Richie Incognito

by Berserker33 on Mar 16, 2010 9:16 AM CDT

Seriously, why aren't we going after this guy?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4998042

link to him visiting with the fins

I know some say he has a bad attitude, but this guy would kick ass for us.

He is one mean mother and is a UFA.

We need the help and he could be an instant starter for us.

Everybody wants to talk about getting a WR or safety, but this guy would make our line one to be reckoned with.

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Because we can only target one player from the Rams/Panthers/Lions at a time.

Otogwe???

Unreasonable people make life difficult...

by WisBearsFan34 on Mar 16, 2010 9:23 AM CDT reply actions

if Otogwe is so great

why hasn’t ANYONE made a play for him?
I think its because the Rams SUCK SO BAD that their D got so much playing time that his numbers got inflated.
On any other team he would only get like 2/3 of the time that he had in St Louis
Incognito is free to be had

by Berserker33 on Mar 16, 2010 9:39 AM CDT reply actions

Cause

no one wants to pony-up 7+ million for a FS. That’s probably the minimum a team would need to offer, and it doesn’t guarantee getting him.

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by propheteer on Mar 16, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions

I read a thing the other day

It comes down to a few factors: 1) Most teams don’t want to spend time negotiating a deal just to have the Rams match it and lose out on him 2) As propheteer said no one wants to shell out $7 mil plus, especially since Rolle got a ton of money and most NFL teams think Atogwe is better and therefore take more money and 3) If Atogwe doesn’t sign his Rams tender by June he becomes a UFA so I think some teams want to see if that’ll happen.

by Sam Householder on Mar 16, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Another flaw in your argument is.....

the snap numbers. Rams D took 1062 snaps. The Bears D took 1080 snaps. Atogwe was 46th in the league amongst safeties in snap count. The he took enough snaps to inflate his numbers argument doesn’t hold water. 45 safeties took snaps.

in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The act of doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.

by Timothy Hockemeyer on Mar 16, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions

Fun with numbers!

Good catch!

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Mar 16, 2010 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions

correction....

wow, my brain isn’t working well this morning…..

45 safeties took more snaps

in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The act of doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.

by Timothy Hockemeyer on Mar 16, 2010 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Atogwe

hasn’t been pursued for the reason GallopingGhost stated, why pursue him and go through all the work of offering him something, just to have him 1. turn it down 2. get matched by St Louis.

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by BearNecessities on Mar 16, 2010 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Cut in St. Louis, not re-signed by Buffalo....

and looking to be on his third team in four months.

by Dane Noble on Mar 16, 2010 9:43 AM CDT reply actions

There might be more to it than his attitude

maybe he’s lost a step?

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Mar 16, 2010 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't know

he’s only 27 right? Maybe his contract demands are too high.

by McRipper on Mar 16, 2010 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions

Maybe he's a bad mother...

Shut yo mouth!

Unreasonable people make life difficult...

by WisBearsFan34 on Mar 16, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I gotta rec a Shaft reference

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Mar 16, 2010 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions

.....but im just talking about richie!

by Bear Lovin 21 on Mar 16, 2010 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions

Hes better than who we got right now.

"How sad, another victim of the Night Nurses from Jersey."

by ANYTIME09 on Mar 16, 2010 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions

+1

"If I were a food critic being asked to write about the meal and experience at Waffle House, I would provide a drawing of two happy fat people giving each other a high five."

by BearNecessities on Mar 16, 2010 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions

He's a decent run blocker, but he allowed the same number of sacks last year....

as our entire guard unit. Omiyale Garza and Beekman combined to allow just 3 sacks in 2071 combined snaps. Incognito allowed 3 in 518 snaps.

Omiyale allowed 2 in 751 snaps.
Beekman allowed 0 in 285 snaps
and Garza allowed 1 in 1035 snaps

Incognito allowed 3 in 518 snaps.

So his pass blocking is inferior to every guard on the team. His run blocking is better than any guard on the team, but only rated slightly higher than Omiyale, and Beekman and Garza are right behind them.

Add to that the fact that Incognito was the highest fined player in the league last season, and that he had the most personal fouls in the league, and I don’t want him. Kruetz is what a nasty lineman looks like. Incognito is what a stupid lineman looks like.

in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The act of doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.

by Timothy Hockemeyer on Mar 16, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions