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in a skill set discussion only - the team is better with cook than most reasonable replacement options that said I have a very hard time with digesting a player we spend 15m (plus or minus a bit) being game planned onto the sideline for our hurry up offense - specifically game winning drive attempts. I can begin to reconcile our day 2 pick being on the sideline but really struggle with the idea of our 15m back being on the sideline in 2 minute drills in January. Either the back, the coach or the front office would need change in my opinion.

On some level it culturally changes the city you are in

meh i get the players wanting to grow their personal brands not sure I ever got fans being super into it im totally ok with a boring and predictable schedule. Especially if a season ticket holder. A bunch of mid week work/school night games and holidays rarely make for better weeks. Yet alone the 14 different networks. I’m super ok with routine, predictable slates

“it’s effective but not proper” isn’t terribly hard to reconcile

group of thousands of people often have conflicting views across the spectrum of opinions id imagine at the very least their signing bonuses were not quite as robust but who knows

I’d much rather Allen throw for 45 TDs and 4800 yards and not have to run outside of the second half in playoff games id also like to be an even more dynamic matchup problem where there’s not a team we worry about seeing us down because we can use the whole field. plus, it has potential to keep Josh healthier

ultimately next offseason we likely have Shakir Coleman palmer perhaps as a 1 year guy i dint think we’d be thrilled with that meaning either a vet (pricy) or high pick. I think getting a mid pick this year is a good investment to reduce the capital spent next year. Even in an optimistic scenario that guy would be an asset but if anyone isn’t at their ceiling a starting player will be needed

id rather a day 2 pick… Coleman is a complete question mark palmer is a 2 year deal and major question mark is be shocked if Samuel is here in 2026 we don’t need lightning in a bottle or a 1 year rental - we need a solid prospect that inn12 months will be expected to be a near full time starter on a cost controlled deal for several years. A day 2 guy is great short term depth and long term real potential

vet minimum was never a real thing but genuinely amazed at a 1 yr 26m i figured something like bosa level with opportunities to push higher with incentives

only thing on sanders is if he’s not totally their guy they could insulate themselves a bit with the trade still

it’s been very need based drafting. And in the late 20s it’s hard to snag a specific positional need, that’s a system fit, and has top 30 talent the draft comes, we of course are amped with a first rounder that matches a hole… but was that guy the top ranked on our board because he was the elite talent left or our favorite hole filler? im not sure how much is revisionist because they didn’t work vs being realistic about why I was good with them at the time

what was the bigger curse, that moulds wasted 2 years before breaking out or that now we have to give every wr 2 years or hear about moulds taking that long

yea - trading up to get a guy like that you expect some big plays in big moments. can look at the refs not giving him the first or talk about the knee or the degree of difficulty on the catch… But at some point you need to talk about the plays made too and not just the reasons for near misses it’s still very early but a couple of those plays coming through are literal history changers potentially

when you pay 3 guys as wr2, and your backup te as te1 plus bookend tackles

rookie QBs let you give 5-10 guys 5-10m more than you should. we should’ve been so aggressive