OG Robert Gallery plans to leave the Raiders

cripes...lock it up

Originally posted by philosoraptor:

Originally posted by Rizo:
We have to go with Gallery! haha My Wife would flip! haha She loves him. But for reals, he would bring some attitude to the OL.

dude thats why you sign harvey dahl! dudes got attitude for days.

Originally posted by NinerBuff:
He's worth a look for sure, but he wouldn't rank as high as:

Nmamdi Asomugha, Mithias Kiwanuka, Carl Nicks, or Johnathan Joseph

But he ranks just below those elite FAs.

the other big name FA OG would be too expensive IMO. Nicks would be SICKS but way to expensive. Gallery would be a nice pickup, if not a 3rd-5th round pick with Snyder plugged in would due.

boone ftw

Gallery is going to ask for too much. I say pass and play Snyder at RG.

seattles needs a LG, cable is their o-line caoch, they gonna overpay for him and he'll get hurt and miss a bunch of games

Is there a "all Tattoo Team"....?

only if he gets a haircut

Originally posted by mayo49:
Gallery is going to ask for too much. I say pass and play Snyder at RG.

I agree.. came out he was seeking what? 8 million a year or something like that. The dude failed as a left tackle and is only a decent LG... but someone will overpay, we shouldn't be the ones

Originally posted by philosoraptor:

Originally posted by rawdel:
Gallery flopped as a tackle, but hes a str8 beast at guard. I wouldn't mind us getting him... or even Carl Nicks from NO.

there is no possible way we are getting nicks. he will be resigned. He is to much of a beast.

O yea, we passed up Nicks 3 different times during the 2008 draft.Instead we get Balmer,Chilo,Reggie Smith and Cody Wallace. Our talent evaluators suck. He came out as a tackle and was moved to guard. Like gallery he doesnt have the feet to play tackle but guard he has been good. The past just keeps coming back to haunt us. Thank goodness we have a fresh start. Lets hope for the best

Originally posted by j3xperience:
Or we get Logan Mankins.

didn't they tag him?

Originally posted by mayo49:
Gallery is going to ask for too much. I say pass and play Snyder at RG.

With Heitmann returning I would go with Baas at RG.

no

Originally posted by redmanc07:
Sure we you can never have enough depth. Whether he starts is a different thing. Im telling you guys Rachal isn't the problem everyone has him out to be. He did struggle to start the season but towards the end he seemed to have it together. This line is young and with that comes growing pains. Next year will be better with the same guys upfront but it won't be mistake free. Give them another season before they really show what they can do.

I agree that Rachal showed much better in the second half. A good part of that was better play selection. After Mike Johnson took over he began to sequence plays much better than before. Instead of everyone knowing what was coming, he actually fooled opponents on occasion and Rachal did much better. His technique also improved in certain areas. He still has a ways to go to justify his draft number but he did show he is worth letting Harbaugh and company work with him for a season before we toss him out.

As to Galley; he has been a huge disappointment. His play has been very mediocre, even after the move to guard. Wiser to invest a mid round draft pick than to spend money on this guy.

Originally posted by kezar49er:

Originally posted by philosoraptor:

Originally posted by rawdel:
Gallery flopped as a tackle, but hes a str8 beast at guard. I wouldn't mind us getting him... or even Carl Nicks from NO.

there is no possible way we are getting nicks. he will be resigned. He is to much of a beast.

O yea, we passed up Nicks 3 different times during the 2008 draft.Instead we get Balmer,Chilo,Reggie Smith and Cody Wallace. Our talent evaluators suck. He came out as a tackle and was moved to guard. Like gallery he doesnt have the feet to play tackle but guard he has been good. The past just keeps coming back to haunt us. Thank goodness we have a fresh start. Lets hope for the best

The absolute "suckiness" of our talent evaluator is something that is not recognized enough. It was compunded by having the worst GM in the league when McCl was running the front office.

Yes, we have a fresh start. But they are the SAME scouts we had before. Let us hope that they are learning from their mistakes and /or the decision making is better at the top. I was not impressed by the Niners performance during last year's draft. But I am hoping it was the result of Singletary's heavy influence. We saw evidence of some real discord in the Niners draft room last year while Singletary was present.