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Im not enamored with them signing both TE’s to so much money. Dont get me wrong, both are good players, but I also think both are a bit over rated, and they just over paid. I mean when you add in backups, they will be around $26m+ invested just at TE of their cap. That’s a lot. I will say this though, if there is a team who knows how to utilize two TE’s best it’s NE, so I’m sure they will get solid production out of them. But that’s just a lot of money to invest in these two guys who are both now the 3rd and 4th highest paid TEs in the league.

He was and is my top FA target at TE on the market. Yes I had him ranked higher than both Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith. I would love to sign him.

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Come on, he’s never broken 450 yards even once in his career. And let’s not pretend the Titans only ran the ball, Tannehill still threw for 3900 yards and 33 TDs in 2020, not to mention he’s averaged 255 yards per game in a season and a half as Titans starter. And AJ Brown and Corey Davis both missed multiple games, and he still didn’t break 450 yards. Im not saying the kid is a bum, but this notion he’s some impossible guard and mismatch every time he lines up is not showing up on the field or the stat sheet. Im not suddenly worried about the Pats because they signed a TE who averages 350 yards a season for his career. He would have been a good get for Bills, but not at that crazy price. He’s now the 3rd highest paid TE in the league despite never reaching 450 yards in his career in an offense that’s been pretty good since Tannehlll took over.

What has Jonnu Smith done to earn the praise you gave him and this contract?

I would do it in a heart beat.

Yet he averaged 5.7 YPC in the playoffs last year. Again, your take is atrocious here. Nevermind he plays behind Nick Chubb. Your case his play has dipped is utterly ridiculous. And its not $11M for those 2, Beane would redo the contracts when they got here. And I dont care what "some" say about 26 being the new 30, because those people clearly do not know what they are talking about. And Hunt is 25.

You mean the same wind that grossly affected Lamar and also the greater FG kicker in history too? You got a terrible take on that game

This stage of his career? What are you talking about? Hunt is only 25 years old and has a career 4.6 YPC, and has a 5.7 YPC in the post season. He is also an excellent receiver. I dont have anything against Devin, I like him and Moss. But Hunt is just flat out better than both. And Njoku is behind a high priced FA TE they signed in Hooper and they also have a promising young TE in Bryant. He isnt struggling, its just there are 3 TE's there and Njoku also got hurt. You have a terrible take on all matters of this subject right now. Not to mention, you are also just making stuff up in other posts about Hunt's "off field" stuff.

Are you aware we were 6th in the NFL in pressuring the QB, and got the QB second fastest in the NFL behind only the Steelers? So...I don’t agree with your assessments.

I like that addition actually quite a bit. Nice work

Hunt is absolutely worth a 3rd and our 2nd is practically a third. If we can do the trade for our third, even better. Just saying I would give up as much as our 2nd this year for those 2 in a trade. Or even better send either Moss or Devin and our 5th for Hunt. All I really want is Hunt, but Njoku would also be a great get if we can get him in a package. Or offer Devin or Moss plus our 5th and see if they bite, at least on Hunt. Hunt is young and a complete RB. As a full time starter he would be a perennial top 5 RB for the next 4 years. Especially on a dynamic offense like us. I like Moss and Devin, but they are just not in the same class as Hunt as either a runner or receiver. Just adding Hunt alone puts us neck and neck with KC, if not the favorite to represent the AFC in the SB next year. Especially with all the OL question marks KC Shaw to fill still.

I would give the Browns our 2nd round pick for BOTH Hunt and Njoku. I mean our 2nd rounder this year is only 2 picks earlier than what Tyrod was traded for. It’s practically a 3rd rounder. Id do this in a heartbeat.

I still think a trade is very much possible, as well as a quality veteran in FA at an affordable price once the top range gets over paid.

Then again, what you just said isn’t the way it happened either...so there’s that too. Again, people need to reread the facts.

Never ever would I have thought Jonnu would get that much. Major over pay IMO, and now the TE market may have just gotten a lot more expensive at the top of the FA group than even expected. My guess has always been that if we make a move at TE it was more likely Beane would trade a 5th for someone like Ertz, Howard or Njoku...or wait until the FA market settles and then target a veteran who can help develop Knox more.

Wow that a lot of money for him. Not good to see the TE market opening this high.

GO GET HUNT! And people need to get over the previous incident that was grossly sensationalized by the media and twisted to make a young athlete look as bad as possible because that is what gets clicks. People need to go review the facts of what really happened to refresh their memory. In every other sense, the kid has been well behaved and a good teammate. He made a poor decision to put himself in a bad position with a woman who clearly was set on instigating an altercation. Did he make a bad choice, ABSOLUTELY. Could he have handled it better? ABSOLUTELY. But at the same time, he was a young kid and put in a situation where someone was clearly working to force an altercation, even calling him the N word and she also initiated the physical altercation with his group after she refused to leave despite being told to leave by multiple people in the group. I don’t think Hunt should continue to have this follow him. He made a mistake and has paid the price and learned from it.

And more importantly, a GM who knows how to manage the cap...And Beane has mastered it.

He was...we don’t know what he will be after his injury. Hasn’t anyone learned from AZ, Dallas, Jets, etc? You don’t pay a RB big money. You can get away with it while your QB is on a rookie deal, but you can’t spend big on a RB when you’ve got a top end WR, franchise QB, and OT’s to pay. If we give up a second for Barkley, and he comes here and had a big year, he will demand a big contract next year that we can’t afford, essentially making him a 1 year rental. If he doesn’t have a big year, well maybe he can sign for less, but that sounds like we wasted a second round pick then. Why not just draft someone in the first or second like who isn’t hurt and will be on a rookie deal for 4 years as well? Or sign one of the many good FA RBs where we get them without trading a 2nd and also won’t be a huge cap hit to have him here more than one year.

Ok...it’s not so much you proposing the idea of Saquon...it’s the idea of you proposing we send a 2nd round pick for him which would be crazy. That’s just a lot to invest on a guy coming off a major injury like that. I’d rather use our first or second round pick on a RB on a rookie deal. Barkley is either going to be a one year rental (and first year back from an ACL is almost always a down year from their pre-injury production) or cost a lot to keep, money we don’t have to spend. Spend big on a QB, WR, and OL...no where else on offense. Plus there are much cheaper options in free agency too that won’t cost a 2nd round pick if they wanted to add another veteran RB.

Boom! Beane I love you. I honestly didn’t think this was going to happen, felt he was just gonna get an offer we wouldn’t match in FA. Now that LB isn’t the huge hole I expected, I wonder what’s next? I wouldn’t be surprised if it was him trading for a TE...Ertz, Njoku, or Howard/Brate.

AJE and Gabe Davis I think both break out. AJE flirts with double digit sacks and Davis flirts with 1000 yards. If we can adequately fix the holes/issues in the trenches of the DL then Ed Oliver becomes a major candidate for a breakout. We need beef to eat some blockers.

Couldn't agree more, and honestly, its pretty indisputable really.

Wrong. Evidence says that 100% proof Cousins was not worth being paid the most in NFL history, which is what he was wanting from WFT. Not my argument at all...you clearly are missing the point. Its comical to see you arguing to me that WFT would be a better team right now had they paid Cousins the richest contract in NFL history when they were not a good football team when they had him.