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Great work as always @GunnerBill, I think these are all super logical and well reasoned — my one quibble might be James Pearce, whose stock sounds like js completely cratering, based off attitude and personality flags — I know you try to avoid incorporating those things, but for me the smoke is getting too thick to ignore (Mike Green could be in the same boat…). I’d be fine with Grant, definitely fills a big need, but man, if Luther Burden fell that far, I think we’d all be having Brian Thomas de ja vu feelings this time next year, he is the prototype of what this offense needs, I think… I haven’t been on the board much lately, but one thing I’ve had in my mind is the way this front office seems to be valuing (or devaluing) certain positions. If past precedent is any indication, I’d think a 2-down DT (or a safety, for that matter) probably aren’t in the cards for our first round pick. If true I’d say CB, DE or WR probably get the nod there, but perhaps they see things shifting back to a running league and want to stay ahead of things…

Haven't scoured this entire thread, so apologies if this was already brought up, buuuuut... If it's true that we're moving to more of a man-based defense, that's going to impact Benford. I don't think I'd go so far to as to say that he's exclusively a zone cb, but it would seem like a pretty massive risk making a top-5/10 positional investment in a guy who's a bit of a square peg/round hole fit. He's probably a better fit as a FS in a man defense. I wonder if those discussions are at least part of the reason why his deal hasn't gotten done yet? That's a tough situation, you want to reward the guy for significantly outplaying his draft spot and hang onto a guy who's been great for you, but a structural change within the framework is now, arguably, making that more difficult and less appealing...

I LOVE DK, but sorry man, that's a bit YIKES from me. Big big overpay. If we're packaging 2 1s, go get Luther Burden instead. His small contract, compared to DK's, would allow us to sign another impact free agent. If we can get DK for Coleman and a 2, awesome. I don't think Seattle's getting a better offer than that elsewhere. If we can't, so be it.

100% with you -- if it were up to me, I'd be using every draft pick I could on player upgrades, not rookies. I just think we need to make 3 or 4 moves with those picks, and there's obviously only a limited number we have at our disposal, so I'd be for doing what's necessary to use those picks as economically as possible. Without looking at the cap ramifications, I'd be looking at packaging Rousseau with a pick or two for Garrett or Crosby; Keon and another pick for DK, etc. No sense going all in on one deal if you can swing 2 or 3!

I did say “probably” 😂

Believe me, I know all about DK. I’m in the PNW and unfortunately the Seahawks are on here EVERY. WEEK. I agree that he’s a stud. I was also probably the most outspoken person on this board wanting him over EO in that draft, so I like him plenty. My POV isn’t that we shouldn’t go for him, just that we have limited resources to fill a lot of holes this offseason, and trading 2 picks AND taking on his big $# severely limits our abilities to affect the other needs.

If we’re packaging 2 1s and a 2 it better damn-well be for Myles Garrett, not a rookie WR lol

Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as identifying position groups. Each position has multiple assignments: pass rush, run stopping, man/zone pass coverage, etc., and even more detailed aspects of where those struggles occurred: interior, exterior, deep, middle, short, up the seam, boundary, field, etc. Compounding that challenge — because we’re not going to be able to address every weakness — is rightly identifying which aspects of the game are going to be the winning approach from our competitors. Gif several years we saw the passing game take center stage, however, three of last year’s most successful teams, including the SB champs, were largely powered by RBs they acquired in the offseason, relatively cheaply. Will other teams follow suit and continue that trend? If we’re going to bring in a game-changing type player (Garrett/Crosby type), McBeane’s biggest challenge is going to be finding solutions to those priorities issues, on the cheap. Yeah if Alexander gets cut and is healthy, that’s a high high priority for me. Allen would be interesting if we could find a good trade for EO, they’re too similar, to me, to pair together.

Yeah I think that’s a little too rich, given his salary. Since he’ be upgrading Keon, I’d try to swap him in for the 2. The Squax will need wrs anyway.

If Alexander gets cut he’s absolutely worth looking seriously into. I would t be too interested in trading for him though, unless the price was extremely reasonable.

Those people were geniuses 😉

Absolutely need to be creative and aggressive in trades this offseason -- that's how we're going to improve the talent on this roster. Since we're staring down the barrel of giving him a ton of money, arguably undeserved, anyway, use Groot to upgrade to Garrett. Hard to imagine other teams are going to be able to beat a young and still talented DE plus, say a 1 and a 2... Could we do the same with Keon? I'm not saying I don't love the guy's personality, but if we could add a future 1 to Keon, might that get us into the discussion for an AJ Brown or Garrett Wilson? Yes to trading Kincaid for any value we can -- beyond not playing 2 TEs, Shakir, Cook, and to a lesser degree, Samuel all render him irrelevant. Benford, if the value is right, could make some sense as well -- especially if we're shifting to more of a man scheme (or we could move him to safety, in that case), but another guy who's lining up for a big payday. Can we get value for him instead of paying him AND avoid another square peg/round hole schematic fit at the same time? Absolutely none of these trades will happen because Beane is a conservative GM. But they should absolutely be explored...

lol no. We were getting killed too. At least we didn’t have to suffer through another SB loss.

Oliver too. I know a lot of y’all like him but he did almost nothing for his first 3 years and has been completely neutralized in the playoffs. For a top 10 pick, that’s a disappointing ROI.

It’s all moot anyway. Worthy would be wasted in this offense.