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vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66651

Spielman: “Continuity is a huge part of it on the offensive line because those guys have to work as one unit and they have to know each other inside and out. They work together on combination blocks, on picking up stunts and twists when they’re in pass pro passing off. I think continuity is a big key to that. We’d love to keep Phil Loadholt, so we’ll try to do everything we can to keep Phil Loadholt but we also have a lot of guys we’d like to keep.”

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/12/rick-spielman-wants-phil-loadholt-to-stick-around/
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Sector7G · Joined: 21 Jan 2013 Posts: 73

I think he wants to stay, and the vikings want him to as well.
He'll get his money.

ArcticNorseman · Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 1432 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska

I think everyone that knows anything about the Vikings and Phil Loadholt realizes we haven't had a RT play like this guy since Korey Stringer.

It's not a coincidence that a lot of Adrian's biggest runs came around the right side, and how many sacks of Ponder were coming off the right edge? A few granted, but most were from the middle.

With Sullivan, Kalil and Loadholt (and Fusco/Schwartz), this team will have a formidable O-line. So, re-signing Phil is major.

I honestly would love to see him signed for 5-6 years for an average of $6-ish million per year. Maybe he would settle for less, but why take the chance of losing him.

rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16985 Location: Stillwater, MN

Hopefully he doesn't hit free agency and have a team like Jacksonville offer him $9M a year like a team did in a GM mock I was in...

Laughing

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vikesnewcoach11 · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:21 am Post subject:

It would be stupid to let him go...it would just give us another hole to fill
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SteelKing728 · Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 10874 Location: Pittsburgh

Sign him up. He improved dramatically this year.

Every once in awhile it seems like he'll have a few mental lapses (aka, you know when he false starts lol) but he's improved very much since coming into this league.

Absolutely sign him up!
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AP_allday2869 · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:54 am Post subject:

I think he is essential to the O-line. Even though he is inconsistent and likes his false starts, he can be flat out dominant at the RT position. Plus, he have not seen what DaMarcus Love can do; maybe only a couple of times in the preseason, if that?

Continuity is important for a team as young as ours, and for an offensive line thats fairly young like ours.
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vikingsrule · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:38 pm Post subject:

Loadholt is the only free agent I truly have an interest in bringing back. He is a priority, now that Frazier's deal is done.
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rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16985 Location: Stillwater, MN

I don't see Sanford getting a short deal. I feel he gets at least a three year deal.
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Klomp · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:58 am Post subject:

Frazier: "We need him on the team in 2013."
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NorthCountryEvo · Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 345 Location: Maple Grove, MN

As most have said, he is a must sign. He might get a big paycheck, but in the end it's worth it, and he is worth it. O-line continuity and a player of loadholt's caliber are a big deal, and something our offense cannot afford to lose. I see no way that we let him see anything of free agency.
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vikingsrule · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:13 am Post subject: