SmokinwithWilly

His agent was his mom. She may have had his best interests at heart but was completely out of her element negotiating a massive NFL contract. If LJ had hired an agent day 1 he would already have been paid.

Watching what's happened with LJ is a lesson to every other player about trying to do it yourself with a mega contract and what not to do. He has botched this just about every way possible.

The fact we went into FA without having to guess how many former Rhule players would be making the roster this year was a relief.

What til they get to enjoy "The Process". Matt may be a good college coach but that OOU BS doesn't work in the NFL.

I always thought it was worth discussing if the terms were favorable and it gave a rookie QB a chance to transition similar to what Mahomes did. They weren’t even close to favorable, so yeah, we’re better off with him in NO.

The topic was always about team building, and we disagreed drastically, especially about Lamar and Rodgers. Its all good. The sad part in all of this is how severely Lamar has hurt himself by not getting an agent. Going for a rookie QB has always been the best option as long as we didn’t ridiculously overpay, which we didn’t. Now it’s just a matter of getting it right.

Carr was never worth what he got paid. These FA contracts are getting ridiculous.

Don't you have a birthday party to go to?

Also for whatever reason, Arthur Smith decided he didn't need to be part of the offense. I thought he may have been on the outs or something with the coaches or staff by how much he was being neglected. If he's being used that little again this year, a trade next offseason might not be a bad thing if we could somehow get past that whole division rival thing.

A 6 Oz steak is an appetizer

Porterhouse. Extra ketchup.

It's also possible we may be waiting until during the draft to acquire a player for a pick. We saw a couple WRs move last season, so we may be hoping to do something like that and spend a little less in draft capital depending on who falls to our pick.

I get what you're saying now. Sometimes reading it doesn't make it come across the same way as it was meant.

Fitts has never gotten to pick his QB. He always had to go get the reclamation project Rhule wanted. The only QB he did pick Rhule never even tried to develop.

Fitt didn't pick Teddy, that was Hurney 2.0. He did go get Darnold and Baker at Rhules request. Baker was worth it for a 5th. Darnold cost more because Rhule had already played his hand with T2G and we were desperate. Corral just went to show Rhule had no interest in actually developing a QB.

I'm not drunk enough to understand this.

It's all due diligence. Even if we're not interested, someone else could be and willing to make us a ridiculous offer to get to 1. Half of what we do is real, half is smokescreen, half is misdirection and the other half is a lie.

If Fitts somehow managed to pull something like this off, he would reach immortal GM status in his 3rd year. The only real hangup would be negotiating LJ contract.

He had his moments when he could come off that way. But he played for us and I really don't give a poo how many opposing banners he ripped down.

And if the Panthers select Young, and the Texans were sure we were taking Stroud, then the Texans will have failed to do their due diligence and will be doing typical Texans things. Even if you have no desire for Stroud, you send guys to watch because other teams are watching you. Can't get someone to trade up for Stroud when they can pay a little less to move to the Cards spot because of a panic reach for Levis or AR. Just bad strategy overall it looks like.

We're going to force feed Shi Smith into a 2k/25 TD year then trade him for the #3 pick.

All the QBs will be gone by the 1st pick.

The other thing I think it shows to is the level of dedication to being prepared. Some guys show up and rely on physical ability alone. Others show up after weeks of training tweaking little things to give them a tenth of a second better result in the 40, or a smoother shuttle, etc. Those aren't things you can't really measure but show in how a prospect performs.

It's hard to hit on WR when our entire coaching history hasn't come to the realization that the NFL is all about the offense. Steve Smith got it done because of a chip on his shoulder the size of Baltimore.