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he’s flashed a ton of talent. To be a top 5 or so back in the league would still be a very large jump. To scale his productivity into 3 times as many carries wouldn’t be a fair expectation. He could certainly be that guy but it’s not a small step to take. my only pause is that I do believe Davis was more injured than thought. He was slow, and lacking agility. And he never was a burner so losing a step isn’t something he can afford. that said he was still making some odd decisions and didn’t seem to be playing particularly qb friendly ball even if you sped up his game.

You’ll catch hell but unless cook or Davis make a big jump it’s hard to say any position group is solidly excellent. There’s a lot of decent. Not much great or terrible.

zeke as a cut is a great example. motor eliminating a comp pick or zeke plus a pick for Edmonds? if the dollars are even close give me zeke plus a 3 instead of motor, right? feel free to sub in other non qualifying backs

yup. And if it’s big body and a 3rd or motor - the answer could become clear quickly. even drafting a guy mid round would be essentially free at that point and save some cap.

If we target a non qualifying back, we could be talking essentially trading motor for a third by letting him walk. Most would be ok with it in those terms.

hopefully it says that the rookie and the guy traded for at thanksgiving are ready to surpass what he gave us previously in the upcoming season

the red flag on slowing down is getting popped for performance enhancers I’m a big fan of his play but he’s a big question mark going forward in his 30s and being tested frequently

they weren’t as big as nearly any of the other bands discussed. They certainly weren’t influential in a way that moved music or opened doors. You’d really have to make the mountain quite wide to justify them in the image with any confidence they really belonged by any criteria someone could come up with. that’s not to say anything is wrong with them. Carving out a commercially successful career is a huge accomplishment. Not reinventing the wheel here but… nirvana and PJ probably have to be there regardless of if they are anyone’s favorite. also likely need something heavier from Rage, NIN, korn then you stumble into STP, soundgarden, AIC, RHCP, smashing pumpkins the two heavies not selected above, Radiohead, oasis, a variety of poppy punk stuff I didn’t love -Green Day, blink, offspring etc… - poppy rock like no doubt…. Sublime. Getting towards Goo Goo dolls, you probably have to pass up counting crows as a bigger and more noteworthy in the same vein. Maybe could argue who would win in a fight between hootie, GGD and matchbox 20, right? and that leaves off a bulk of the multi decade bands like U2, REM, Metallica, Pantera, GNR Heck it even ignores blur, garbage, black Crowes, sonic youth, Jane’s addiction, faith no more, Manson… I hate to say it but there’s probably an argument that kid rock or Fred dursts face belong on it as the bookend closing out the decade. it’s incredibly difficult to come up with a criteria where you pull GGD out of that list as the absolute cream of the crop.

last guy off the bench vs high draft pick expected to start can come with very different conversations

I use the Tom Brady argument all the time. But it’s a big gap between looking for your franchise qb there vs looking for a 3rd string back to use in a couple sub packages

gore was using a walker

Luckily we have two starting safeties

Obviously we are getting kamara now its like you aren’t even trying

a “k”

are you Tony romo or do other people call him that too?

Very much true

Could be privacy concerns, could be angry side pieces either way, not coaches spot to tell the media his personal business

lucky hynes is our returner

If nothing else, I’m glad to have someone new to yell at instead of mckenzie. i think similar to him is the floor, but he has some upside from there that McKenzie hasn’t been able to capture.

Yea but those guys are knocking guys out of the calculation at the bottom of the roster too

meh. If it converts a couple extra short yardage plays, and puts the ball in the end zone a few times more (both by scoring himself and by extending drives) I won’t complain about a lower dollar deal.

the restructure is generally in their benefit, not a selfless team first act

It in fact makes them higher, and thus harder to trade.

we’d probably give him some of that “just because we have it” money so he likes us though

would you rather jeudy and like 20m in other cap space though, as it’s not just a pick. Gets more interesting when it’s jeudy and another good player or Hopkins