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2 minutes ago, RamblinMan99 said:

Villanueva is a far better lineman than most people think he is.  
 

That’s why Baltimore fought tooth and nail to sign him.  

Neither of those things are true. If he was so good he would have been signed long ago. 

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1 minute ago, MOSteelers56 said:

Neither of those things are true. If he was so good he would have been signed long ago. 

It was known for a while know that Baltimore was actively pursuing Al Villanueva.  That’s no secret to anyone.  
 

And no, he may be past his career peak, he but can still play.  Like we were going to cut him just 2-3 years ago. 

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Villanueva isn't great, but he's not a bum either

I'll take Villanueva + Oweh + Ben Cleveland + whomever else they got over Orlando Brown + Creed Humphrey

I'm not sure how the contract is structured yet, but I'm guessing it'll be fine for them

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8 minutes ago, RamblinMan99 said:

It was known for a while know that Baltimore was actively pursuing Al Villanueva.  That’s no secret to anyone.  
 

And no, he may be past his career peak, he but can still play.  Like we were going to cut him just 2-3 years ago. 

And yet they(and the entire NFL) waited until he doesn't effect the comp formula to sign him. That doesn't sound like fighting "tooth and nail." Also the vast majority of NFL fans think he's one of the best LTs in the game, as evidenced by people in this thread. His perception has always been considerably better than his game because of the anthem thing. He was a very good LT for a year or two, average for a few more, and borderline bad for a couple including the last few. 

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Kind of interesting that no one complains about this wait to sign process. The only thing stopping a player/team from doing this with top of the market (3rd round comp pick) guys is the trust between player and team that they won't change their mind after the draft. I'd probably have an issue with it, if it wasn't my team exploiting the loophole 😆😆

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