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Hopefully he gets his career back at least. He'll never be a Bill, but some NFL team should give him a shot.

No, they'll get a 3rd. It's pretty much guaranteed at this point. My understanding is that as long as Keenum and Singletary make their respective teams nothing else can stop us from getting that comp pick. Beane said as much earlier in the offseason. This is a good example of the sunk cost fallacy. You don't spend more time and money on a player just because of the time and money you've spent so far. Letting Edmunds walk in free agency was an easy decision. He plays a non-premium position and has never been a game changing type of player. For a team paying a franchise QB there was no chance we were ever going to extend him. What impactful player did we miss out on last year because of Edmunds' $12.7 million cap hit?

I have said that if they trade Oliver as a means to free up cap space to trade for Hopkins, I'm all for it. If they trade him just to free up cap space for more rotational pieces, that doesn't make any sense. Don't create a hole at a starting position just to fill depth holes. If they want to create a hole at DT to fill a hole at #2 WR then yes the trade off is worth it.

Sorry if already posted. I like this breakdown of Torrence I found on YouTube: I don't think it's crazy to imagine him as the starter in week 1. He already has NFL size and power, just needs a little technique refinement.

They're getting a 3rd round pick for him which is likely the same or better than what they would have gotten for him in a trade last offseason. Plus they got the best year of his career in the middle of their Super Bowl window. In what way did they mismanage that situation?

Lol Brock Purdy 12th. I bet the author of this article bets divisional road favorites 100% of the time. "It's like free money!"

Probably competition for Kingsley Jonathan, if he makes an impression maybe he makes the PS.

Not surprised by the negative reaction, but I had the same thought. I can't think of any LB combination that makes sense using our existing players unless Milano is the MLB. He is the only one that we know for sure has the necessary processing skills to play the position in McDermott's defense. I could see a world where Spector wins the job but that's only because I haven't seen him fail at it yet like I have with Bernard and Dodson. It's a lot to ask for a 7th rounder that was inactive for most of his rookie season, but that would be my dark horse candidate. Beane did shut down the idea of Milano playing MLB in his post season presser but things change very quickly in the NFL. It may be that after seeing how free agency and the draft went they will recognize that they have no other choice.

From that article - "Ford’s deal includes $1.5 million in guaranteed money and has a salary cap hit of $2.25 million."

At this point I think he's a poor man's Yannick Ngakoue, a rotational pass rusher only. I doubt he ever becomes more than that but it's possible he becomes a better version of that in his 4th year. And yeah for the 3rd/4th guy on the depth chart that's a fine skill set. It's our primary starter opposite Rousseau that I'm worried about. We have seen Lawson thrive in his role as a rotational piece, but for a team with Super Bowl aspirations that needs to rack up wins early in the year he and Epenesa aren't good enough to play a high snap percentage IMO. They're really counting on Von Miller to get back in the mix quickly unless they add someone.

It's definitely possible we reached out to Ngakoue, found out his asking price was too high, and pivoted to Shaq instead. But I don't know, I still see a need there. I think the team should be treating Basham as an afterthought. It's scary to think of us starting the season with Rousseau and Lawson (or Epenesa?) as our starting edge duo, with a barely roster worthy player in Basham as the next man up. I find it hard to believe Beane is going to let that stand. Then again here we are in May and we still don't have a definite starting MLB so I suppose he might just be thrift shopping on defense and trusting McDermott to figure it out with what we have.

It was an insider tip. I was also told Poyer's exact contract details before they were announced, and I was told that Klein would sign here the day before he did. Little things get out.

We talked to him at some point before we signed Shaq Lawson so there was some level of interest there. I don't know how serious the talks got. Any communication since then I have not been made aware of. There are still a ton of veteran rotational edge rushers available. I suspect that game of musical chairs will play itself out by the conclusion of most teams' OTAs. I'll be shocked if we don't end up with one of them, not because I know anything but because it's a clear need and Beane has already done a masterful job this offseason of plugging depth holes with relatively cheap veterans.

Because a true starting edge can't be awful against the run. Every team that's tried him has eventually realized the hard way that he is a pure pass rusher. That's a great skill set to have in the modern league. But it limits the role he can play. I would love to sign him and let him loose on 3rd downs and late in games. Still think there's a decent chance we do. We have a good pitch for him - "We added no edge rushers in the draft or free agency. Your competition is Boogie Basham, AJ Epenesa, and Shaq Lawson. Come platoon for Von Miller while he recovers and rack up gaudy stats against a gauntlet of top tier QBs, then go get one more big contract from another team next offseason."

Lawrence made the play that won them a playoff game. You pay game changing talents that affect the passing game like him 100% of the time and you don't think twice.

I'm curious about your thoughts on Dorian Williams. I know you gave him a low 3rd/high 4th grade but I have seen some compare the pick to Terrell Bernard. Since you scouted both, do you agree with that comparison? Or does Williams have more to work with?

I'd feel a lot better about our Super Bowl chances if DeAndre Hopkins was here. I still can't shake that feeling. You could say that if everything goes right we're the team to beat, but not everything is going to go right. Hopkins would give us a much larger margin for error at other areas of the roster. But hey if Allen and Dorsey figure out how to run a more balanced offense that isn't so boom or bust, and Kincaid immediately becomes a major weapon, and guys like Rousseau and Brown take a step, and Miller and White both look recovered from their ACL tears, and McDermott calls a less predictable defense, and above all else we stay relatively healthy then sure we have every reason to be hyped. And if all of that happens then it's up to McDermott and Dorsey to not flop in the playoffs again.

I would describe this offseason as surgical. Perhaps out of necessity due to tight cap space and limited draft capital, Beane has had to spend every last dollar and draft pick appropriately. Every move has made a lot of sense and every addition has a reasonable likelihood of measurably improving the roster. Beane finally, FINALLY, made some concessions on defense in order to devote more resources to the offense. He hasn't made any wacky Vernon Butler type deals. Some people need to max out their credit cards before they learn how to spend responsibly. I think we've seen Beane go through that transition this offseason.

I think we will keep 5 DTs this year. We had a rash of injuries at the position last year so I think Beane will play it extra safe. An easy spot to make up the difference is at TE, just carry 2 and leave Morris on the PS. Or at RB, carry 3 (plus Gilliam) and leave Murray on the PS. DT isn't a position you want to suddenly find yourself thin at. Anyways it would cost more to cut Settle than to keep him.

Probably not going to get that this year. The scouting report on Dorian Williams reads like a poor man's version of Edmunds - sideline to sideline range, but slow to process. Dodson isn't much of a processor. Bernard didn't looked he belonged on the field at all last year. I can't help but come back to Milano as the only guy on the roster that makes sense as a MLB. Beane shut the idea down early in the offseason, but maybe they've changed their tune after seeing how FA and the draft went? Maybe the idea is get some big bodies in front of Milano so he won't get steamrolled and let his processing be enough to make up for his size. I can stomach the idea of Dorian Williams or even Bernard as the will. I just can't think of any other LB combination that makes sense. So then why not just put Milano at MLB? If Bernard is supposedly a Milano clone, but not nearly as developed, wouldn't it make sense to put the better player at the more important position?

I know his history, I'm talking about how teams see him now. He has bounced around from team to team. Every team that has tried him out as a starter has quickly moved on from him. His original team the Jaguars didn't really make an effort to bring him back. So the Vikings signed him and then almost immediately traded him to the Ravens, who didn't keep him past the season. He then signed with the Raiders who traded him to the Colts the following offseason. Now after one year with them he's a free agent post-draft. So he is no longer seen as a primary starting edge rusher. He is going to have to accept his new role as a rotational player. No one still available at this point in the offseason can pretend they are more than that. If he does that at a high level for one year maybe he'll cash in one more time.

Ngakoue isn't a full time starter anyways. He's a sub package pass rush only player. Think Jordan Phillips' role for us in 2019, but from the edge. No team is bringing him on now to be their primary starter. He's hit plenty of stops throughout his short career, teams know what he is.

He's not going to get that kind of money at this point. Most teams have their rosters set. The best thing a player like Ngakoue can do is go to a team that has a clear need at the position and show out on a one year deal. We'd be a good fit for him to do that.