Core Players Who Will be Here for Super Bowl Run

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

8 hours ago, bills6969 said:

We would’ve lost to the Rams I’ve convinced myself of it

Or Cincinnati - who beat the chiefs 

[SirAndrew]

9 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Diggs is only 29 and just signed a 4 year extension. He's here for at least 3-4 more years.

True, but I’d be curious to see how many elite WR’s have been over 30 in recent memory. It seems like receivers used to have longer careers. Wearing out around 30 appears very common these days. You don’t see the Jerry Rice, Tim Brown, James Lofton type players as often.

[The Jokeman]

9 hours ago, BananaB said:

McD has countlessly put the development of young players on the side for mediocre vets. It’s the reason we struggled on DLine for years and it’s about to be the reason we struggle on the back end for years.   

Because Benford is a bum? Rapp might return long term as looks like this is Poyer's last year. The doom and gloom on this board is maddening after losses. As everyone was crying over our OL last season but appears we shored that up this off-season.

[Matt_In_NH]

I agree with you but 13 seconds was just an opportunity to play the AFCC at home.  Nothing more  No guarantees.  People say I know this or that would have happened.  Wrong it was just a ticket to the next game.  

[Gunsgoodtime]

At this pace we won't have any core players left after injuries

[DrDawkinstein]

1 hour ago, SirAndrew said:

True, but I’d be curious to see how many elite WR’s have been over 30 in recent memory. It seems like receivers used to have longer careers. Wearing out around 30 appears very common these days. You don’t see the Jerry Rice, Tim Brown, James Lofton type players as often.

 

DHop, Antonio Brown, heck Julian Edelman played until he was 35 and he took massive shots across the middle. Larry Fitzgerald. Chad Johnson.

 

AJ Green and Julio Jones slowed down a bit but both played until ~34.

 

Diggs as a route specialist will be able to last in this league, especially since he's smart about not taking hits.

[MJS]

12 hours ago, bills6969 said:

We would’ve lost to the Rams I’ve convinced myself of it

Or the Bengals the next week?

[SirAndrew]

5 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

DHop, Antonio Brown, heck Julian Edelman played until he was 35 and he took massive shots across the middle. Larry Fitzgerald. Chad Johnson.

 

AJ Green and Julio Jones slowed down a bit but both played until ~34.

 

Diggs as a route specialist will be able to last in this league, especially since he's smart about not taking hits.

That’s fair, I’m just not convinced Diggs has more than two elite seasons at best. I looked up the guys you mention out of curiosity, and many played into their thirties, but their elite years were gone. DHop is only 31, and has only played half seasons the past few years. He’s still a great talent, but elite years are behind him. AB was great with Brady in TB, but didn’t play a full season, and was more of a contributor than elite go to guy. His last elite season was in 2018. Diggs does everything for this offense, and four years additional years of that would be something very few have done. Fitzgerald might be the best example. 

[major]

13 hours ago, bills6969 said:

We would’ve lost to the Rams I’ve convinced myself of it

We would have beaten the rams. I believe we would have beaten Tampa bay the year before as well in the Super Bowl. We should have been back to back champs 

[fridge]

McDermott has never won any trust back for me after 13 seconds. Games like the one on Sunday just continue to show me that he's a liability with game managing. Could it be worse? Sure, Nathaniel Hackett exists. But, for everything that McDermott has proven as both a leader and a defensive genius, he has shown to simply lack when it comes to crucial in-game decisions. He makes blunders that we have to overcome, especially when he decides to be conservative despite having one of the more explosive QB's in NFL history.