Traded a sixth rounder. Sounds okay to me
Is he pretty good?
AZ fans are torn. Some say good riddance. Some are upset.
I like it! Nice work Elway.
He's started 100+ games in the NFL - so while he's not going to fix the line at this stage in his career, he's the type of serviceable dude we've been missing when the wheels have completely fallen off the past couple seasons.
Apparently owed$10 mil and fans thought way too much.
This is the first solid Menelik Watson news I think we've seen:
Sounds like they're just waiting for him to get healthy to cut him (or let him take a big paycut like Donald Stephenson did a couple seasons ago). I think they're better off cutting their losses.The Broncos badly needed a right tackle upgrade after Watson struggled mightily in pass protection last season. Watson was an effective run blocker. He can make up to $6.125 million this season, although none of that money is guaranteed.
With the addition of Veldheer, Watson likely would have to accept a significant pay cut to stay as a swing backup tackle.
http://www.9news.com/article/sports/...a/73-531461604
Looking at Over the Cap, $3.25 million was a prorated signing bonus - the Cardinals will have to eat that. So he should only count $6.9 million against the cap for us, which is a great deal if he's healthy and somewhat good. If Watson gets cut, we have some dead money but save $4.5 million to offset some of this as well.
If he passes his physical we just upgraded the weakest spot on our offense of line.
he's a capable vet, who has played both left and right tackle. . . maybe not the big pickup most of us would have liked, but i'm good with this given the scarcity at the position. . . this is john doing what he does, covering bases however he can so he doesn't get backed into a corner in the draft. . . and i still think they'll dig up some corpse at TE before all is said and done. . . possibly a receiver as well. . . we're probably getting pretty close to done, though. . .
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