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Exactly. I'm still team LT this draft, but if we're deadset on a rookie QB, go get Baker for less value and let him get rocked this year while we fix our OL over the next 18 months and let the rookie develop.

Now Colin is saying Brown's going after Watson. I'd much rather us go get Baker and keep our 6th than mortgage the future for Watson and give away young defensive players

It's surprising to me we haven't yet come up with a way for owners to pay players directly. Something that clearly is against the rules, but we know everyone does... I guess akin to Alabama, Ole Miss, Texas etc paying players in college prior to NIL. Gotta imagine someone like Tepper would be happy to pay Watson out of his pocket to get him to take a "team friendly deal". Ticket sales and increase of the franchise valuation would make up for it pretty easily, gotta imagine. In a hypothetical like that, who cares what you give up in the draft, you can just go overspend in FA and fill all the holes with those picks you gave up. Now that I really think about it, it sucks we have the richest owner in the league but can't really use that to any advantage.

Okay I'm assuming you're purposely trolling at this point. There's no way you can be this dense.

We already gave you two? The Seahawks and the Chiefs both did it. Common denominator? Star rookie QB on that first contract. Again, see Bengals. I'm too lazy to look it up, but in the last 10 years who has won a Super Bowl besides Brady/Manning/Rookie deal QB... Stafford this year? Flacco maybe?

Like I mentioned in my original post... They jumped forward a few years because they drafted one of the best QBs in the league who seems to be on an easy HoF trajectory. So they went from a 4-5 rebuild to a 2-3 because of how good Burrow is

that's exactly what rebuilding is? They fired their coach and figured out what they had the first year while knowing they'd be awful while hoarding cap space and high value draft picks (what we should have done instead of getting Teddy). Let the new coach pick his QB with the pick year 2, sucked that year. I think everyone will agree they jumped a year or two because of how good Burrow is, but that is textbook rebuilding.

This is just so wrong imo. An in the box safety just doesn't have nearly the amount of value as a pass rushing DE. I love Chinn, but even a Burns who is elite pass rusher/below average run is a more valuable piece

To be fair, so did Burrow

You’re thinking too small. These restructures and cuts add up

I don’t understand this move at all unless we have something big brewing like a Russel trade?

Ugh. Only way I do this if it’s a 1:1 swap for Sam. We get rid of Sam’s contract and have the space to take on a bigger one, Vikings get cap relief. I wouldn’t give any picks

No. Hence why I said go look at his numbers this year.

I wouldn’t sleep on Wentz. Go look at his numbers this year with a garbage WR room, they’ll surprise you. People forget he was an injury away in the late late regular season from winning the MVP. We should have gotten him over Darnold last year

10-7 and a wild card loss

Would love him on a trade back. If we’re at 6 with all QBs on the board you gotta get out of that pick, it has too much value with all the holes we have. Or don’t get cute and take best LT

Im not convinced yet, but do have a little faith this is smoke. We’ve seen this off-season someone is forcing Rhule to make decent decisions like hiring actual NFL coaches instead of his buddies. If he has lost full authority with coaches, he may have also with personnel, and this could be Scott just building excitement for that pick. We know he loves to trade back, and if Pickett ends up the QB1 after the combine, and he’s there at 6, that pick has way more value.

Now compare this to all the QBs coming out this year and take the one most opposite

I mean not a huge splash, but damn someone with prior NFL experience at the spot? I know the bar is low here but sounds like a decent hire. I was fully expecting one of Rhule's buddies

Tepper, go make him say no.

My pitch? Top 5 defense (PFF), elite WR1 and RB1, will use first round pick on OL and another big name OL in free agency, fire Rhule and new coach you like. I don't even know if we have the money or assets but that's where I'd start

One thing I do like is he's a QB coach by nature. If we are rolling with Sam next year just please god go draft the top OL with our pick and hopefully Ben can make something out of Sam

100%. Getting the most important position locked down for 10+ years is worth 3 1st round draft picks, anyone saying otherwise isn't thinking it through. I do agree tho it depends on how you define franchise QB.. My definition is Matthew Stafford level playing at that level for 10 years. So I wouldn't trade 3 1st round picks for Russ because he's probably in his prime or right past it already. I would do it for Mahomes, Allen, Herbert etc.

See, this doesn't bother me. I'd like a HC who is fine with moving on from someone because he can't get the job done, regardless of how good a guy he is. Not saying Tua is horrible or anything, but Flores knows he probably isn't winning a SB with Tua as the QB. Rhule on the other hand will try to save face with another season of Sam

This is absurd. I've lost almost all respect for Tepper here. Do the right thing and pull the trigger. Go cut Flores a check