Draft / FA / Offseason Roster Moves (Merged)

[leachisabeast]

Me either. Give me Matt Elam or Eric Fisher.

I'm actually quitely hoping we re-sign Bryant McKinnie on a 1 year deal and draft a Matt Elam or a Margus Hunt/Enzikiel Ansah in the first round. We need impact defensive players IMO.

[Paintballguy]

I'm actually quitely hoping we re-sign Bryant McKinnie on a 1 year deal and draft a Matt Elam or a Margus Hunt/Enzikiel Ansah in the first round. We need impact defensive players IMO.

That works for me too. I think Elam could be a day 1 starter at FS.

[leachisabeast]

What about Jonathan Hankins guys? What are the chances he drops? I've seen some recent mock drafts with him going to the 9ers at 29/30... He could be a steal at that point, and is a day 1 starter at NT. Would love him as a first rounder. Big tough guy from Ohio.

[jonboy79]

Seriously though, I wouldn't touch this kid with a barge pole now. It would probably take a drop to the 3rd round to convince me at this point.

It is certainly sickening.

[HoustonRaven]

Notre Dane released a statement saying that Te'o was a victim of an elaborate hoax. They don't say much more after that.

[jonboy79]

Notre Dane released a statement saying that Te'o was a victim of an elaborate hoax. They don't say much more after that.

That article certainly makes it seem like he HAD TO BE in on it... How could he have talked to her on the phone? Met her in real life?

[srobert96]

If this was really a hoax this would have to go down as one of the most elaborate and cruel jokes ever. I would still draft at the end of the first round.

[HoustonRaven]

That article certainly makes it seem like he HAD TO BE in on it... How could he have talked to her on the phone? Met her in real life?

I think the school may be covering for him at this point.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Everyone remember when Clint Eastwood met Manti Te'o's Girlfriend?

[Lime in the Coconut]

Re-signing McKinnie to a low ball 1 year deal would be a nice insurance policy IMO. It's going to be tough to find a quality LT at the bottom of round 1, but you never know. I think if we retain Kruger, which we should find a way to do by all means, a DL like Ansah, Hunt, Hankins, or even Jesse Williams would be a good way to go IMO. A safety could very well be the pick too. There looks to be some really big, intriguing WR's early on in the draft. I wouldn't be shocked to see us take one considering we may have a 3rd round compositional pick.

[jonboy79]

I think the school may be covering for him at this point.

me too.
It's really hard to speculate, but it seems like Te'o was using the "hoax" to cover up for something on the "down-low".

[leachisabeast]

Re-signing McKinnie to a low ball 1 year deal would be a nice insurance policy IMO. It's going to be tough to find a quality LT at the bottom of round 1, but you never know. I think if we retain Kruger, which we should find a way to do by all means, a DL like Ansah, Hunt, Hankins, or even Jesse Williams would be a good way to go IMO. A safety could very well be the pick too. There looks to be some really big, intriguing WR's early on in the draft. I wouldn't be shocked to see us take one considering we may have a 3rd round compositional pick.

Exactly my thoughts.

[jonboy79]

I certainly wouldn't pass up on a shot at Eric Fisher, even if BigMac were retained prior to the draft.

[leachisabeast]

I certainly wouldn't pass up on a shot at Eric Fisher, even if BigMac were retained prior to the draft.

McKinnie-KO-Yanda-Oher-Fisher

That would be something

[jonboy79]

McKinnie-KO-Yanda-Oher-Fisher

That would be something

works for me for a year if Yanda is down for it.

Then
Fisher-KO-Gradkowski-Yanda- (Insert Name here). Potentially a cheaply retained Oher.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

me too.
It's really hard to speculate, but it seems like Te'o was using the "hoax" to cover up for something on the "down-low".

I didn't read all of it because I had to leave work right around the time it was posted here, but from how far I got, it certainly seems like him being gay is a really possibility. Almost like he had to have someone there not just for the team to get off his scent, but his parents.

In the big picture, I don't have any problem with a NFL player being gay (as we have seen before, there have been gay players, there almost certainly are now, and there will be in the future), but if he is gay, it's a damn shame someone would feel they had to go to these lengths to avoid being "outed". The locker room culture is still living in the 50's.

[Shambla]

A few people have mentioned the being gay option - but it seems like it would be easier to go the "she broke up with me and I'm not over her route" then the whole...."had a car accident and cancer" path. Then again he's like 21/22 so he probably isn't going to make the best choices all the time.

[bmorecareful]

There is no way Te'o was not in on it. Seriously, read the Deadspin piece--which is a GREAT piece of investigative journalism BTW--and that fact will become painfully obvious to you.

Te'o released a statement where he basically went with the "I was hoaxed by an internet girlfriend" angle that Notre Dame covered with. To me, that's the nail in the coffin for his integrity--the only way he could have salvaged himself was to come clean about the whole thing. Unfortunately, he did not do that.

He's undraftable at this point IMO.

[arnie_uk]

Is dead spin not one of them sites like the onion? I thought you couldn't believe anything on it?

[iggyman555]

so whats the real story with him, gay?


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