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Seattle Loses It's Collective Mind - Signs Packers DT Colin Cole for $21 Million

It's a great day for DT Colin Cole, anyone who buys a winning lottery ticket deserves some congratulating, but this is insane. $21 million and $6 million guaranteed? I didn't want him back at any price.

Here's his career stats; in 53 career games he has 3.5 sacks and 84 tackles. He brings no pass rush ability. Which is fine, he was used in Green Bay and is expected to be used in Seattle as an anchor on the defensive line. He uses his 300 lb. frame to hold the point of attack and hopefully occupy two blockers while doing it; so the linebacker can get free and make the tackle.

But he's terrible at doing this. It doesn't show up on a stat sheet, but every time I watched Cole closely on a play, he was usually getting shoved out of the way and opening up a huge cut back lane. The Packers were one of the worst teams last season at stopping the run. The blame doesn't fall all on Cole's shoulders, but he was in no way part of the solution either.

If DT Justin Harrell and DT/DE Cullen Jenkins hadn't missed most of the 2008 season due to injuries, Cole would have rarely stepped onto the field. He was awful last season, but there were no other non-practice squad defensive tackles on the roster behind starting DT Ryan Pickett and DT Johnny Jolly. Neither Pickett or Jolly were great last season, but they were both much better than Cole at any point over the last three seasons and they are both getting paid far less than him.

Field Gulls points out this scouting report, which basically says the same thing I did but except that he actually has value to a NFL team because he's a smart guy and always plays in position. That's true; Cole is a very smart guy (I've read that elsewhere) and he doesn't take himself out of play by overpursuing. It's usually the blocker who shoves him 5 yards out of the play.

John Morgan at Field Gulls found an old quote of mine, probably from last November when it was obvious the run defense was a lost cause and it was time to start doing anything to make it better for 2009. My opinion of him, as you can read above, hasn't changed since then.

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Wow

and in a previous thread I was talking about bringing him back for the league minimum. I bet Seattle fans are gonna wish they had Ted Thompson’s ultra-conservative approach to free agency back.

by juggernaut400 on Mar 1, 2009 9:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

i guess i didn’t see this guy being any better than an average d-lineman last year but obviously others feel differently. MM was ranting and raving about this guy just a couple weeks ago and now this deal!? i just don’t get it.

by packallday555 on Mar 1, 2009 11:30 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

maybe

MM was “ranting and raving” to drive up Cole’s price?

by Dave Z on Mar 2, 2009 6:03 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

maybe but what would be the point in that?? If he had serious intentions of signing cole then that would only make it harder for them to do and if they never had intentions of signing him then i don’t think he would have said the things he said about him in the first place. Either way who cares, he’s gone and it’s not that big a deal. I just saw that Vonnie Holiday has been released by the Dolphins. Played under Capers system and had a career best 7 sacks. Also was a 1st round pick by us in 98’. Just read an article that said TT has already tried to get in contact with him and it seems like a good fit for us. Despite the fact that he is old, he has experience in the system and has done well in Caper’s system. As long as he isn’t asking a ridiculous price i would be willing to bet we’ll make a serious attempt to sign him.

Also saw in the article that we have been in contact with Igor Olshansky also.

by packallday555 on Mar 2, 2009 10:38 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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