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2 hours ago, joemac said:

Wait a minute - since when is Jared Goff being talked about being traded?

Since OP wants us to save the Rams from their terrible mistake of paying him like a legit starter, apparently. 

Stafford would be a huge upgrade over Bridgewater.

If they ask for a Day 3 pick, as it's essentially a salary dump while the new GM rebuilds their roster, I'm all over it. 

7 minutes ago, SazmoRanger said:

All this is true, I’m not sure your point? Subject isn’t questioning CMC, his worth, and his contract. The subject is would you trade Watson for CMC. Would be an easy yes for me. 

I'd trade my Alfa Romeo for a Ferrari too.

Doesn't mean the Ferrari dealership would accept that trade. The Texans will want A BOATLOAD of picks if Watson forces their hand. They're not looking to take on expensive contracts, not when they're already eating Watson's dead money. 

7 minutes ago, SazmoRanger said:

I’m fine with letting him walk too. My point like others in this thread... it’s not hard finding productive RBs in the league. Super star QBs like Watson are harder to find and are a hell of a lot more important.  

I'm not a fan of paying RBs, but there's a handful in the league that you do.

McCaffrey is one of those - he's a mismatch player. Unbelievable receiver out of the backfield (he could absolutely play Slot WR if he wanted to) and a home run threat every time he carries the ball. 

We'd have won a couple more games this year (easily) if he was healthy. 

19 minutes ago, SazmoRanger said:

I don’t think anybody with a level head thinks Davis gives you anything close to CMC, but he’s a really good back. I’d rather have Watson and Davis then Teddy and CMC. 

Davis is a bang average back and we should absolutely let him walk.

Smith was eating his snaps towards the end of the season. If Bonnafon was healthy too Davis might have been relegated to a short yardage back. 

25 minutes ago, Untouchable said:

Two QBs propped up by star-studded skill position prospects (and an OL in Jones' case) and innovative offensive minds... I'm already nervous about the draft...

Well they're getting a hands on look at both of them - this is ideal from an evaluation standpoint.

I really need to brush up on my prospects - needless to say, I've solved our pass rush woes.

15 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

Zach Wilson went #2 overall when I used that site!

I'd love to know what happened with Peters. 

Showing off my lack of scouting this year:

27. Nick Bolton, LB, Missouri

43. Liam Eichenberg, OT, Notre Dame

58. Brevin Jordan, TE, Miami

74. Elijah Moore, WR, Miss

105. James Wiggins, S, Cinn

157. Tyler Vrabel, OT, Boston College

166. Paris Ford, S, Pitt

178. Alaric Jackson, OT, Iowa

219. Shane Buechele, QB, SMU

2022 Colts 1st round and 4th round picks.  

Does anyone have any interest in doing a community mock draft?

It's literally that or I spend my time productively and start doing a qualification for my CV.

37 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

That is good news.  Thank you for the update.

I'll be curious to see how much our new GM values comp picks.  Traditionally we haven't much.

I suspect Hurney didn't know what they were. 

2 hours ago, AceBoogie said:

Out of respect for the mods I’m going to say I respect your point of view, but believe the situation in Charlotte was far worse than that. If this comes up in the TB I’ll be happy to elaborate. 

I wanted rid of Newton for a good few years - nothing to do with his skin colour, everything to do with his play on the field. I was accused of being racist (an F150 I believe is the race-baiting term that is used?). 

It is what it is.

Moving on from Newton was a business decision. Of course he's offended, he was here 9 years (and earned a good chunk of change in the process!), but that's the nature of the game. 

5 hours ago, Zod said:

I'm not sure you understand what having a QB of Deshauns caliber means for a team. We could draft top 5 for the next 5 years and not match it 

We'd have to draft incredibly poorly in those 5 years not to match Watson.

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

I've heard speculation that his interviews have gone poorly but I really don't know how seriously to take that. Could easily be bullsh-t.

What is valid though is that working under a coaching genius has hurt a lot of guys' prospects in the past. Is that fair? Probably not, but it's at least somewhat understandable.

Specific to Reid though, he has a good coaching tree but guys like Matt Nagy and even Doug Pederson probably aren't exactly helping Bieniemy right now.

Here's the thing, the entire NFL isn't racist. They're not dismissing Bieniemy because he's black.

We don't know what happens in the interviews, but even looking at his coaching record it's hardly stellar - 14 years as a RB Coach? 3 years as an NFL OC? In a system where we're not clear how much input Reid has on the playcalling / game planning?

I mean people are acting like it's a huge injustice - he's relatively green. His resume doesn't blow you away.