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Are either of these guys even good?

Honestly in week 2 the problems were communication. There was a free rusher on one. On another Logan thomas absolutely whiffed. I think at least 2 of the other 3 were on allen holding the ball.

For one - profitability. Dead money is typically some money that was paid in past seasons via signing bonuses and restructure bonuses. So by having it on this years salary cap - spending is kept down, but we still are "spending" to the cap threshold. If you're not going to be good... it's helpful to the owners that the bottom line looks ok. Two - Assets. We got a lot of picks in trades and were able to do what Whaley never could - get a QB. We were going to cut tyrod and got the 65th pick for him - and didn't have to eat any base salary. Sammy was a pending UFA, who we were unlikely to negotiate with at the time (his value was really up in the air and dependent on his performance in 2017) - and we got a 2nd round pick for him. Three - Flexibility. When you don't have cap room, you tend to not negotiate extensions for players. You then lose players in free agency. We were unable to keep hogan and gillislee because we were cap-strapped. We had to lowball their tenders, and lost them on offer sheets. Gilmore/Woods are the same kind of thing - couldn't extend them prior to losing them. Last offseason we had to bring in help at safety (google our 2016 safeties) - and that was about the only position where we brought in a top tier free agent. This season we had to address rush defense, so they went with Star (don't love the signing).

Well Beane's tearing down the mediocre roster that was assembled. We had some of the worst bloated back-loaded contracts in football and no QB when he was brought in. Clays contract works out to 5 years 38 million (already absurd) - 34 guaranteed after the 2016 restructure. He's not even good!!!

How about Hue? They still haven't won since 2016...

I sit pat in this draft and in the 1st go BPA. If we go 1 overall, i think we should go Ed Oliver. He'll immediately improve our defense, and is a potential all-pro DT. After that I would look to improve the oline. Maybe trade down to accumulate a couple extra shots, and try and come out of the draft with 3 offensive linemen. From a free agency perspective - i'd look at pass rushers. There's a ton coming up, and i don't think they'll all get tagged. Clowney probably will, but lawrence won't get tagged again. Fowler will be available and he's probably better than everyone we have but hughes.

His guaranteed base salary is gone when you don't play. His bonus was paid out per game active on 53/46 man roster. I assume they can go after him for a % of the original signing bonus too. Usually team's dont do that... but usually players don't retire mid-game.

Or ESPN in general. I don't even have it with my Fios package... honestly don't miss it other than college FB

He played like crap. He knows it too. Doesn't really mean anything other than that it was a very bad game, and hopefully he learns from it.

Seemed like McD lit a fire under someone because they came out in teh 2nd half looking like they actually gave a S.

He's guaranteed nothing. 2 game checks, and maybe a % of signing bonus.

They also no-called a ton of false starts. The buffalo TD run was one in our favor, but Okung was moving early all day

Tampa 2 is tough with a rookie MLB. It also doesn't work as well when John Lynch can't destroy any receiver OTM on a post. Getting too cute.

Couldve had Evans at 22 and a lineman at 65.

He's still learning i think. I'd like to see more killer instinct and commitment. If you get beat on PA, you get beat - try and recover. He's trying to diagnose and getting caught in no mans land. The run and the pass work in that situation. I always look at it like this. In zone - if you are covering someone, you're probably doing something right. If you're watching stuff go by, you need to get your head on straight and move your feet.

It was zone. He's there to make the tackle and minimize the gain.

Or just... based off of a single game when hes had limited time with the 1's to nail down timing with receivers, or blocking communication with the line. His line communication improved as the game went on, but considering 2 of 5 sacks were blown plays, he definitely seems to have better pocket presence than peterman.

Needs to work on his touch. The 2nd pick had a really bad trajectory. The back-shoulder stuff will take time and practice to nail down the timing and placement. Seems like he's seeing them, but the receivers (benjamin) aren't necessarily seeing the same thing. Or they're turning late, or the balls late/early etc. Need more reps

From a receiver perspective we have really bungled FA and the draft. The benjamin trade looks bad as he just... well kind of sucks. Seems disinterested and full of himself. Zay just hasn't been what we need him to be, and it looks worse seeing JuJu continue to make plays. Watkins needed a change of scenery - problems with his media perception here, and just the fact that he was overdrafted and didn't live up to that etc. Goodwin was always hurt so i don't see that as a loss at the time. Seeing Woods thrive is more bothersome... he really is like a perfect #2 receiver (Not big, not a RZ guy, but a great blocker, route runner - and you can line him up anywhere) and his numbers with Tyrod made him look expendable. I'd love to also have Hogan here - but that one is solely on Whaley. We tagged Glenn and had no cap room so we couldn't match his offer sheet. Had we put a 2nd round tender on him we may have been like right up against the cap too so we risked it and lost a solid player for nothing.

I don't give him credit for any of it. McD/Whaley got a couple good pickups on Defense and vastly underrated the need for offensive talent. With taking the dead money on the chin this year - we had limited money available. They really need a solid draft in 2019 or this won't really matter though. Back to back bad years will not inspire confidence even if you ended the drought. Only thing i respect is getting the QB in 2018. Whaley was full of excuses, they went up and did it. Whether he's the right one or not.

So wait - you're blaming beane for woods?

They're just going to thrive elsewhere and everyone will complain about trading good players

I think we just got a first down!

He was projected to be a backup QB - so many of these guys never make a roster or see the field. Our terrible qb room got him on the field.

Yeah - but from a receiver perspective... JA is probably the best guy you can ask for at this point after what he had the last year and a half. Jones never had the timing down with Tyrod, and peterman just can't get the ball where it needs to be. We'll see i suppose. I'd like him to step up and be the guy though... Benjamin is clearly a lost cause.