re: Team better move fast if they want Lael

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5.) For his rookie contact we could only pay him as much as any other team. And that's all anyone is signing him for now anyway. After that contract he could go anywhere that offers him more money.

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Jahri Evans, Carl Nicks, Jeff Faine were all the highest paid interior lineman at some point . Bushrod got 5yrs/$36M. Hell even DLP was relevant for a while. Plain and simple: Brees gets lineman paid. Collins agent has to know that.

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6.) You just contradicted your previous point. But what is the "fit"? There are many teams that he will fit in just as well. Maybe he doesn't want to play guard?

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The contracts of interior lineman have been rising so unless he becomes an elite left tackle (which I doubt), he would make just as much money at OG. It would better serve him to come to a very good line with a dominant QB and play OG than to play OT for a team with a weak line and questionable QB.

He should be thinking solely about putting himself in the best situation to get a big next contract. He should go to one of the Saints, Pats, Packers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Steelers, Ravens, Colts, maybe Broncos, maybe Chiefs.