How many impact FA OL remain?

[purplefaithful]

In 2016, the Vikings signed Alex Boone to fix the O-line. One year later he was released. Mike Remmers was signed as a right tackle, but was moved inside to guard last year. Starting left tackle Riley Reiff will reportedly be considered for a move from left tackle to guard.

Around the league the trend is similar with free agent linemen. Houston signed Zach Fulton to a four-year, $28 million contract last offseason only to see him rank 47th of 55 by Pro Football Focus’s grades. Miami’s deal with Josh Sitton, two years for $15 million, went belly up and he was released this offseason. The Giants added Patrick Omameh last year in free agency on a three-year, $15 million deal. They cut him midway through the year.
So how do the Vikings avoid one of these horror stories? By focusing on the players who are the best bets to improve the offensive line significantly in 2019.
Unfortunately several of the best fits are already off the board. Pittsburgh re-signed Ramon Foster and traded Marcus Gilbert to Arizona. The Colts kept Mark Glowinski on a three-year deal. San Francisco re-signed Mike Person and the Jets convinced Jonothan Harrison to stick around. And the Browns traded Kevin Zeitler to the Giants.
Whether they can win a bidding war with only around $5 million in cap space is another story, but assuming the Vikings find a way to create space, here are the last remaining impact free agents.
Guard, Rodger SaffoldTackle, Ja’Wuan James

Center, Matt Paradis

Center, Mitch Morse

Guard, Andy Levitre 

Tackle, Trent Brown

https://www.skornorth.com/vikings-2/2019...ee-agency/

[Guest]

This should come as zero surprise. Thin market, lots of teams with lots of money. The panacea for the Line was never going to come via FA like so many on here wanted to believe.

[Guest]

Are any of these guys better than Remmers and Compton?  I'm sure they'll be way more expensive, but hopefully we can upgrade too.  Looks like a sellers market, and Remmers not wanting to renegotiate his contract probably was because he knew he'd easily make more money by leaving.

[Guest]

It's interesting that Kevin Zeitler and Kelechi Osemele, who were each top-end free agent OL in the past couple years (and greatly desired here), were traded away well before the length of their big contracts. Both are still good players, but those monster contracts for OGs don't seem easy to make work very long.