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He is our best WR by a good margin. I kind of want him to stay, but if he gets us the right return I get it. Robby needs to be traded, but his contract is too high.

One could argue the Bengals/Cards/Bills didn’t have that until they found their QB. I do get what you are saying though.

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Mariotta did, but he had been healthy these past two years as a backup (not really playing). Plus you won’t find a perfect candidate as a FA.

If we draft and sign OL, I kind of like Mariotta or Mitch running the show until we draft one to learn under them next year.

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Rivers is about to come out of retirement and get a huge check to play for us…

Huh? Why? I don’t want to give up what it would take for him given his age, but if we did they would definitely have my attention.

Just trust the Appaloosa!

Hey he could probably pick what coach he wanted if he came here. However as a fan I don’t really want him on our team. Before these allegations I was all in, 3 firsts, CMC, Burns whatever it took. Not so much anymore…

Neal and BC on the left with Moton and FA/Brown/late pick on the right with Elf in the center would be a huge jump with our new OL coach. Brown and Neal in general would add so much weight/power on the line. It would also help CMC have cleaner holes and take less hits.

We really don’t need a LB or Safety with our top 10 pick. I get he is going to be great, but by the time we actually fix our offense Burns, Chinn, Horn etc are going to want to get paid. If one of the big 3 LTs makes it to us, it should be easy…

What about 77.4% 42 TDs to 4 INTs? Mac Jones against really good competition. Seriously though, if Burrow is the bar we might never draft a QB…

There is no way to know that. Joe and Kyler were predicted to go one, the others had red flags that made some drop. It just takes one team to like the prospect and take the risk. Bills took a risk with Allen that paid off, Bears with Mitch that did not. Lamar went late in the first to a pretty established team.

Yep the GOAT was graded not so well.. Mahomes, Allen, Herbert, and Jackson all had red flags.

OP isn’t saying we pay Sam to a huge deal. If Sam plays serviceable and our team is improving there us a chance he could get signed to an average contract. It would also put us out of range for Young/Stroud/and other top prospect. We could basically become what the Colts are. Is that good or bad? I’m not sure…

Yeah I read that rumor too, but he seemed eager to learn when we signed him. I haven’t written him off yet. He came in injured mid season. I think Horn will keep a fire lite under him and will see if he can put it all together this year or not.

Better late than never right? I agree 100% though.

Yeah either Sam makes a big leap with better OL (which I don’t see happening) or BC shines at LT, we hit on a FA OL, and acquire a QB through trade or draft that shows promise… (which I also don’t see happening). Not impossible, but it doesn’t look good at all…

His hiring of of staff this time around has been refreshing. It does appear (if it is him making these hires) he is learning from his mistakes. With that says he would need a really solid year to not be fired after year 3. Too many better coaches are only given 2 years. I just don’t see how he can upgrade this line AND get a better QB this year and that’s probably going to be what it takes…

We have too many needs to throw money at him. Let him walk with Gilmore and Jackson. We can look at OL, MLB, and FS in Free Agency while letting younger guys like Burns, YGM, Horn, and Henderson develop.

I mean no one is expecting us to draft a rookie QB and win the Super Bowl next year. The question is can we build a team around one of these QBs that can make us competitive enough to compete every year and have a shot at winning it all.

If Cross, Icky, or Neal are there at 6 it would be hard not to pick them. If not, I think it’s wide open for QB or trade down or who knows.

If one of the big 3 LT fall to us, I would think we would have to take one. If not trade down if possible, if we can’t then maybe we look at QBs.

Whoops. Nice catch (not Caldwell, you)!