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If we had a good GM we would have way more cap space. Unfortunately Fitt restructured CMC's contract, and then traded him which is idiotic. We're now on the hook in 2023 for 18.3 million dollars for CMC.

And when he came out to rest our pass rush instantly improved. I thought they benched him for a moment.

Burns was shut down 1v1. Teams notice that. It matters.

Coaches watched him do nothing in the TB game?

All along I've been saying that 2023 was the year that we take a QB in the first round. I said it when we got Baker, and even before that. This is it. There are 4 very good QB prospects in this draft, and I think one of them is going to fall in our lap at 9th. I'd rather not trade up, but we don't have enough information yet anyway. It's still early in the process.

Man I wish would have taken the Rams offer. The Bears won't do this deal.

There is some talk about going to a 3-4 and drafting a certain DT.

Siaki Ika shows up in the mocks a lot. Is anything confirmed that we are going to 3-4?

Busted coverage then. And then busted coverage again when we should be looking for another deep shot to Evans. Just a mess.

But also to be fair we had the dumbest QB in the NFL, so some of it falls on the players.

Anyone remember in he TB game thread to go to the playoffs, when I called out that the Bucs were going to go deep to Mike Evan because we had no safety help over the top? And then I said they were about to do it again, and they immediately did it again, and we still didn't have safety help? Just dumb stuff like that. Or McAdoo calling run plays that always required Ian Thomas to block, but we all knew full well he couldn't block any better than an undersized WR. We just had the dumbest team last season.

I think a lot of fans knew something was wrong with our play calling and overall game plans. The only time we looked good was when we kept it simple and just physically overwhelmed a weaker team. I remember on game days screaming in the game thread things we were doing wrong and I'm just a fan. I can only image how easy other good teams found it to play us.

And never forget about Fitt sitting at his round table with his scouts talking about how great Sam Darnold could be if we traded for him. They don't have a clue. Their next pick at QB might pan out, but it would be a lucky guess.

Fitt and our scouts don't have a clue which top QB prospect will make it in the NFL, if any. Their past guesses didn't pan out. Our new HC brought in a lot of QBs after Luck left, and it got him fired because they didn't pan out either if memory serves. My point is stay put if you want to take a QB. Don't go throwing away future first round picks on your wild damn guess. Spend our 1 first round pick on a QB, or pick up one in the second round, that way if Fitt and is scouts are dead wrong again we have another 1st round pick coming up to take another shot.

I don't want us trading up for undersized Young, or potential major flop Will Levis. Stay put if you want Levis especially.

Based on the mock draft simulations and current player valuations I'd say we're looking at a high probability of taking a QB in the first, and a TE in the second or third round. But of course the player valuations will change between now and the draft.