DrDawkinstein

This must be the most difficult decision Beane has faced, because similar but opposite of you, I have been staunchly against re-signing him the last 4 years, but have changed my tune after this season. Edmunds play, and the fog of his responsibilities, makes it almost impossible for us to properly decide whether it is worth re-signing him or not. Couple that with the "what ifs" that pop up when discussing using that money on Offense instead. But there are no guarantees Beane will spend on Offense even if Edmunds walks. So... I have no clue.

"Blacked out", aka high as fuuuuuuuuuuuuu Glad you're all good and didnt crash or even worse, end up in Alabama

Good or nah?

The 5/$100M deal Roquan Smith just signed has his cap hits as $9M and $13M the first 2 years because of the long term deal. Edmunds will likely sign a 5 or 6 year deal as well. So even if it is for $120M, his cap hit in 2023 should be under $10M. I urge everyone to take a good look at the structure of the Smith deal as an example of how we could bring Edmunds back cheaper than what he cost us this past year. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/roquan-smith-25103/

Same way they gave it up last time we played TB. Being young and not playing D, and playing against a very experienced, talented team. But man, that ending in OT... Electrifying! Funny because Razor was just talking up Bushkin after the commercial break and saying what a great game he was having, and then a minute later there he goes on the breakaway. Yep, the amount of Hockey coverage available on ESPN+ has me watching Hockey every single night. (That and the fact the Sabres are fun to watch again) Major change from the last decade where I barely saw a single game. Going into this 3 game stretch, I thought if we got 1 pt out of Leafs/Lightning and could pull off a win in Miami then it would be a successful series. The Leaf game stunk but last night made up for it, and hopefully we can pull one off against the Panthers tonight!

lol, Who?

I have no idea what Wagner would go for at this stage of his career. Just saying, if the argument is that "Wagner would be cheaper" it would have to be a reeeeeally cheap deal because Edmunds will get a much longer term with much smaller hits upfront.

We should be able to re-sign Edmunds with a hit of about $9M this year. Would need to get Wagner under that when he was set to have a $12M cap hit this year. If we can get him on a 3/$30M with a $7M cap hit this year, then maybe.

Possible, sure. Especially with no agent or anyone else guiding him with these business decisions. Hope he saw that recent Le'Veon Bell interview where he said holding out and sitting out was the biggest mistake of his life and he shouldve just signed the Steelers original offer. If Ravens tag him and he sits out, it's all downhill. I still think they tag him and ultimately trade him to Atlanta tho. And Arthur Blank WILL give him $275M all guaranteed. See above. I think tag and trade is what ultimately happens. Just theorizing on what else they could do. That new OC throws an interesting wrinkle in. I do disagree that he controls everything. He controls himself and whether he plays or not. But the team has options too.

If I'm Baltimore, I'm tagging Lamar and telling him to come play 1 more year with the new OC, and if it goes well, I'll give him $300M all guaranteed. And if not, we'll let him hit FA and never tag him again.

You would think so, but due to the predatory nature that Education Financing has taken on, a LOT of people still have major debts after working for 10, 20 years. The system is way broken. The debt is already off the federal books. Just wipe em out. I'll stop there to keep this off PPP. Congrats @Johnny Hammersticks!!

You say it yourself, QB play. Can't knock him on pure stats. They dont tell the story. Our 1st wouldnt be my first offer. Just sayin, if that's what it took, I don't think there will be a rookie WR available at 27 who is just as good. My goal is to get one WR and two IOL from the first 3 rounds. If there isnt an IOL worth taking at 27, and none of the rookie WRs available look like a sure thing, we could do worse than get Jeudy.

There is no smoke. There is no fire. This is just some dust being kicked up by bored analysts needing something to talk about in the doldrums of the offseason.

No.

PS players need to work year round.

I dont think Bienemy gets the HC job just because he's OC when Reid retired. Heck, I think Nagy would have a better shot at it.

The Falcons have put a ton of resources into acquiring, developing, and promoting Lindstrom and McGary as the anchors of their OL both drafted in the 1st round of the 2019 draft. They have the 2nd most cap space. Those guys arent leaving Atlanta.

Heard Jerry Jeudy might be back on the block soon, although I'd be surprised at Payton dumping O talent. Either way, I'd trade our 1st for him.

Sumthins f$%ky

LOL. Source: I feel it in my plums

I'm into it more now than ever before in my life, but I'd still consider myself a casual fan at best. I dont have a specific team, or even favorite player. But I really like how the league is run in general, as it pertains to player behavior, fairness to players, etc, so I started watching. Almost easier without having a team, same way I watch College Football. Dont have to live or die with a performance and can tune in and out as I want. I like that there is a must-see star on pretty much every team, so I can put on whatever random game is on and see someone doing something interesting.

From what I was just reading, offseason tests arent random.

Even with hindsight, I am still taking Deebo Samuel and AJ Brown before Metcalf. There is a LOT to second guess from every GM in the 2019 draft.

FAKE

Things dont change much