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The Saints reached (was thought to be more like a late 2nd early 3rd not no. 8 in the second) for a 26 yo qb prospect in the draft so they obviously saw something the believed in so i think they hold off on using their first rounder on a qb. That means they can trade down for someone who wants one of the top three guys.

Howell is an UFA in 2026 so it would not cost anything. For those who want to cut Dalton, that would be a 5.8M cap hit. They guaranteed 5.9M of Dalton's salary because they thought he was a good mentor for Bryce so the plan is obviously to keep them both in '26, which really means they plan to pick up the fifth year option in May. Adding a Sam Howell or third round draft pick in '26 makes sense even though it limits roster spots. Dalton is Bryce's security blanket.

Why? He signed a contract that says he gets paid 3.9M next year as a 39 year old or we take a 5.8M cap hit. He would be a fool to walk away from that.

I hope we sign Icky but the more i look at the '26 draft the more i think we are in a good place for tackles. Moton is signed through '27 so....

There are several options for BY: 1. Cut him now and incur a 12M cap hit=no. 2. Keep him for 2026 and risk (.0001%) him balling out and leaving in FA=no. 3. Wait until April 23 for the draft to see if we get a qb=yes. 4. Decide before May 1 whether to exercise the fifth year, which would cost us 26M in '07=yes.

He would not be a big cap hit liability, but then we really need to move up the wr position in the draft or fa.

Bryce is under contract through 2026 with an option for 2027. SI article from this summer.

No and that is saying something. After the way Tepper handled Reich, he was the best we could get.

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Sign Marcus Mariota as FA and trade for Will Levis (6th or later). Cut Bryce and Andy.

I know they are backups but our starters should be the backups. Arvell Reese please.

Yes exactly. The Dalton deal looks worse every day.

Good thing we gave Andy Dalton a new contract.

I think we finish 7-10 and will pick after Mendoza, Moore, and Simpson are off the board.

I really like Purdue but Mac Jones has shown it is more of the coach/system than the qb and Purdy makes more than Herbert, Jackson, Hurts, Stafford, etc.

49ers always seem to make questionable decisions and they never really seem to pay the price. Lance, Purdy, Aiyuk all seem like wastes of draft capital and cap space.

They still have Chris Godwin, Tev Johnson, and Egbuka. They could also get Evans and Irving back for the regular season finish. I'm thinking Baker doesn't miss too many games. Sorry, not seeing us winning the division.

I think we see some regression to the mean, and we end up picking at no. 11. Arvell Reese LB OSU come on down. He is moving into the top ten on a lot of mocks which is surprising for an off ball linebacker so we may not even be around (I think three qb's go in front of us though). We could take and edge (Davide Bailey TTU) or a DT (Peter Woods CU), but I don't want to see us reach for the injured CB out of Tennessee (Jermod McCoy).

Icky got beat quick a couple of times and then Zavala was just whiffing on guys running down hill. Dalton would not have survived that game.

This guy is great. Loved the Packers one too. Keep them coming. Thanks.

Don't we have until May 1, 2026 to exercise the fifth year option for Bryce? If so, i think we take a wait and see approach since next year is still a bargain for us. It would be so stupid to give BY an extension. He will be here in '26 though.

As things now stand (picking 10-17...that's right, we are moving back in the draft right now from 16 to 17), we would probably have to take the 4th best edge rusher (Bailey Texas Tech) in the draft if we went that route.

Yes.  

Bryce having a great game. 22/29 302 2 tds 0 ints

I saw a mock recently with Reese no. 1. That is an insane prediction for ILB but he seems to be moving up the boards.