ForJimmy

Everyday he’s hustlin’

I say let him play LT this year. If he is still elite there, then pay him like it. If not, he gets RT money. It’s not like we have a better option at LT and as mentioned earlier, we can always tag him again.

Our cap is actually pretty good the next few years. Yeah Brown was an option, we just didn’t want to lose the draft picks. Erving is nothing more than a resort/depth player IMO. There was no LT worth taking at 8 (we wanted Sewell) many believe Slater a RT/guard. We drafted another option in the 3rd round in Christensen. Like I said CMC’s contract has nothing to do with us not getting a LT. They are just hard to come by and we have whiffed a bunch trying. We could have maybe traded up for Sewell, but who knows if the Lions were willing (they seemed very excited to get him) and what that would cost. So we threw money at Kalil, signed a vet in Oher, drafted Little, and now drafted Christensen. It’s not getting ignored, we just keep missing like many other teams in the league.

Who are we signing for our line with all this money CMC is wasting? We need a LT and teams with good ones at reasonable ages don’t let them walk. They just aren’t available. We whiffed on Little, Khalil, and Oher trying to address it and that’s the issue. I really don’t think it has much to do with CMC’s contract. Can you name an elite LT that was available, but we couldn’t afford? It’s almost like saying we can’t sign an elite QB because CMC’s salary is too high. If there was one available, we would make it work….

We had a lot of needs and cap issues when Rhule took over. It’s going to take some patience, but a lot of people don’t have very much. I understand it’s entertainment and we all want them to win and win now, but that’s not always realistic.

It’s an obvious rebuild with the owner says it before the season. He told everyone “we are in a building process” to establish sustained success…. His letter to the fans stated “it won’t happen overnight and to be patient” yet people are getting upset at a losing season the very next year. He even hired a coach that specializes in rebuilding programs. A not obvious rebuild would be trading for older vet players and paying a lot of money because we want to win now.

There is movement in my pants whenever he does a pancake block.

I get it, but he is still a bit of an unknown because of how he plays the game. Almost just as much WR as RB. Will that increase his shelf life? Who knows? Also he just turned 25 last month (and barely played last year) with us going into year two of the “rebuild”. So in year 4-5 he will be 27/28 when we should be in the playoffs making a push (in theory). Unless a team is giving up a poo ton for him I don’t see a reason to trade him…

Have you seen our dead cap hit? Our cap was a mess when this new staff took over. It’s not a one or two year process to repair that, lose our core players, and address all of our roster weaknesses. We didn’t feel there was a QB worth drafting in this class at 8 so we used less resources and gambled on another young QB to groom (Darnold). Like it or not that’s the decision we made. People are getting confused about how this works. Most teams aren’t going to ditch every single player of value to rebuild a roster. The older players like Olsen are given the option to leave and compete. Players that have bad contracts like KK are cut. Young playmakers like CMC are built around and developed with the roster. It’s a business and you still have to sell your product/tickets. Right now CMC, Moton, and DJ Moore are the foundation for the offense.

And we lost our best pass rusher, Luke, Cam, and Bradberry while signing a new coach with one of the youngest rosters in the league in which the owner/staff is telling us fans it’s a 6 year process. Yet here you are upset we had a losing season in year one….

Yeah it’s year 2 of an obvious rebuild…

Yes if he could covert INTs into TDs he would be a lot better and if Winston could, he would be the GOAT.

You just got sizzled!

If it is, then I don’t want to be right…

Sam Darnold Darnolded less than he normally Darnolds last year.

Take that 28-32!!

Aside from the random poster trolling on here, it’s safe to say we have something special in Burns. Our team has invested a lot in this defensive line and I have a feeling it’s about to start paying off. YGM, Burns, and Brown are the young guys loaded with talent and we added Jones and Reddick for some talented veteran leadership. When they start gelling we really have the potential to be one of the top units this year.

You expect him to be on the “all time” list while on his rookie contract? Man you must be hard to impress…

People need to be more patient after one year of a rebuild. Our roster was gutted and we had a first year coach with a bunch of rookies. 5-11 was a solid record all things considered. I mean 7 teams (over a fifth of the league) had a worse year…

25.1 points allowed and 360 yards out us right in the middle of the league. With our talent, that would be overachieving in my books.

I mean we had a 5th round rookie in Roy playing significant minutes with YGM, and Brown both being rookies (I know they were higher picks, but there is still a learning curve). If the RB gets past the line there were Whitehead and a another rookie in Chinn on the next level. I honestly think he had no other option than to play it soft and let the young players develop.

I get what you are saying, but he had no other option than to try to keep everything in front of our young guys and hope for a turnover or missed play by the other team. At one time we had SO3, Franklin, Pride, Roy, YGM, Brown, and Chinn all on the field as rookies plus Whitehead in the middle and Boston whiffing on tackles. When DJax was hurt that defense had no business stopping an NFL offense from a talent standpoint.

I swear I had a couple trolls on here telling me Darnold made him look bad…