Quote Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog View Post
Nobody is saying that.

The kid is probably the most coveted OL in the portal. He will command close to 3 million. How much do you think we have committed to paying

Miller
Nash
Prudhomme
Dent
Matthews

That is 5 OL - Do you think we got them free? We have made a conscious decision to sign high upside, yet not proven OL. Chester is the only proven OL we have signed. I'm guessing we will still go after 1-2 more, but if you think we can afford to pay any OL 3 million, after committing to paying the 5 young OL money, I'm not sure what to tell you.

Look - either this strategy of signing young high upside OL will work, or Lebby is looking for a job next year. It is not the route I would have taken, but I'm certainly hoping it works out.

It does appear to be the same strategy on the DL. Young high upside, yet unproven at the P4 level.
I have a decent guage on what we're paying these guys and so I'll try to ballpark it

Miller: 450-600K, this one very likely is higher. This was just the first numbers I heard.
Nash: 350-500K
Prudhomme: 350-500K
Dent: 150-300K
Matthews: 250K-500K
Chester:450-600K

That's not including what you've got in retention to guys like James, Owens, Steen, potentially Boone, etc.

Now could we get into a bidding war for Seaton if there was genuine interest? Yes. There's not a doubt in my mind we could. But we're not going to be bidding against a void. He has to want to come here and he has given no indication that is the case. People are just grasping at straws that because Loadholt was his OL coach, he'd want to be here.