Colin Brown

[angelo]

My friends kid (12 years old 5'11 270)attends Will Shields Kids academy.

He has witnessed on many occasions Colin Brown working out one on one with Will Shields.

He looks like he has lost weight and is in much better shape. He said his footwork looked great.

I hope this is a good sign.

Ang

[RustShack]

You might want to tell that to Pioli, not me dumb****. Aso is going to start at RG. I'm sorry they gave up on your precious project for someone better and more ready.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by RustShack

You might want to tell that to Pioli, not me dumb****. Aso is going to start at RG. I'm sorry they gave up on your precious project for someone better and more ready.

Proof or shut the **** up.

[boogblaster]

You have to have back-ups .. it's nice if they can play more than one position ... as far as Brown, who knows maybe he's developing ....

[RustShack]

Like I said, come talk to me when Browns our starting RG.

[booger]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I cannot imagine a scenario at this point in time that doesn't have Albert, Weigman and O'Callaghan as starters.

I agree totally. Gretz's take on Rudy winning the C job is pretty out there to me. Maybe he's just pulling for the guy, who knows.

The only two jobs up for grabs, IMO, are right and left guard. Pioli stated in his pre-draft press conference that he like O'Callaghan at right tackle and thought he improved over the course of the season.

Tough PR to pull off cutting the NFL MOY but i could see trading waters if someone takes his spot. Like you said w/ Lilja's managable contract and no or limited signing bonus if his knees are shot or he flat out gets beat out of a spot no biggy.

[ChiefGator]

Originally Posted by booger

Tough PR to pull off cutting the NFL MOY but i could see trading waters if someone takes his spot. Like you said w/ Lilja's managable contract and no or limited signing bonus if his knees are shot or he flat out gets beat out of a spot no biggy.

No way.. from what I hear, once Pioli makes a decision he NEVER -- I repeat NEVER -- admits a mistake.

Lilja will apparently start for the next 20 years.

[booger]

Originally Posted by ChiefGator

No way.. from what I hear, once Pioli makes a decision he NEVER -- I repeat NEVER -- admits a mistake.

Lilja will apparently start for the next 20 years.

i think i can sense your sacasm. Maybe not.

The money spent on Lilja for competition purposes, if it pays off in developing or jumpstarting the career for one of the young bucks as a starter is money in the pocket of Clark Hunt in the short term losing no guaranteed money and saving on the guy who replaced him making 500k, give or take.

Plus a chance to bring to light the fact the best will start. And the plan of competition they strived for in the offseason worked out, atleast in this situation(if that's how it plays out) and it showed by having to cut a grizzled vet who started 2 SB's for the Colts. Win/Win for Pioli and co.

[ChiefGator]

Sarcasm aside, I think Lilja will still end up starting, but we may finally have some promising young players to man the middle of our offensive line. We may still be missing the right tackle position though....

Only time will tell I guess...

[booger]

Originally Posted by ChiefGator

Sarcasm aside, I think Lilja will still end up starting, but we may finally have some promising young players to man the middle of our offensive line. We may still be missing the right tackle position though....

Only time will tell I guess...

The only thing that scares me about Lilja is having 2 guys with him and Weigmann being 280 and 290 right next to eachother. The future looks brighter inside though, i agree. I think the same of the RT spots but Weis and his past even back to the jets has had the Jason Fabini types, Sam Young at ND, O'Callohan here. They seem to think they can make it work.

We will see.