boltalicious

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6509402

3. The real winner in the San Diego shakeup? Kris Dielman

After San Diego's 14-2 season and 24-21 divisional round bump from the playoffs courtesy of the New England Patriots, Chargers GM A.J. Smith won the power battle between himself and former head coach Marty Schottenheimer when Schottenheimer was fired by team president Dean Spanos on Feb. 12. While it's well-known that Smith and Schottenheimer never got along, Smith's new role as the team's obvious pointman is full of potential potholes. First, he replaced Schottenheimer with Norv Turner, a man known for quarterback development more than coaching leadership. Good luck following up that franchise-best win total, Norv!

Smith is on the hook for everything if it doesn't work out, and former Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, having seemingly interviewed for every head coaching vacancy down to the Egyptian Football League, was not retained by Chicago and now coaches San Diego's linebackers. Ouch.

The one person who will come out of this Dysfunction Junction smelling like a rose is upcoming unrestricted free agent left guard Kris Dielman. Dielman was a major cog in the San Diego offensive line, which ranked first in Football Outsiders' Adusted Line Yards ranking, and ninth in Adjusted Sack Rate. Dielman was also a big help to rookie left tackle Marcus McNeill, who enjoyed an absolutely stellar initial NFL campaign.

Now, according to FOXSports.com's John Czarnecki, the Seattle Seahawks are preparing to pay Dielman somewhere in the neighborhood of $6.5 million per year. Sounds like a lot for a guard? Perhaps, until you consider that after getting poison-pilled out of Steve Hutchinson by the Vikings, the Seahawks plummeted from sixth to 30th in Adjusted Line Yards from 2005 to 2006, and from ninth to 28th in Adjusted Sack Rate. And this is still a line with Walter Jones.

Remember when the stock split on cornerbacks a couple years ago? As FO's Aaron Schatz wrote yesterday, it's now going to happen for guards like Dielman and Cincinnati's Eric Steinbach.

Our 3rd best O-linemen is about to get paid 6.5 million a year....

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Dude236

I would love to sign him, we lost Hutch for 7 mill a year and now we might pay a lesser (albeit still real good) player 6.5. Its frustrating, but the mistake happened, and now we must make up for it, i would fully support ponying up for Dielman. Rumors have been spread that Dielman might have a deal already in place with one of 3 teams, none of them Seattle. Of course all of this could be (and likely is) smokescreen.

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imported_BCheezy

For the love of god.. help out this offensive line

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RipTheJacker

I dont care what anyone says, but this guy is getting way to overrated

Sure hes good, but hes not Hutch

He got helped out alot this year and had a pro bowler on each side of him and a pro bowler blocking behind him. Im not sure, but it would be pretty hard NOT to do good in that situation. I mean look at last year, he didnt do so hot when he had Leander Jordan next to him. People seem to overrate him alot because hes mean and nasty, but i just dont see him being the 2nd best guard in the NFL

Dont get me wrong, hes good, but no way does he deserve Hutch money and isnt near hutch's level

Personally i think Shane Olivea can move to LG and be better then Deilman. Hopefully we get a RT in FA/draft and move olivea there (hes better suited for G anyways)

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Dude236

true, however theoretically he would be playing next to all-world Walter Jones and young and rising Chris Spencer, that would certainly be a situation for him to succeed.

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