Reading this reminded me of the Carl Nicks/Ben Grubbs situation.. We didn't pay Nicks top dollar, and we settled for Grubbs who wasn't as expensive but still was far from cheap. Grubbs was okay for us, but no where near what could have been if we hung on to Nicks. Finding a really good replacement is still going to cost serious money, assuming we're going to attempt to fill that hole with a veteran player. We could always draft a tackle high next year, with the intent of moving Ram to the left side since the right side is historically an easier transition for players coming out of college. But there's some risk involved with that. For as fortunate as we've been hitting on O-line selected high (Ram, McCoy, Ruiz), we may not run that good forever.