I really want to find a replacement for Flo. I can’t stand his penalizing.

He kept a very good Gaines Adams off of Romo’s blindside all game long so I’ll take that penalty every game in exchange for keeping Romo upright.

Flo is one of the best LTs in the game and you nitpick about one freaking penalty, unfreakin believable.

but he’s a heckuva LT;

I think it is either time to move on, or get a new tackle and consider moving Flo inside to LG if he would be comfortable with that. I can’t help but think his hearing problem attributes to, at the very least, his false start problems. And being that he is starting to lose his speed at his old age, he could dominate at guard for at least 3 or so more seasons.

But yeah, if Flo continues to do stuff like he did yesterday, we need to get a replacement.

He’s an 11 year Veteran and he can’t focus enough to avoid drive killing penalties? He has to go. This team has to get smarter and mentally tougher. Replacing Flozell Adams would be a good step in that direction. That isn’t hating, that is facting. He is the most penalized player in the League over the past 2 seasons. Not hating, just facting.

Flozell Adams is not a 24 year old tackle. He is a veteran with a huge track record to evaluate him on. Did you expect his penalties to suddenly drop this year?

As others on these boards have said, penalties are part of his DNA. They’re going to happen. Just like Andre Gurode is going to mishandle some snaps this year for us, Tank Johnson is going to take some plays off in Cincy, Terrell Owens is probably going to drop some important passes in Buffalo, etc. I understand expecting rookies or younger players to change their habits significantly from year to year, but with 10 year veterans, it seems like unrealistic thinking.

Of course, the reason that Flozell is still a starting LT and paid the huge salary that he is is that even with his penalties included in the equation, he is still an excellent player, and in general the thinking is that we net more with having him on the field than not.

So if Doug Free evolves into a top flight tackle who also doesn’t commit penalties, then sure, plug him in there. That’d be great. But at the moment, a healthy Flozell is our best option at LT by a significant margin, even with the penalty yardage included, and I expect that to be the case for at least the remainder of this season.

The penalties are part of who he is as a player— we don’t have to be ecstatic about it, but to continue complaining or hoping him to change seems silly. And to suggest getting him out of here when he is by far our best LT option doesn’t make sense to me.

I don’t think we have a better option. He is an elite player still. Cane we get a olinemen equal to or better or even a small downgrade? I don’t see any.

So what are you going to do? He is good and you must take the dumb plays in there.

If you think Kitna should start

He has a knack for stepping it up in contract years, look it up.

His penalties are infuriating, and the OP is right, a LOT of them seem to negate a big play which totally kills our momentum.

That being said, Free is not better than Flo, and neither is any FA or anybody we can trade for, so hopefully Jerry and Stephen address it in the 1st or 2nd round next year.