All Activity

I rest my case.

Should get plenty of push up the middle with Derrick, Ashawn and Bobby B. That makes an Edge's job much easier since QB's don't have a pocket to step up in. Couple that with a few A gap blitzes with LBs and Safeties, and QBs should be flushed out like Duck Hunt.

Allen and Burrow simply play in the AFC where the torched basically went Brady to Mahomes. They already make their teams Super Bowl "contenders". Both have proven their play is good enough to overcome all sorts of issues whether it be bad line play, bad D, weak support or whatever. And they would be in the NFC....where the Brady/Mahomes issue of the AFC doesn't exist.

The only problem with waiting is it gets you the Jordan Fuller and Nick Scotts of the world. Don't need another one of those.

There is no non-QB that would make this squad Super Bowl contenders. Mahomes, Lamar, Allen or Burrow IMO are the only options.

Vets aren't in any hurry to sign and teams want to see younger guys in OTAs first anyway. Not signing a guy today by no means indicates they won't sign someone before TC

I don’t think the issue here is that your perspective isn’t being understood. It’s clear imo - you’re suggesting that the front office should intentionally weaken the roster by offloading talent in exchange for future assets. If I'm misreading that, then disregard the rest because then that puts the disconnect on my side of the court. But I believe the actual disconnect comes from the way it is being presented... as if tanking is always the optimal path forward. That framing overlooks very real consequences: financial losses from a disengaged fanbase, damage to team culture (say what you want about "culture-building" wins, but this team looks more united than it has since the Super Bowl run), and the difficulty in attracting/retaining talent when players don’t believe they’ll get a fair shot to compete during their already-limited careers. Not every organization is in a position to go full teardown and when they gamble on the future at the expense of the present, they risk more than draft position... they risk credibility.

Exactly. We have almost $20M in cap. We are definitely signing another safety and probably CB. May not be until TC or beyond to see what we have with some younger guys, but Dan Morgan has stated multiple times they're not through in free agency

The bills have been contenders for years they just haven't gotten over the hump, the bengals were just recently in the super bowl. I think you have SB winners and SB contenders confused

lol at “everyone” gets a chance at No. 1

I don’t understand why any GM would just sit tight at ANY position and not at least try to improve it within the constraints of the cap. The teams who do that kind of stuff are the ones who you see play in January and February. The hornets-style “kick the can down the road for 35 years” teams are always losers.

This team ain't set at safety. One injury could mean Scott gets significant playing time. Nothing good would come of that. Nothing.

Derrick Brown, Jaycee Horn, Trevon Moehrig and maybe Josey Jewell could all start on most teams in the NFL. Then there are proven starters from other orgs like Bobby Brown and Ashawn Robinson. This defense isn't that lacking in talent now. All they'd need is another safety and a pass rusher to step up and it's pretty solid overall. Barring injuries, EE has no excuses. They should be a middle-of-the-pack D.

I think RT will be stronger than FS even if Moton goes down

I figured it wouldn’t be a home game because of soccer and the college football kickoff

The position that still bothers me is OT. Moton's knee means BC or Nijman play RT. (Or Cade Mays--people don't realize this, but he played some T in college, is 6'5" and has over 34 inch arms. Ok, back to safety. I think we are set until camp reveals more.

According to a jags insider Panthers at Jacksonville week one

I think--and this is wild speculation based on their comments and decisions--that a free safety type may not see the field unless they go dime. At which time, I see how a FS could be very valuable.

IDK, the NFL will want to showcase Cam Wards debut. But I've also seen rumors that the Titans will open against Denver, not NO.

I'm impressed with the way Tillis is structuring the books. The team is currently spending more on non-premium positions like iOL and S, but that’s because they’ve got rookie deals locked in at several key premium spots: QB: Bryce Young LT: Ikem Ekwonu EDGE: Nic Scourton, Princely Umanmielen WR: Tetairoa McMillan, Xavier Legette, Jalen Coker The only veterans at those premium positions on second contracts are Taylor Moton, Adam Thielen, and the recently extended Jaycee Horn. Given that setup, it makes sense to allocate bigger dollars toward non-premium roles - especially if those pieces support the development and success of the younger core. Investing in iOL helps our young QB. Strengthening the DL helps both of our young EDGE guys and our high-paid CB. I can see the vision. Fingers crossed that it works!

I don’t know why the tanking concept is not understood. Coaches and players are not involved at all. It’s always the front office. If we had actually traded players like we should have back in 2022, we would have effectively tanked and gotten a better pick than 9 so we lost all the draft picks to get Young. We traded CMC. We should have traded Burns for the haul and taken GB’s offer of a 1st for Moore. We could have easily traded anyone else. We see it in every sport, every year. Trade deadlines where bad teams give up current assets for future assets. Unfortunately, we were stupid and decided we only wanted to trade CMC for peanuts even though we clearly had a plan to go after Young. We were dumb and there is no way you can tell me that we shouldn’t have tanked via trading away Burns, Moore and anyone else. We’d be a much better team right now had we had a fire sale and tanked the 2022 season. Trading away your top players for future draft picks or prospects (baseball) is tanking. Shoeless Joe and the black Sox is not tanking. That’s point shaving/betting on your sport/team. Again, I just don’t get why this concept is so hard to get when MLB, NFL and NBA teams trade players for future assets every single year and usually end up with better draft slots (or at least odds since Hornets never win the lottery).

I easily believe the lottery is rigged. Dallas trades Luka to the Lakers to keep an aging Lakers relevant and surprise, beats the 1.8% odds. San Antonio has to be one of the luckiest stories and of course they got a big man after their history of big men (Robinson and Duncan). Cleveland gets LeBron. Sucks yet again for the Hornets losing ground on the odds to miss out on Flagg and even the easy top 3.

We still need a proven commodity at FS in my opinion. Toss em a couple shekels and let's go

There have been other lines assembled in NFL history every bit as good as what the Eagles, but very few have had a RB perform like Barkley. Barkley was a threat to put 6 on the board every time he touched the ball. An RB touches the ball 20+ times a game. It changes the entire complexion of the game. 3rd downs are easier, drives are extended, defense stays rested and opponents play from behind all game. Barkley and that line is what got them there. Defense is the icing. Let the defense play 40 minutes and see how good they look. Hurts tried his best to give us the game last season. I can’t drink his cool aide.