SmokinwithWilly

Without hesitating as long as Ekwonu is off the board. If he's there still, he's the pick. At 16, I'm taking Linderbaum, 19 is Green.

Maybe on Madden

Even if all the civil and criminal stuff gets settled, his behavior isn't magically going to stop. Part of bringing Watson here would be accepting the real possibility this could happen again and he could be suspended permanently. 3 1sts and high end starters for someone that could be out of the league at any time? That's Russian roulette with your teams future. No thanks.

The better question is why would any team want to pay this? If he had zero baggage, ok. But with 10 criminal counts pending and his civil case being a PR nightmare, how in the world do you fork over that kind of collateral with zero assurances in the contract that he gets to play? The only reason Goodell didn't put him on the exempt list is he didn't have to because the Texans had no intentions of playing him. When the press and activists get involved he'll have no choice but to put him on the exempt list until a thorough investigation has been concluded.

Owed $156M, 22 civil and 10 criminal complaints. Likely would cost 3 1sts a couple 2nds or players. PR nightmare. Sounds like the exact move Rhule would make to try and save his job. Week 1 PJ Walker starts because Watson has been put on the exempt list while Goodell tries to do the "right thing" because we actually planned to play him, unlike Houston.

That's what I'm really afraid of. If/when we ever do get rid of Rhule, how in the world are we ever going to entice a promising HC candidate with no draft picks, cap, or assets.

I don't disagree with you there, it's just who do you take and who do you trust Rhule and company to take? None of the QBs are worth pick 6. Linderbaum feels like the safest pick unfortunately and I don't want to hamstring the next coach if we somehow manage to get rid of Rhule.

I don't think it falls off that hard, it's just positional value. Franchise centers can be had in round 2.

If he's the best player on your board and you can't trade down for picks, you take him there. Don't worry though, we're taking Pickett. A rookie QB gets Rhule a mulligan for year 3.

We're a contender for the 1st draft pick. Does that count?

Over/under. We go into 2022 offseason with 15 players with some sort of Rhule connection from Temple or Baylor.

Could we not have picked up an UDFA TE that only blocks for league minimum?

I agree. If we don't go Linderbaum, I don't know where we'll go. It depends on how foolish we are in FA.

The best answer I have is we have to see what is done in FA before the draft. Personally I'd like to move down to mid teens or 20 and take Linderbaum there, but if we have no takers at 6 for trade, if Linderbaum checks all the boxes, take him there.

If everything points to the team headed for disaster, the most sense would be to get rid of the guy driving the train over a cliff.

Irving and Elfein send their best wishes.

This move was made in an effort to secure the number 1 pick in 2023 to the Vikings for Cousins.

2 DBs from injury by laying down before the 1st down marker.

I'd take Ricky Vaughn without glasses over Sam Darnold. Still a better chance of throwing it to our guys.

Waste our 1st round draft pick to buy Rhule 2 more yesrs

Ian Thomas 3 yr 16.5m. Yep, that's going to bring the fans to the stands.

If Fitts wants to work in the NFL after he's eventually fired by the Panthers with Rhule, he better knock this poo off.

This would get Rhule to at least year 5 and I can't even think how far into the toilet he can take the team by then