Should we make a play for Michael Orr?
 

Im watching the late game and heard Orr is in a contract year and some speculate he will not be re-signed with the Ravens. As much as he has been hit and pressured this year I have a feeling he is going to restructure or take a pay cut to buy himself some protection. Orr is solid and servicable and can play both sides.
We need some immediete impact players on our Oline. Im all for drafting, but we need someone who can step right in.

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Oher is a good RT, I wouldn't be against it. But if I could bring back anyone to help the O-Line it would be Kromer

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Oher >>> Strief

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I doubt we could afford him, some team will over-pay for his services. We can't afford a bidding war

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Exactly my thoughts, we really won't be able to afford him, I see us drafting an OT though

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Re: Should we make a play for Michael Orr?
 

Nor should we...

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Dude, mom's gonna be pissed. Go to bed!

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i really do think there will be a bidding war for Orr or any of the OT again this year. I think the league as come to a salary balance at the position ie RT. besides we are talking a player that has a bunch of pro bowls to bring in. maybe he would love to come back down to the south.

thumbs up as a RT.

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Agreed, but not enough to justify signing Oher. I'd rather spend that kind of cash at LT or even OC.

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I agree the Ravens are probably going to let Oher walk; but I don't think we will get him.

Maybe we can do another "The Blind Side" movie about Charles Brown? And get Sandra Bullock to star in it?

Ah... too much to ask!
:argue:

Re: Should we make a play for Michael Orr?
 

agreed

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No..

Strief is surprisingly the number 1 pass blocking tackle according to PFF, he is no slouch in the run game either. Add that to the huge contract you have to pay for Oher and Ill take Strief all day every day.

The Saints don't spend money on Tackles, big contracts go to guards and centers, so if we are looking to improve the OL we need a good FA center; DLP has been the weak link this year IMO.

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Yeah... I was thinking the same thing. Oher has been pretty mediocre for a while.

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Why are people in a rush to get rid of strief, he's the highest rated pass blocker in the NFL

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i am not in a rush at all. all i can say is i wish he was 25 again. it is time to groom a replacement, a real replacement not some i woulda coulda UDFA.

if you get a player like Orr you have extended Striefs playing time by a few years. some where down the road he will go back to a back up. i would love to milk another say 5 years out him at this stage of his career than drive him into the dirt in 3

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Strief is the surprise of the season for me. dlp needs to get it together or be replaced.

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Strief was picked in the 7th round, practically an UDFA.

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Strief just turned 30.
O-linemen can easily play into their late 30s.

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I was thinking of getting him to replace brown. LT is the position he played most in college. He was moved to RT because the Ravens already had LT pretty solid and didn't want to go screwing with the line too much. He has played some at Lt for the Ravens and has done well. I do think he may be a little out of reach financially though. I think Drew knows that he is going to have to restructure enough to get some protection if he ever wants to see a majority of that contract. A little less in the long run is better than nothing in the short run

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Strief reminds me a lot of Jeff Backus, recently retired O/T (DET) ... much maligned, but when you break it down, he's actually doing a pretty good job ... I had heard that Oher hasn't been living up to expectations in Baltimore the past few seasons, but honestly, other than his Disney flick, I haven't done any research on him.

It'd be great, with his ability to play either side, if you could get him, but I'm wondering if he'd pull a 'Carl Nicks' by going to another team and flopping ... just wondering ... I think I'd rather take a chance on the draft then with some of these free-agent O/L. JMO. :mrgreen:.

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He didn't do that well at LT, not bad, but not good. In fact he hasn't been playing well at all for a couple of years now. His pass protection is lacking.

I don't think he'd be much of an upgrade.

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No. He's not. Oher is an average player who had a movie made about his life. Strief is better by every measure.

If we had drafted Strief in the 3rd or 4th round instead of the 7th people would be talking about him as one of the better right tackles in the league (which he is). He plays at right about the same level as Jon Stinchcomb did, only difference is people were more willing to give Stinchcomb his due credit because he had pedigree.

If you are talking about replacing Brown at left tackle, then go with Armstead - a young, cheap player that you've drafted and developed yourself - instead of signing somebody off another team's junk pile. The Ravens are one of the best run teams in the league, if they are cutting a homegrown player like that you are damn skippy they have a real good reason.

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Yeah, and I would think LT would be the position the Saints would want to upgrade if they're gonna' spend that kind of money on a O/L.