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Easier to use something when you actually have it to start the year. He's small but just.. use him like a running back. Do some Cook/Hines/Mckenzie type of formation for some gadgetry, but he is a running back and can play running back.

One costs a 1st round pick - i'd assume jeudy is had for much less than a 1st.

Hamlin got blocked by jefferson - and pushed back into Dodson (who i don't think catches him anyway). Benford flat out missed the tackle. Lewis took a bad angle. Epenesa is up field and the outer gap is completely taken - so i would say on this particular rep he did his job. Oliver had a bad rep and the guard smacked milano back too. On the plus side, that sounds a lot like a defense that the drought team would have put out on the field. This team won 13 games with these guys having to play at times.

I'm pretty sure that is his gap though...

I think it was.. benford and jaquan johnson who whiffed on their gaps and gave up the 80 yard TD run? I'd have to watch it again, but that was the turning point. Cam lewis was also playing in that one.

I think Chubbs overrated and they PAID him. Howard is overrated and overpaid. Phillips started to put it together a bit but he isn't anything to write home about. Wilkins is a good disrupter in the middle. Honestly their Safeties are really solid players too in Holland and Jones. It shores up a weak spot for them for sure, and between him and Chubb you've added some serious talent to the defense. But they're a team without depth, and they need to pay their QB next season so they're swinging for the fences.

Lil Dirty is actually quite good in the red zone.

I agree on Mckenzie - if you need that money to sign another WR so be it. But you need extra guys in camp anyway.

Player A (Hall): 80 for 463 (5.8 Y/A) and 4 TDs 19 catches / 31 targets for 218 and 1 TD (61.3% catch) Player B: 89 for 507 (5.7 Y/A) and 2 TDs 21 catches / 32 targets for 180 yards and 1 TD (65.6% catch)

For the super bad fans... Funny thing about my back is its located on my...

I honestly thought cook was really starting to look quite good. He doesn't have that violent speed to his game that some of the home run hitters have, but he has good vision, some shake - reminds me a bit of his brother tbh.

Right - if we sign a risner or similar. And add say Robert Woods or keenan allen. It doesn't fly off the page at all, but id understand if they went with a DT or something like that in the first round.

There's 4 - 1st round draft pick like guys in this draft. The following teams need QBs (possibly) Jets Colts Titans Texans Raiders Commanders Falcons Bucs Panthers 49ers Colts, Texans, Panthers, Falcons all pick in the top 10 and expect to probably draft people. They're all also in the position to kind of wait, since they have serious needs beyond QB in many cases. Raiders Jets 49ers are waiting and seeing on Rodgers if i had to guess. Bucs know they're likely going to be bad, so losing 1st round picks would be rough. Teams also don't want to trade for a player with a massive cap hit, right before free agency opens. There's just no rush to do so. I expect if he signs elsewhere it'll be after the draft, and my guess is Raiders or Commanders. I also think the Ravens will match.

Yup - Combine moves everyone up and down the boards. But until free agency is a bit more settled, who knows what the needs even are?

I never rule it out - the best team from the offseason rarely wins the super bowl. Hell, the best team during the season doesn't even win it most of the time. Punch a ticket - thats the goal. If the jets get rodgers, and the dolphins get brady blah blah blah. I don't care - win the 9 or 10 games and get to the playoffs. Then anything can happen. Focus on getting healthy, and playing your best ball in january.

Smith - they traded for... felt like an overpay but he was good for them last year. Leonard was 1st team all-pro 3/4 years so... usually the type of guy you want to pay and keep. Mosley's deal is bad because he played 2 games through the first 2 years of the deal. Before that he was one of the best ILBs in football, and the last 2 years he has been a good player. Tremaine has made less of an impact in 5 seasons, than any of these guys did. I just don't see how it ends up well for the team signing him at that number.

He's a fine player - i just know i don't want 30M AAV tied up in off ball linebackers. Either sign an over the hill vet - and hope you can milk the last bits of football out of him. Or Sign someone who you think might be undervalued like you did with poyer and hyde.

Diggs is going to be 30 next year... i think his concern is the window is closing for him personally.

Yes - but at that price point i don't think there's value. There's a lower tier of player that can be productive in our defense, and there are some cut players like Kendricks or Wagner who would bring some solid stability there for a year or two (and maximize any type of compensatory pick formula).

I cant see a scenario where you pay him Smith/Leonard/Warnter money - and its a good value. All 3 when healthy are better players.

Almost everyone missed time with injuries. Taron Johnson was the only person to not miss a game. DBs: Hyde Missed most of the season. Poyer missed 4 games. Hamlin missed the rest of the season. White missed camp, and several games. Jackson missed a game and was on the injury report for others. Benford hit IR and missed 7 weeks. Elam missed 2 games. LBs: Milano missed a game and was on injury report. Edmunds missed 3 games and was on injury report for a 4th. DL: Miller missed 5 reg season and playoffs. Rousseau missed 3 games, and didn't seem as effective when he returned (Seemed rushed after Miller hit IR). Epenesa and Basham both missed a game Oliver missed 3 games and was on injury report for 2 others. Daquan Jones missed the Bengals game. Phillips missed time with 2 injuries, and was on injury report several times. Settle was on injury report and missed a week. Ankou went to IR for 5 games and likely returned in time to replace an injured daquan jones.

I had a friend who was like that with bananas. She'd just gag at the sight and smell though.

I know special teams gets brought up a lot, but he was behind crowder/Mckenzie/Shakir to start the year in the slot. So he played boundary since those 3 are all making the roster ahead of him. And I thought he had a nice pre-season, but to be the 6th WR on like ANY team, and to be active on a gameday... you must play special teams. He's a lot younger than Kumerow, but i don't think Kumerow is a bad player either... he was just hurt all year. Same with Crowder. So he went to the PS... and nobody took him. The only reason the giants did? They traded Toney, Robinson was hurt again, Shepard was hurt, Golladay was hurt and ineffective. So 4 guys they expected to contribute were out, and they had slayton and James starting so they needed... bodies at that point. He did well with the opportunity that he was given.

You have to trade him to a team who has already negotiated an extension. Until you do, his cap number sits on the books at the full amount. In a cap strapped year - we can create space if needed, but 21M would very much hinder the teams ability to make any moves in free agency. So you sit out free agency until you trade him, and get a 2023 pick or player instead of a possible 2024 comp pick. And sitting out free agency means bargain shopping after everyone else is signed.

Year 2 in the system - they need a WR to probably open things up a bit. I don't think they'll make the playoffs this year though, their defense is just not very good and you got philly and dallas in the division. 8-4-1 in 1 score games (one of the losses was week 18 when Webb started) is really unsustainable. Jones had 6 fumbles in 16 starts, vs. 36 across the previous 37 - and his sack rate actually increased. So he fumbled less, threw fewer interceptions, and ran more. While staying healthy... This just needs a lot of stuff to go right for it to not be a disaster. 15 TD passes (another 7 on the ground) for 22 total in 16 games, and he got 40M AAV. Definitely not paying for what he's done so far, paying for what you think he's capable of.