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ArizonaRamFan
I was a little surprised and disappointed to see Brian "Ironhands" Quick on the roster. I'm basically done seeing another year's worth of "potential" wasted on the guy.
But who should we have kept instead of Quick. Ayers comes to mind because he's at least proven SOME capability in the NFL, albeit mostly for other teams, and our LB corps is questionable coming into game 1.
Another kicker? Haha, I say this partially tongue-in-cheek... From the outside looking in it's just plain stupid to have two kickers taking up a roster spot, but Big Z has done nothing for over a year now to justify his spot, and it's been painful to watch him circle the drain. It'd be nice to have one to plug in if he goes on another one of his drunken wide-right binges. Then again, you can just sign a kicker off the street and he'll be a lot better than GZ at his worst.
Seau? I thought he showed potential, and a lot of rawness, and especially a lack of quicks off the snap. Basically what his scouting report reads. Strong for his size, but a bit undersized all the same, and almost certainly not a natural to move to LB. Still, of all the players to keep, I think Seau would have been the best bet. Could he buff up in the weight room?
Roberson a developing project that never developed? Battle, because it seems by week 4 half the O line will be injured or dead?
What player would you want to keep, if Quick would have been cut?
Easy answer for me, ARF.
Stay with a tall outside WR. Keep McRoberts instead of Quick.
Keeping a 7th WR is temporary, anyway. This is only until Cooper is !00%.
As an aside, please don't anybody tell me that a creative Boras/Groh combo can't come up with highly effective deployments of Cooper and/or Spruce outside on occasion. Spruce played outside in college and Cooper played everywhere and danged near everything. Including throwing TD passes. They are playmakers, dammit! So use them!
Oh wait...
Could I be inadvertently revealing a facet of the "under wraps" new O? Lol.
