5 different players. Greco was one of them.
Not sure how being disappointed in a roster move equates with "panic"... methinks your are reading far too much into my comments. I simply don't understand this roster move unless Greco has more in the tank than the last three coaching staffs he played for let on.
He has the makeup and he has experience.
If he's a 16 game starter for us, that's a bad smell.
As a depth player who can challenge for a spot on the roster and hopefully be a spot starter he's ok.
There isn't a glut of OL talent out there and those folks aren't free until Mid March anyway.
Is there someone we could actually sign right now from another team who is better?
Let's hope Fluker is next.
What have we learned? Because of the reduced practice time that teams have since the new collective bargaining agreement veteran offensive linemen are more valuable.
He is a serviceable, experienced offensive lineman. You need those. This signing reminds me of the Grey Ruegamer signing back in 2006.
You still need 90 guys by training camp and I guarantee you they will have a 4th QB who is a camp arm only, and just like there will be several camp OL/OG. All fill in practice time but ultimately will be let go. Whether they sign now or June is irrelevant.
Now just for shits and giggles, just because somebody was let go by Cleveland doesn't mean the are a bad player because Cleveland wouldn't know a good player if it hit them in the face.
And BTW, the oline at the end of the year was playing better than earlier in the year with 4 and 5 different players. Greco was one of them.
You still need 90 guys by training camp and I guarantee you they will have a 4th QB who is a camp arm only, and just like there will be several camp OL/OG. All fill in practice time but ultimately will be let go. Whether they sign now or June is irrelevant.
Now just for shits and giggles, just because somebody was let go by Cleveland doesn't mean the are a bad player because Cleveland wouldn't know a good player if it hit them in the face.
And BTW, the oline at the end of the year was playing better than earlier in the year with 4 and 5 different players. Greco was one of them.
Not sure how being disappointed in a roster move equates with "panic"... methinks your are reading far too much into my comments. I simply don't understand this roster move unless Greco has more in the tank than the last three coaching staffs he played for let on.