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Redskins Signing Former Falcons G Wes Schweitzer - 3 Yrs; $13.5M


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12 minutes ago, taylor made said:

Looks like he has experience at both left and right guard. He's more versatile than Ereck Flowers for about the same quality of play at a fraction of the cost.

I don’t think they played at the same quality level last year 

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5 minutes ago, MikeT14 said:

I don’t think they played at the same quality level last year 

I don't think they did either, mostly because Schweitzer barely played lol . I just said he was about the same. Is Flowers really worth twice that? This guy has Super Bowl starting experience and he played mostly in a Zone blocking scheme, so it will be interesting to see what he can in a more traditional scheme.

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14 minutes ago, taylor made said:

I don't think they did either, mostly because Schweitzer barely played lol . I just said he was about the same. Is Flowers really worth twice that? This guy has Super Bowl starting experience and he played mostly in a Zone blocking scheme, so it will be interesting to see what he can in a more traditional scheme.

Yes. A starting LG who played quite well last year is worth twice as much as a guy the falcons kept trying to replace and then let leave. 

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He couldn’t beat out either James Carpenter or Jamon Brown for a starting spot on the Falcons — only found his way back into the starting role after Brown got hurt — but he’s our presumptive Week One starter at LG. 

And let’s not mistake this for something other than what it is: he’s the presumptive starter. $4.5M (the AAV on his contract) currently puts him at about #34 on the guard salary rankings. In other words, it’s a good bit more than teams are generally paying IOL backups. 

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