Lombardi tweeted Mebane to Seattle or NO :/

[The Experience]

We knew Fox was going to fill in DT with scrubs. Once he passed on all the good ones in the draft, it became obvious he was still going with his belief he had in Carolina, where he never addressed DT.

It's also obvious now that Denver sees Jeremy Jarmon as a DT, which completely flabbergasts me. I guess we are going with that 4 DE D-line idea some folks have floated. The Giants had success with that, but they also had legit DTs filtered in as well.

There are still options available. We'll see what happens.

You are aware that Fox doesn't make the decisions...... right?

[OhBehave30]

Clayton just said we're in the mix.
He also retweeted some guy making fun of his rat tail which was probably unintentional.

I thought it was funny at least..

[LightningRodBob]

It was mentioned in another thread that Elway said this morning that we want a 2nd and Miami is offering a 4th. If thats the case, then compensation does have something to do with it.

I never heard Elway saying that, can you direct me to a source?

The only thing I heard was that we had already agreed to compensation and the only holdup was Orton restructuring his contract.

Thats what was being reported yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening




EDIT: This is what i found in the Elway thread about his radio interview this morning

- "Orton is the starter, have been listening to calls for him, looking for best thing for Broncos. Going to come out to compete for the job, he's coming out today. Plan all along. Rumors are false about asking for a 2nd."

[JayJack]

It's not about settling, its about the fact that NOBODY is going to trade for Orton with his current 9 million dollar contract.

Until Orton comes to a new contract agreement with Miami, the deal won't get done. It doesn't matter what the compensation is.

It was mentioned in another thread that Elway said this morning that we want a 2nd and Miami is offering a 4th. If thats the case, then compensation does have something to do with it.

[LightningRodBob]

Personally, I would just settle for a 3rd or a 4th for KO and turn right around and trade it to the Lions for Sammie Hill. If we have to throw a 6th round pick, then so be it. This is what happens when you pass on every DT in the draft.

It's not about settling, its about the fact that NOBODY is going to trade for Orton with his current 9 million dollar contract.

Until Orton comes to a new contract agreement with Miami, the deal won't get done. It doesn't matter what the compensation is.

[JayJack]

Personally, I would just settle for a 3rd or a 4th for KO and turn right around and trade it to the Lions for Sammie Hill. If we have to throw a 6th round pick, then so be it. This is what happens when you pass on every DT in the draft.

[Hoserman117]

Well I can sort of believe them when it comes to Paea. Maybe he thought it'd be a risk to draft him because it's harder to play DT with those measurables, but Mebane has already had plenty of success so they don't feel it's an issue with him. I'd like to believe they were talking about the risk factor rather than the scheme factor, but I also have a lingering feeling that they're just talking out their ass.

[Mat'hir Uth Gan]

Well we're obviously TRYING to get DT's in FA. We've lasted this long with Mebane and I'm not sure if I really believe what Lombardi tweeted. We were reportedly making "big" and "serious" pushes for him all day yesterday, so at least we've made attempts to address the problem.

Maybe. All we really have to go on is scattered media reports that we've tried to negotiate with so and so. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to associate us with every DT available with an ounce of talent.

I'm sure we've called on some of these guys, we do need bodies afterall, but to what degree we've seriously negotiated, that's tough to say.

Plus, I still keep hearing (in my head) Xanders telling us that they didn't want Paea because he was too short and had short arms. Mebane has the same dimensions. So, for me, something doesn't add up. I still believe EFX misplayed the draft horribly and tried to cover it up by making up crap about the D-linemen. It's either that, or maybe they just truly don't give a crap about DTs.

[Hoserman117]

We knew Fox was going to fill in DT with scrubs. Once he passed on all the good ones in the draft, it became obvious he was still going with his belief he had in Carolina, where he never addressed DT.

It's also obvious now that Denver sees Jeremy Jarmon as a DT, which completely flabbergasts me. I guess we are going with that 4 DE D-line idea some folks have floated. The Giants had success with that, but they also had legit DTs filtered in as well.

There are still options available. We'll see what happens.

Well we're obviously TRYING to get DT's in FA. We've lasted this long with Mebane and I'm not sure if I really believe what Lombardi tweeted. We were reportedly making "big" and "serious" pushes for him all day yesterday, so at least we've made attempts to address the problem.

[Snarfalicious]

We knew Fox was going to fill in DT with scrubs. Once he passed on all the good ones in the draft, it became obvious he was still going with his belief he had in Carolina, where he never addressed DT.

It's also obvious now that Denver sees Jeremy Jarmon as a DT, which completely flabbergasts me. I guess we are going with that 4 DE D-line idea some folks have floated. The Giants had success with that, but they also had legit DTs filtered in as well.

There are still options available. We'll see what happens.

Well, let's just hope that if/when it fails miserably this year, we turn our attention to addressing the DT position. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

[Mat'hir Uth Gan]

We knew Fox was going to fill in DT with scrubs. Once he passed on all the good ones in the draft, it became obvious he was still going with his belief he had in Carolina, where he never addressed DT.

It's also obvious now that Denver sees Jeremy Jarmon as a DT, which completely flabbergasts me. I guess we are going with that 4 DE D-line idea some folks have floated. The Giants had success with that, but they also had legit DTs filtered in as well.

There are still options available. We'll see what happens.

[fightinglee]

So I sent Michael Lombardi a tweet 23 minutes ago asking if there was any news on where Mebane was headed, he actually responded 21 minutes ago saying...

"new Orleans or back to seattle"

I tweeted back "Denvers out of the mix??" but have yet to get a response...I REALLY HOPE HE IS WRONG but I will keep everyone informed if I do get a response.

I think I might become mildly depressed if we lose out on Mebane.....

Based on our efforts so far in the FA, I am going to say lombardi has it right.

[LightningRodBob]

My optimism for the free agency period is rapidly wearing off... Mebane is probably not coming here. Cullen Jenkins is reportedly close to heading to the Redskins, and even Haynesworth is off the market and heading to the Patriots. Add on to that the fact that we can't seem to strike a deal to get Orton out of here, it's been a very frustrating last 12 hours or so for me.

We knew we had to make a splash in FA, and so far it's as if they are just sitting on their thumbs or they aren't able to simply finish off a deal. I'm starting to worry because we haven't even been able to re-sign Marcus Thomas.

Here's a thought, maybe the front office doesn't agree with you, or any of us, on what we need to be doing this free agency?


Look at the Redskins, every year they throw money at the biggest free agents and their team continues to suck.

I'd rather continue to build through the draft, and only sign free agents if the price is right and they're a good FIT for the team.

If Mebane is trying to get paid like he's an elite DT then we should stay faaaaaar away from that deal.

[Kansas Bob]

Mebane isn't a 2 down defensive tackle. The only reason I could see that is because as an under tackle he doesn't have enough quickness to get sacks. He will play nose here, where he is very quick and will be the pass rusher he was a couple of years ago.

If Denver signs him, I sure hope you are correct about him. If Denver can get someone in the middle to keep their new LB core clean, that will help a bunch.

[JaysusCutler]

What a joke. We should continue to bombard his twitter if he signs somewhere else as a bunch of lovers scorned.