Cowboys get into the Bryant McKinnie mix

[Smitty]

You would think our ivy league educated coach would be jumping up and down demanding we get better along the Oline.

You'd think...

It'd be nice to have a GM coach for sure, since we can't have a GM.

 

[Smitty]

Bryant McKinnie re-signs with the Baltimore Ravens
By Brian McIntyre | Shutdown Corner – 1 hour 48 minutes ago
Bryant McKinnie is remaining with the Ravens (USA Today Sports Images)

The Baltimore Ravens announced that they agreed to terms on a two-year contract with free agent offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie.

Financial terms were not disclosed. McKinnie earned $2.7 million during the 2012 season.

McKinnie, 33, spent the last two seasons with the Ravens after spending the first nine seasons of his career with the Minnesota Vikings. After starting 16 games in 2011, McKinnie was a reserve throughout the 2012 season, playing just 128 (11.73 percent) of the Ravens' 1,091 snaps.

The Ravens inserted McKinnie into the starting lineup at the start of the post-season and the unit would come together to run for 125 yards per game and allow just six sacks in four games as the Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.

Despite McKinnie's success in the post-season, he remained a free agent throughout March and April, but interest in the 33-year-old picked up after the 2013 NFL draft. McKinnie dined with the San Diego Chargers on Tuesday night as part of a two-day visit and had drawn interest from the tackle-needy Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys.

By re-signing McKinnie, the Ravens have greatly improved their depth and created several options at the tackle position. Michael Oher will start at one of the two spots, while McKinnie, Jah Reid and 2013 fifth-round pick Ricky Wagner compete for the starting and "swing" tackle roles. In recent weeks, reports have 2012 second-round pick Kelechi Osomele, a 16-game starter at guard as a rookie, as a possibility at left tackle, as well.

 

[Cujo]

You would think our ivy league educated coach would be jumping up and down demanding we get better along the Oline.

You'd think...

No, bro. If they would just GIVE him a good offensive line, he could succeed. /sarcasm

 

[junk]

Brandon Moore...what is the deal with him?

As someone else said, they probably won't due to the deals that they did last year, but I think this would be a good situation. It looks like we're going to be stuck with Free/Parnell at RT. Best thing you can do is plug in a vet G, who knows Callahan's scheme, between the RT and the rookie C.

Free and Tyron both had their best years playing next to Kosier.

 

[boozeman]

You would think our ivy league educated coach would be jumping up and down demanding we get better along the Oline.

You'd think...

That's the real issue here.

Garrett couldn't give a shit.

He's so smug and arrogant about his design.

There is a reason Jones went no more "same ol', same ol'" in regards to Escobar.

That tells me Sooper Genius is pretty confident in his crap offense.

 

[boozeman]

Brandon Moore...what is the deal with him?

There is a pretty good chance we simply don't like him. Broaddus has stated he believes as much.

Everyone draws the connection with Callahan, but a lot of people don't know that in 2011, he tried to bench him in favor of Caleb Schlauderlaff. Yeah, that guy.

A lot of our OL issues right now are due in part to Callahan. He handpicked the guards, he's providing his input and everyone thinks he's so damn good, they are falling in line with practically everything he says.

And what's so uber awesome is that we give him literally ONE more player to mess around with and we are expecting improvement.