BrianS

FWIW, our positional spending at QB is actually middle of the pack. 14th to be exact. It may not be as difficult to unload Bridgewater as we thought.

This is the thing with Jones. He's shown accuracy. He's shown touch. So has TB5. Jones has not shown an NFL arm. I agree, we don't necessarily need a Cam / Russell / Lamar Jackson / Kyler Murray / Patrick Mahomes type athlete to succeed in our offense. But we DO need an NFL arm. Someone to push the ball deep, fast and wide when it's called for. That doesn't appear to be Jones. My recollection of Herbert was the questions were all from the neck up.

Said it in another thread, I'll say it here. I think Trubisky is the next Tannehill. Those two have eerily similar career trajectories. People wrote them off because of their situation, instead of coldly assessing the facts. Trubisky is 25-13 since his rookie year. He's a 64% passer (higher since his rookie year). He throws twice as many TD's as INT's. Big arm. Get him a good QB coach, and I bet he shows up as the real deal. There's a player in there.

I don't think the Moton tag has a thing to do with Curtis. I think the pending re-signing of DJ Moore is a far bigger consideration. I'd much rather have DJ than Curtis, and as a team we cannot afford both. I love Curtis, and he came ahead leaps and bounds . . . THIS YEAR. How many times have we seen guys play out of their skin in a contract year, get paid and return to career norms thereafter? Too many. Do I think that's Curtis? Not necessarily, but man, it seems to happen on the regular. Someone is going to fall in love with Curtis, pay him way more than he's worth, and in all fairness, good for Curtis. I just don't want it to be us.

I mean, honestly? If it came down to Trubisky or Jones, I'd rather have Trubisky. Dude does have an arm at least. I think Trubisky has the potential to be another Ryan Tannehill. If you look at their career trajectories, they look pretty similar. I know not everyone loves Tannehill, but that dude is actually legit. He's not HoF caliber, but you can will a Super Bowl with him. Bear in mind, most of Tannehill's career was spent in the same division as the Patriots. I've seen a lot of folks knock Trubisky around here . . . but there's a guy there who is 25-13 since his rookie season. Throws twice as many TD's as INT's and completes 64% of his passes. Stop looking at his train wreck of a team and look at him. He definitely needs someone to help him smooth out his INT rate. He's all over the board with it, but there's a player there.

Good player, probably the right call. But what it seems to indicate is that we'll continue to look for our LT in the draft as opposed to FA. I can't see us paying two tackles 25+ per season. That just doesn't make sense for the rest of the roster.

It's pretty simple. The rules have made it much easier to play receiver. More and more receivers can get the job done. You'll still have your generational players, but the "good" receivers are becoming much more common.

Richard Sherman . . . has exactly what credentials to make that sort of assertion? Are we talking Richard Sherman the former Seahawks cornerback or is there a Richard Sherman who actually has some knowledge of scouting? Seems like a "who cares" moment to me.

Not a *(&$@ing soul. Tepper should stay the (*&@ away and let Rhule and Fitterer make football decisions.

I've often wondered how many of the guys who are paid in the top 10 at their position actually play in the top 10 at their position after their contract. It's frankly a little scary how many of them tail off.

This is the thing that has changed so much in the college game and caused so many issues with college QB's translating. The college game has so many one read systems in it now that QB's there just don't get the chance to learn how to quickly work through a progression. You really have to learn how to watch a college QB for traits without getting hung up in their statistics.

Hopefully he took care of his money. NFL players have the opportunity most of us never will to be set for life by the time they are 30. I hope he took it.

I like Zeitler a lot, but I am not sure we can afford him, even with the year being the way it is. He's above average to me . . . he's not quite at that Pro Bowl, All Pro level, but he's awful close. One of the least penalized IOL you'll ever want to see.

I'd certainly love to see us pick up an interior OL. Just an average NFL starter, not a star. Someone who can do a job for 2 or 3 years as we continue to rebuild our roster.

I believe Luke and Greg are the ones who will make it. I hope that Luke's short career isn't held against him because he was CLEARLY the best MLB to ever play the game. With Greg, he has the 5th most receiving yards by a TE. Three straight 1000 yard seasons. I don't think there should be any questions there. Cam is hard to predict. His passing stats are not even close to HoF, but his rushing was important. He's a QB. How does that get weighed? If they take his rushing yards and TD's into account, I think he gets in. If they don't, he won't make it. Kalil was a great Panther, but he isn't close to NFL HoF caliber. TD is just in a crowded room. Wilber Marshall, Cornelius Bennett, Lance Briggs, Bill Romanowski and Ken Norton JR are all in the same sort of area as TD and none are in the HoF.

I cannot believe we had all that talent and no ring to show for it. These guys deserved better. That's six Ring of Honor players right there, and probably two gold jackets.

This is why we can let Curtis walk. FWIW, Agent89 "only" managed 1200+ yards from scrimmage five times in his career.

There's a LOT of truth there. When you look at Tannehill's numbers, he actually IMPROVED under Gase as a QB. The team didn't succeed under Gase, but Tannehill learned and improved. I don't want either of the Sams - Darnold or Donaldson - as our QB, let alone give up anything to acquire them. The fact that they are willing to talk about it is a pretty good indication that they want to go QB, but can't figure out how to make that work.

This is where people go off course. None of these things bolded above are a skill set. Those are statistics. Skill set is things like ball velocity, arm strength, timing, anticipation, touch, accuracy, leadership, pocket presence, running, etc. Jones has shown: Touch, accuracy. That's what we know of his skill set. You know who else has those traits? TB5. Alex Smith. Yes, many QB's with touch and accuracy have won rings. But they also display many of the other traits I listed above.

The NFL brought this problem on themselves. They've continued to emphasis offense over defense, and every offense starts with the QB. It was much easier in the past to compete with an "average" QB, but you now need a "good" QB just to compete week in week out. The college game isn't preparing it's QB's for the NFL properly because of all the vastly simplified one read systems. One day we'll see a shift, I hope. I'd like to see teams at least have a chance without that super high level QB, mostly because there are so few of them.

Good player, but it's a luxury signing on a roster without a lot of room for luxury.

Mac Jones couldn't beat out Jalen Hurts or Tua . . . but is somehow better than Fields? The guy is .500 in games decided by less than two scores. He lost one last year, badly, to Auburn. He should have lost this year to Florida, but got bailed out by the Florida receivers. The guy just hasn't shown anything but good touch. That's it.

You say this all the time . . . but where is it coming from? Wilson has never missed a game. Wilson is 6-3, 210, BMI of 26.2. For comparitive purposes, Eli Manning was 6-5, 220, BMI of 26.1 and Alex Smith was 6-4, 217, BMI of 26.4. Neither of those guys had "durability issues". I don't get it man. He's not yet a college senior, yes, he could stand to put on a few pounds. What college prospect do you NOT say that about? Wilson may or may not succeed in the NFL, but it won't be due to durability.

Obvious troll is . . . obvious?

Bear in mind we're spoiled around here. So accustomed to absolute top notch LB's. Unfortunately, I don't think we're in a position to get one with our other needs so blatant. We've got to get off the field on third down. Our issues were largely just getting guys covered long enough for our pass rush to get home. Burns and Brown were nightmares for opposing offenses, but our coverage wasn't giving them that extra half second they needed. We've got to start by getting better coverage on the outside. Our defense would look a TON better if we could just give our pass runs another half second to second. A LB just isn't going to do that for us.