Potential FA OTs

by joeklecko on Feb 10, 2012 2:53 PM EST

I scanned every team's roster last night to find out who their UFAs are. I focused solely on the OT, S and QB positions. I came up with quite a few names, so I will break this down into a couple of posts. One for the OTs and QBs, and one for the safeties. Since I don't pay much attention to the rest of the teams in the NFL, there are a lot of players names I am unfamiliar with. I will post last season's and career stats for each candidate, and I welcome and encourage feedback from you if you've seen those players play and have a strong feeling as to whether they will be a good fit and will help the Jets. I don't know which teams employ a man blocking scheme on the OL and which teams employ a zone blocking scheme, so will count on you posters to say which players won't be a good fit in the Jets' new man blocking scheme.

I think most of these guys should be pretty cheap. None may be "the anwer" long term, but will probably be an upgrade over Hunter in the short term. If nothing else, they should be cheap depth and TC competition.

More after the jump.

OT Ryan O'Callaghan

Ryan O'Callaghan #75 OT

Kansas City Chiefs | Official Team Site

Height: 6-7 Weight: 330 Age: 28

Born: 7/19/1983 Susanville , CA

College: California

Experience: 6th season

Career Stats
Season	Team	G	GS
2010	Kansas City Chiefs	11	1

2009	Kansas City Chiefs	14	12

2007	New England Patriots	15	1

2006	New England Patriots	11	6

TOTAL		51	20

OT Barry Richardson

Barry Richardson #67 OT

Kansas City Chiefs | Official Team Site

Height: 6-6 Weight: 319 Age: 25

Born: 5/15/1986 Mount Pleasant , SC

College: Clemson

Experience: 4th season

Career Stats
Season	Team	G	GS
2011	Kansas City Chiefs	16	16

2010	Kansas City Chiefs	16	16

2009	Kansas City Chiefs	10	1

2008	Kansas City Chiefs	6	0

TOTAL		48	33

OT Pat McQuistan

Pat McQuistan #76 T

New Orleans Saints | Official Team Site

Height: 6-6 Weight: 319 Age: 28

Born: 4/30/1983 San Diego Co. , CA

College: Weber State

Experience: 6th season

Career Stats
Season	Team	G	GS
2011	New Orleans Saints	10	0

2010	Miami Dolphins	16	8

2009	Dallas Cowboys	7	0

2008	Dallas Cowboys	16	0

2007	Dallas Cowboys	16	0

2006	Dallas Cowboys	1	0

TOTAL		66	8

OT Khalif Barnes (Raiders)

Khalif Barnes #69 T

Oakland Raiders | Official Team Site

Height: 6-5 Weight: 325 Age: 29

Born: 4/21/1982 San Diego , CA

College: Washington

Experience: 7th season

Career Stats
Season	Team	G	GS
2011	Oakland Raiders	16	16

2010	Oakland Raiders	16	3

2009	Oakland Raiders	6	2

2008	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	16

2007	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	14

2006	Jacksonville Jaguars	15	15

2005	Jacksonville Jaguars	13	12

TOTAL		98	78

OT Stephon Heyer (Raiders) (This lists him as an OG, but on the Raiders list of FAs, he's listed as an OT and he played OT for the Redskins)

Stephon Heyer #75 G

Oakland Raiders | Official Team Site

Height: 6-6 Weight: 330 Age: 28

Born: 1/16/1984

College: Maryland

Experience: 5th season

Career Stats
Season	Team	G	GS
2011	Oakland Raiders	12	2

2010	Washington Redskins	12	5

2009	Washington Redskins	16	16

2008	Washington Redskins	9	7

2007	Washington Redskins	12	5

TOTAL		61	35

OT Guy Whimper (Jaguars)

Guy Whimper #68 T

Jacksonville Jaguars | Official Team Site

Height: 6-5 Weight: 302 Age: 28

Born: 5/21/1983 Honolulu , HI

College: East Carolina

Experience: 6th season

Career Stats
Season	Team	G	GS
2011	Jacksonville Jaguars	15	15

2010	Jacksonville Jaguars	6	1

2009	New York Giants	6	0

2007	New York Giants	16	0

2006	New York Giants	8	0

TOTAL		51	16

OT Ryan Diem (Colts) (Similarly, he is listed as an OG below, but elsewhere he is listed as an OT. Evidently he has played both OT and OG during his career. He could be valuable depth if nothing else, being able to play both OT and OG.)

Ryan Diem #71 G

Indianapolis Colts | Official Team Site

Height: 6-6 Weight: 320 Age: 32

Born: 7/1/1979 Roselle , IL

College: Northern Illinois

Experience: 11th season

Career Stats more
Season	Team	G	GS
2011	Indianapolis Colts	11	11

2010	Indianapolis Colts	16	16

2009	Indianapolis Colts	15	15

2008	Indianapolis Colts	16	16

2007	Indianapolis Colts	10	10

2006	Indianapolis Colts	15	15

2005	Indianapolis Colts	14	14

2004	Indianapolis Colts	16	16

2003	Indianapolis Colts	13	13

2002	Indianapolis Colts	16	16

2001	Indianapolis Colts	15	8

TOTAL		157	150

OT Quinn Ojinnaka (Colts)

Quinn Ojinnaka #69 T

Indianapolis Colts | Official Team Site

Height: 6-5 Weight: 295 Age: 27

Born: 4/23/1984 Seabrook , MD

College: Syracuse

Experience: 6th season

Career Stats
Season	Team	G	GS
2011	Indianapolis Colts	9	3

2010	New England Patriots	8	0

2009	Atlanta Falcons	9	5

2008	Atlanta Falcons	8	0

2007	Atlanta Falcons	11	7

2006	Atlanta Falcons	11	0

TOTAL		56	15

OT Oniel Cousins (Browns)

Oniel Cousins #72 OT

Cleveland Browns | Official Team Site

Height: 6-4 Weight: 315 Age: 27

Born: 6/29/1984 Jamaica

College: Texas-El Paso

Experience: 4th season

Career Stats
Season	Team	G	GS
2011	Cleveland Browns	4	1

2010	Baltimore Ravens	16	1

2009	Baltimore Ravens	4	3

2008	Baltimore Ravens	5	0

TOTAL		29	5

OT Anthony Collins (Bengals)

Anthony Collins #73 OT

Cincinnati Bengals | Official Team Site

Height: 6-5 Weight: 315 Age: 26

Born: 11/2/1985 Beaumont , TX

College: Kansas

Experience: 4th season

Career Stats
Season	Team	G	GS
2011	Cincinnati Bengals	7	2

2010	Cincinnati Bengals	9	3

2009	Cincinnati Bengals	14	7

2008	Cincinnati Bengals	9	6

TOTAL		39	18

Poll

Which of the following FAs OTs would you like the Jets to sign to compete for the starting RT spot?

Ryan O'Callaghan

6 votes

Barry Richardson

16 votes

Khalif Barnes

7 votes

Stephon Heyer

0 votes

Guy Whimper

1 votes

Ryan Diem

3 votes

Quinn Ojinnaka

0 votes

Oniel Cousins

1 votes

Anthony Collins

12 votes

None of these stiffs - stick with Hunter, Ducasse and Howard

4 votes

Draft an OT instead and use the FA $ elsewhere

9 votes

59 votes | Poll has closed

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Lol Guy Whimper.

MARK SANCHEZ HAD BETTER STATS THAN TEBOW.

So either Sanchez is better than " second coming " or you have to admit that Tebow is no good.

by sanchise6 on Feb 10, 2012 5:41 PM EST reply actions

Not as easy as we thought it would be......

Doing a quick review of these guys it was sort of easy to see who had potential career wise and who was back-up depth. I voted for Richardson in K.C. before I did any research other than look at the stats there and his physical attributes. I thought based on those he looked promising. After doing a little research on the Chiefs site it appears he’s one guy there not interested in resigning. He’s apparantly worn out his welcome with both the Team and the fans over the last two years.

I then flew to Oakland to look over K. Barnes. Just a couple of side notes: 1) Put T. Branch – Safety on your future FA List – rated very High here 2) For anyone reading this I am at home still if you were worried I actually travelled to Oakland to get a personal scouting & workout of K. Barnes. I wish….
He is a very mixed bag of reviews. The Oakland line was rated B+ for this year and if you remember our game there. They ran the ball down our throats quite easily between McFadyn & Bush. However, what trademark have the Raiders been famous for or league best for the last 2 years? Friggin Penalties….they’ve drawn the most flags than anybody in the NFL over the last 2 years. They have always played undisciplined. So my point in this mini-rant. K. Barnes was a penalty machine in action for False Starts. Killed a number of drives with “Holds” that wiped out some major gains as well. So I’m not sure he’s our guy.

I tried to look up the Baltimore guy. He was a veteran and I thought he might be a nice stop-gap if we drafted somebody. But on the Colts site their Archives are full of shit about some QB who might or might not comeback and should the Team cut him or trade him and if they do will the city that he personally built rise up and burn down the stadium and if all this should haappen will this QB’s brother who is a QB who can now walk balanced because of a new shiney ring on his other hand to match the other shiney ring on the other hand be upset by the way the Colts treated his brother with just one shiney ring? Stay tuned.

So I really think we need to find another guy….maybe via a trade and for sure draft.

"It's only through change we learn to grow".

by Canadian Jet on Feb 11, 2012 3:32 AM EST reply actions

Good Work

Thanks for the research into Richardson. I voted for him too because he’s even younger than Collins. Did it say why he had worn out his welcome? Is he a bad character? Does he get a lot of penalties or make dumb mistakes? Was he a malcontent because the team was losing this year? Maybe Sparano and the new OL coach can help if his “issues” aren’t serious. If they are, then I agree we should definitely look elsewhere. Collins may be the better option anyway.

Diem might not be able to play OT any more since he played OG with the Dolts, but if he can, his experience and flexibility could be a very good addition. Also, O’Callaghan and McQuistan have a lot of experience, and at 28 they’re still young enough to play well for another 4 years at least, possibly longer.

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by joeklecko on Feb 11, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions

Richardson is an idioit !

Didn’t he get in a shouting match on the sideline with a coach during a game. I’ve also heard that he is a revolving door when it comes to pass pro. I voted Barnes he’s a big nasty tough guy; the penalties can be fixed. The Jets need a mauler at RT somebody who knocks their guy down into the dirt, Barnes would do that. FYI no frigging colts OL guys they are old and small

by JETSFAN IN SC on Feb 11, 2012 6:47 PM EST reply actions

Don't Know

Someone said he had worn out his welcome in KC. Sounds like he may be a jerk. We have enough of those already. If Barnes isn’t too expensive and the penalties can be fixed, then OK, I’d gladly welcome Barnes.

by joeklecko on Feb 11, 2012 7:38 PM EST up reply actions