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Originally Posted by papabear
Oh please, just because you don't like Salaam doesn't mean he doesn't have something to offer. Pitts isn't a T. Winston doesn't have near the experience that Salaam did. Salaam has been in the league for 11 years at the most important/difficult position on the line, and a starter for most of it. You don't spend that much time at the position and not learn a few tricks of the trade. I don't know how much he helped coached Brown (or the other guys) but I've always heard positive things about Salaam as a teammate so I would assume he was helpful to the younger lineman.
I don't have any problem with them letting him go. I think we have adequate back up plans, but the veteran presence is more important off the field than on it. I'm glad Salaam was here the last three years.
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Just because the guy is likeable doesn't mean we can't be honest about the quality of football he played here. He was barely servicable for most of the time. I'm glad he was here to, but he shouldn't have been playing last season. Butler and Frye were both much better tackles than he was at that point in his career. Perhaps they wanted him there to tutor Brown. Fine, but he still was a poor LT at that point. Nothing wrong with being happy that the team is making good personnel decisions. That's all this thread was about. Teams don't win playoff games with tackles playing at the level Salaam has played the past 2 seasons.
02-26-2009, 11:10 AM
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