DCH
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I said this on RT (forgive me) last week, but it took us ten years to replace Kyle Turley. Ten years. Here's some of the RT starters we had in that time:
- Grant Williams
- Alex Barron
- Brandon Gorin
- Adam Goldberg
- Jason Smith
- Harvey Dahl (!)
- Barry Richardson
- Rodger Saffold
Barksdale is steady, young, consistent, talented, healthy; dude's a known quantity, on the roster already, has a rapport with the other O-linemen and Boudreau, and needs to be a Ram for the next several years at least.
I also looked through the top 10 rated RTs in the game (in response to zn claiming that RTs are easy to find because the top 10 guys came from a variety of places) and found that teams simply do not let good starting right tackles walk. Case in point:
Let's look, then, at your list of 10, and see how long they've been with the team:
10: Eric Winston, 'Zona let him walk to Seattle
9: DJ Fluker, rookie in 2013, going nowhere for the next few years at least
8: Phil Loadholt, locked up by Minnesota, currently in his 6th year with the team, staying for another 2 at least
7: Andre Smith, locked up by Cincy, currently in his 6th year with the team, staying through 2015 at least
6: Anthony Davis, in his 4th year with SF, signed through 2015
5: Orlando Franklin, in his 4th year with the Broncos, still on rookie contract
4: Demar Dotson, came on in 2012, was locked up for 4 years - now in his 6th year with the team, signed through 2016
3: Doug Free, entering his 8th year with the Cowboys, got a $32mm contract in 2011
2: Sebastian Vollmer, entering year 6 with the Pats, re-upped last year to a 4 year $27mm deal
1: Zach Strief, entering his 9th year with New Orleans, re-signed to a 5-year $20.5mm deal
Yeah, they come from different backgrounds, but I don't see many examples of top RTs being allowed to walk by their teams.
TL DR - Re-sign Barksdale. Just... just do it.
- Grant Williams
- Alex Barron
- Brandon Gorin
- Adam Goldberg
- Jason Smith
- Harvey Dahl (!)
- Barry Richardson
- Rodger Saffold
Barksdale is steady, young, consistent, talented, healthy; dude's a known quantity, on the roster already, has a rapport with the other O-linemen and Boudreau, and needs to be a Ram for the next several years at least.
I also looked through the top 10 rated RTs in the game (in response to zn claiming that RTs are easy to find because the top 10 guys came from a variety of places) and found that teams simply do not let good starting right tackles walk. Case in point:
Let's look, then, at your list of 10, and see how long they've been with the team:
10: Eric Winston, 'Zona let him walk to Seattle
9: DJ Fluker, rookie in 2013, going nowhere for the next few years at least
8: Phil Loadholt, locked up by Minnesota, currently in his 6th year with the team, staying for another 2 at least
7: Andre Smith, locked up by Cincy, currently in his 6th year with the team, staying through 2015 at least
6: Anthony Davis, in his 4th year with SF, signed through 2015
5: Orlando Franklin, in his 4th year with the Broncos, still on rookie contract
4: Demar Dotson, came on in 2012, was locked up for 4 years - now in his 6th year with the team, signed through 2016
3: Doug Free, entering his 8th year with the Cowboys, got a $32mm contract in 2011
2: Sebastian Vollmer, entering year 6 with the Pats, re-upped last year to a 4 year $27mm deal
1: Zach Strief, entering his 9th year with New Orleans, re-signed to a 5-year $20.5mm deal
Yeah, they come from different backgrounds, but I don't see many examples of top RTs being allowed to walk by their teams.
TL DR - Re-sign Barksdale. Just... just do it.