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I'm not counting Ryan Bates leaving until we announce we aren't matching the Bears offer. If Bates comes back, I think our starting OL is set for this season and we're just looking for depth and development for next season. If we lose him, than our cap space goes from 2.98 to about 5.48 or so (as Bates tender has already been factored in). With that little extra space, I think we can find either a mid tier starting Guard or a cheaper vet CB that can hopefully be at least average for us until Tre is ready. Though I'd imagine we could find a Guard easier. A Gilmore, Bradberry type move isn't possible. Maybe Haden comes in for a few million, but even that is pushing it. But counting tea leaves, it's a Round 1 or 2 Draft Pick and Dane Jackson on the outside with Taron Johnson in the nickel, until Tre is ready. I'm not in the camp that a Round 1 CB can't be solid right out of the gate. I think there's a good chance that they could provide a lot more than any veteran in our price range.

We signed Duke Johnson at 1 year, 1 million. I'm not convinced he even makes the squad. I'd bet he would have been signed even if McKissic hadn't spurned us. My feeling is that he's camp competition for Zach Moss and someone we end up drafting in the mid rounds. One will be active on game days as the complimentary to Singletary, one will be the replacement for that Yeldon/Breida 3rd RB "break glass in case of emergency" role, mostly inactive unless there's an injury, and one will be released.

Unless we come to an agreement on an extension for Diggs, I don't see how we can sign anyone of true substance. We've done pretty much all the releases and restructures we could just to do what we've already done. Beane has said time and again that we're pretty much done. Any acquisitions going forward will be of the 1 year variety for people who "value opportunity over money". Signings like Duke Johnson for 1 million in cap space and Jamison Crowder in 1.98 million in cap space are those types of moves. Signing a quality starting Corner and being able to fit them in is a huge ask. It appears we're all in on the Draft.

There seems to be 3 lines of thinking amongst fans: 1.) Take Breece Hall in Round 1 2.) Take a RB in the middle rounds 3.) Don't take a RB at all, maybe Round 6 or 7 I'm FIRMLY in Camp 2. I think people in Camps 1 and 3 are nuts.

They don't like me on the Breece Hall thread - but they'd REALLY dislike you 😆

I'm not advocating a RB before Round 3 at the earliest. But not taking one at any point in the Draft is a mistake. They targeted JD McKissic early in FA at 2 years, 7 million. So they are looking to upgrade the complimentary position to Singletary with someone who provides more in the Receiving game. And I don't think Duke on a 1 year deal worth 1 million is anything more than competition with Moss as RB3.

This mock doesn't have "CB x2 in the first 4 rounds". It has one taken in Round 3 and one in Round 6. We have a hole at CB2 and Tre White won't be ready to go Week 1. We can't afford anyone of substance in FA or Trade. Right now we're sitting with Dane Jackson at CB1, Cam Lewis at CB2, and Taron Johnson at the slot to start the season and you're cool waiting until Round 3 at CB?

Think you're misunderstanding me. I'm saying in this mock, we didn't take a CB before Round 3. I agree - we absolutely need one in Round 1, Round 2 at the absolute latest. Devin Singletary, Duke Johnson, and Zack Moss are not a TON of RB's. Especially when you consider what Duke and Moss bring to the table. Personally, I feel Duke and Moss should be a competition for #3 - one stays, one goes. I'm not for taking a RB in Round 1. But we have to take one at some point. We can't go in to next season with the same backfield minus Breida, plus Duke. That's a wash and we need more from that position, especially the 2 spot.

No CB before Round 3. No WR before Round 4. No RB at all. Do not like.

The issue here is that if they're willing to pay his salary and take on his 22 million dollar cap hit (does it work that way? Do they take the cap hit too? Otherwise, it doesn't matter if they're paying his salary - we can't take a 22 million cap hit) - I'd imagine they're going to want at least a Day 2 pick for him. Idk that I'd want to give up a premium pick for a guy on a 1 year rental, as he's a FA after this season.

KC is in a better cap position than we are and even they want him to lower his asking price. Common sense would have said that him not being signed yet was bc his asking price is too high, even before this report. And I know people like to point to Beane's signings of Duke Johnson and Jamison Crowder as him lying when he stated they were done. But that's not what he said. He said any acquisitions going forward would be budget signings, most likely of the one year variety, for people "who value opportunity over money" to improve their stock for next season. Duke is a 1 million cap hit on 1 year. Jamison is a 1.98 million cap hit on 1 year. Stephon Gilmore does not fit this billing. We can't afford him.

McDermott has used a roster spot for a special teams gunner since Day 1. The year we didn't have Taiwan, we had Senorise Perry in the role. So if it wasn't Taiwan, it would have been someone else. And if that gunner were at a different position, it wouldn't add another RB on the roster or another RB on Game Day. We'd just carry 3 RB's instead of 4 and we'd still carry 2 RB's on Game Day. This is how McDermott operates. It is what it is. People need to get over it.

Oh, there's no way Walker would be there in Round 3. That's why I said I'd do backflips. I usually pick James Cook in Round 3 or Rachaad White or Zamir White in Round 4. When I saw Walker still on the board, I laughed.

If their plan is to replace Tyreek Hill with Skyy Moore and Laviska Shenault, have at it boys.

I would do backflips if this was our first 3 rounds 😆

Has anybody noticed getting a CB without reaching is WAY harder on The Draft Network than any other simulator?

I could see Olave. Williams and especially Wilson, no. London, Wilson, Williams will def be gone. But it wouldn't shock me if Treyvon Burks went before him and perhaps another surprise WR, as Dotson and Watson have been getting a lot of buzz as of late.

Garrett Wilson won't be there. I don't even think we can trade up high enough to sniff him. Olave could be, maybe. Fingers crossed on QB's going higher than expected, Treyvon Burks going before him, and maybe one or two of the WR's expected to go after him to be selected above him.

The interesting thing here is that with the 4 picks they have in the first 2 rounds, they can pretty much draft any WR they want with trade ups.

Efe is the embodiment of "just a guy". Great story and someone to root for. But virtually invisible outside of the Carolina game.

Oh man, I can easily foresee more controversial tweets in his future, attacking media and fans in standing up for Deshaun if he went to Cleveland.

I've heard some analysts alude to the fact that he wanted out of New York due in part to political reasons. I think he's more comfortable in his home state of Texas. Houston has a hole at Slot WR. I think that's where he ends up.

I don't think they look at things in terms of CB1 v. CB2. It's a starting CB. When they drafted Tre White in Round 1, I don't think they were thinking "we're only doing this bc he's a CB1". They just knew they needed a starting Corner. It wasn't until they saw how good he looked at Training Camp (as well as E.J. Gaines), that they made that decision and traded Ronald Darby. I also think they never put much into CB2 because Levi Wallace blew them away from his very first game and they felt comfortable with him for 4 seasons. But after watching Levi get lit up in relief of Tre and Dane Jackson not looking quite as well as he did in his rookie season, I believe they realized they need to have more than just one high quality CB if we are to face multiple high powered passing offenses en route to a Super Bowl. Especially after seeing what happens if Tre goes down with injury. My issue with waiting until Round 2 is there's a big dropoff in talent projection between the top 6 CB's and the next best. And all 6 will be taken by the time we pick at 57. I expect Gardner, Stingley, McDuffie, Booth, McCreary, and Elam to be off the board by 40.

It happens every year across the league. Like I said, we did it at DE last season. Green Bay did it with a CB at 29 last season as a Super Bowl favorite. We did it in 2017. 1st Rounders are generally starters and they go in the First Round because they are very talented. I don't get why you're having such a hard time accepting it? Especially when we had Levi Wallace back there last season and a 1st Rounder will, more likely than not, be an upgrade. And if they perform like Tre did in his rookie year when we took him at 27, an EXTREME upgrade. We don't have the money for a big time veteran via FA or Trade. It's something we could have done, but they valued Von Miller over that. Nor should we pay for one when we have Tre signed to big money on the other side already. This is the way.

We had the 30th overall starting at Defensive End in our Super Bowl push last year. The Packers started the 29th overall pick at Cornerback. And last season, we were starting journeyman Levi Wallace, who we let go with the expectation that we could get an upgrade at the position in the Draft.