Lehigh Football Nation
April 25th, 2008, 10:36 AM
$57 million for an offensive tackle!!??
By Furman Bisher,The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/Bisher/entries/2008/04/24/57_million_for_an_offensive_ta.html
Opinion No. 1: A $57 million tackle? And did you stop to realize that this tackle played on the big-time Big Ten football team that lost to Appalachian State? His major assignment on his football team is to block for the ball-carrier. Sort of drudge work, requiring no sophisticated talent, such as catching or throwing a football, just helping clear a path for the guy who carries it under his arm.
Bill Parcells has always been perceived as one of the brains of professional football. That’s why he was hired to run the Miami Dolphins when the Falcons thought they had him in hand. He is the one who had to OK this deal with Jake Long. Maybe he should have looked at the Appalachian State tackle that Jake didn’t get blocked. You mean to say you have to pay $57 million to get a guy who can play tackle in the NFL these days? And $30 million of it guaranteed, before Jake even makes his first block? I don’t know what that comes out to by the pound, but that’s mighty expensive beef.
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By Furman Bisher,The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/Bisher/entries/2008/04/24/57_million_for_an_offensive_ta.html
Opinion No. 1: A $57 million tackle? And did you stop to realize that this tackle played on the big-time Big Ten football team that lost to Appalachian State? His major assignment on his football team is to block for the ball-carrier. Sort of drudge work, requiring no sophisticated talent, such as catching or throwing a football, just helping clear a path for the guy who carries it under his arm.
Bill Parcells has always been perceived as one of the brains of professional football. That’s why he was hired to run the Miami Dolphins when the Falcons thought they had him in hand. He is the one who had to OK this deal with Jake Long. Maybe he should have looked at the Appalachian State tackle that Jake didn’t get blocked. You mean to say you have to pay $57 million to get a guy who can play tackle in the NFL these days? And $30 million of it guaranteed, before Jake even makes his first block? I don’t know what that comes out to by the pound, but that’s mighty expensive beef.
xlolx xnodx