tukafan21

Aiyuk on his way out the door?!?!?! Huh? I know he got hurt last year, but they just signed him to a huge deal, are there rumors of them trying to already trade him?

Why? Don't get me wrong, I've always been a Kupp fan, but he'll turn 32 before training camp, hasn't been able to stay healthy, and plays the same role that Thielen already plays for us and who already has a rapport with Bryce. Because of that, he doesn't really add anything new to the team unless we were planning on trading/cutting Thielen. But since neither would be long term solutions at the position anyways, I'd rather just stick it out with Thielen for his last year under contract given Bryce's comfort level with him already. This is a make or break year for Bryce, I think that comfort level with someone who hasn't had the injury issues that Kupp has had is better for us this year than Kupp would be as a replacement for him.

The only thing I don't like about this signing, is that it wasn't an extension. He was someone I was really hoping we'd take with our 2nd rounder that year before we traded back, would have liked him on our team already and this just be an extension for one of our own, but I'll still take it

Without digging into who they might have signed today, I know the Jets lost DJ Reed today. If they don't replace him, I could very well see them look to drafting Johnson to pair with Sauce, especially as their new HC is a former CB himself

Nope We're either extending or trading/cutting Bryce next offseason, I would be shocked if it's anything other than one of those two things. If he doesn't have a breakout, there is no way in a QB heavy draft we can just run things back again, he has to be replaced. If he does breakout, there's no way we let him have a 2nd breakout season on top of it and end up forcing us to pay him even more the following offseason. It's always better to extend your QB earlier than later, as every new QB deal re-sets the market, so waiting would just cost us more cap room in the end.

This had to be the most uneventful first hour of FA I can ever remember, no big surprises, no monster contracts given out, boring

What we really should want is for the Patriots to strike out at finding an LT. If they’re able to sign a legit LT, it opens them up to draft BPA, but if they can’t, they’ll all but be forced to draft one there, which means one less player from our board will be drafted before we’re on the clock

The two of them couldn’t be any more different of players, literally the only thing about them that is remotely similar is that they are tall, that’s it

If the Vikings are legitimately interested in Rodgers, it tells me that the team has real concerns about McCarthy being ready for the start of the season. Re-signing Darnold just doesn't make sense for Darnold, even if he knows McCarthy won't be ready to start the season, as the Vikings wouldn't be signing him to a long term deal, which he can get this year, no reason to take another 1 year deal just to hope he plays well enough again to get it next year. If the Vikings still believe in McCarthy but that he won't be ready for the start of the season, going with someone like Daniel Jones wouldn't really make a ton of sense either, not if they still want to compete for the division. So yea, someone like Rodgers, who likely only has 1 year left anyways and already said he is open to mentoring a young QB, makes a ton of sense.

Love the player, hate him being 29 and coming off another injury. Realistically he has 1-2 years of great play left in him, just doesn't fit with where we are at right now, our best case of getting into contention wouldn't happen until after he's no longer a great WR. If he was even 2 years younger, I'd be all for it, but that age plus injury, just doesn't seem like the right move for us right now.

The contracts have absolutely nothing to do with tickets, merchandise, concessions, etc. This isn't MLB where teams need to make more money to pay the absurd contracts some teams give out, it's a hard cap league that is dictated by the leagues revenue, namely the TV contracts. Increases in costs are from a combined factors of inflation and greed, which yes, it does cause some to lose interest, but it has nothing to do with the ever increasing massive contracts.

Hell no... saying Pickens is a headcase is beyond an understatement, zero interest in bringing those type of players into the franchise right now, we're still working on re-setting the culture and locker room, no place for guys like him, talent aside.

Actually very surprised by this, really figured he'd just end up following Rodgers wherever he went, makes me wonder if this means Rodgers is going to end up retiring and he's already told Adams

Teams can't talk to upcoming Free Agents because of expiring contracts, but they are allowed to talk to, and maybe even already sign, players who are free agents because they got cut by other teams.

And again, as I've said multiple times, the elite of the elite OL, like Thuney, are able to play into their mid to late 30's these days, because even as they get a step slower, they're good enough through all the other facets of their game to make up for it. But you just want to ignore that because of "the odds." He also had another year left on his deal, which if I'm KC, if the best I can get is a 4th rounder 2 years from now, I'm just keeping him for the final year and letting him go in FA the next offseason to then pick up a comp pick that could even end up being a 3rd rounder in that same 2026 draft anyways. And you say he's a 33 year old with a big contract, but he actually had a very reasonable cap hit next year of only $16 million it looks like, which for a player of his caliber, is more than worth it and not something they could replace with comparable game play, the guy was literally a 1st team all pro this past season. If you staunchly believe he's going to fall off a cliff next year, that's different, but this guy was just voted the team MVP by the Chiefs players, on a team with Mahomes, Chris Jones, and Kelce, while having the highest pass block rate of any lineman in the league over the last 2 seasons. There's been nothing about him that says he's about to fall off a cliff, you're saying this is a stroke of genius based on the expected decline of OL in their 30's, something Thuney is more likely than not, to avoid in the manner you're referring to it. As even if he falls off a tiny bit, he's still producing at a level above a $16M cap hit next year.

Again, less about moving on from him and more about what they got in return to move on from him. I have to imagine some team out there in a win now mode would have given up better than a 2026 4th rounder for him if one of their only holes was on the OL. When you combine it with them losing a 1st team all pro at a position they were already weak on this past year, then yea, it's just a really weird trade to me, and nothing close to the master stroke of a move you seem to think it is.

It's not about average age, it's that the true elite linemen these days tend to play at a high level into their late 30's, and he was a 1st team All Pro this past year, while playing out of position for much of it when they mo0ved him to LT, he really should have a good 3-5 years of elite play left in him. For a team that had pass protection issues, I think a future 4th rounder is a pittance in return for a player like that.

I wasn’t asking why KC would trade him, it was more of why they only got a 4th rounder for him (although a team who had issues protecting their QB last year now trading their best OL, contract issue aside, is also a tad odd) An OL of his caliber, even at his age, should still be elite through another contract, I’m just shocked that a future 4th was the best they could get.

I know he needs a new contract and is 32, but a future 4th round pick for an All Pro guard who was just voted team MVP by the team who was just in their 3rd straight SB?!?!?! Make it make sense

Love the idea of going after DK, but with a caveat that may or may not be popular around here. If we trade for DK, we should trade away XL They're basically the same type of player, except DK is really good and XL is really raw. While you could say XL can learn from DK, they still play the same type of game and having them both would be duplication rather than complimentary.

Again though, it's not hiding, it's just what most projected Top 10 picks do these days, they don't do anything at the combine other than interviews and medical stuff and then do their timings and drills at their Pro Day. Plus, if he really does the Big 12 one too, that means he'll still do 2 testings between that and his Pro Day, what difference does it make if he does that vs this Combine and the Pro Day like others do? Let's call it what it is, he's a player our fans know we'll consider and they want his numbers NOW, not a month from now, LOL And here you go, and with Arizona only joining the conference this year and it only being done once before, I also had no idea this was a thing until last night when I saw he wasn't going to be doing the drills today https://big12sports.com/news/2025/2/27/football-big-12-pro-day-returns-to-the-star-in-frisco.aspx

I didn't even know this until yesterday when I heard T-Mac wasn't doing the combine, but apparently the Big 12 started their own combine last year and it was a huge success. And because of it a lot of Big 12 guys skipped the testing at this combine but are planning on doing in in a few weeks at the Big 12's. I'm not sure exactly why, maybe it has to do with the other story about there being a new field in Indy that some players felt hindered them, maybe it's just to give them a few more weeks to work on the drills to improve their times. Shedeur, Hunter, and T-Mac are all supposed to be doing the drills and timing at that from what I've read, guess we'll see if that holds up.

Not sure that's really the case, I think it's more because it gives them extra time to practice it, and for something like the 40, even just an extra few weeks can be enough to shave .03-.04 seconds off your time and go from a 4.52 to a 4.48. As I've said before in why I don't like using 40 times to change opinions of players, unless they also have a track history, starting the 40 needing to come out of a track stance can be very odd for non DL (since that's more or less their starting position in games anyways). Even spending the last 2 months working on it, getting an extra few weeks can still help give you a better time and the Top 10-15 type of picks would rather put up one good time than one good and one questionable.

Yea not sure, but it's like I've always said about him, yes it takes him a few strides to really get up to speed, but once he's moving, he's MORE than fast enough to be an elite WR given his size. The speed he hit at some point during his first 2 years (haven't seen any data from this past season) was I think 20.8 MPH, which would have been I think 8th fastest speed hit in the NFL this past season. I'm still convinced the people who don't think he has the speed/quickness necessary have only watched his short highlight reels that consist of his craziest contested catches. As I've also said, he was 5th in the Big 12 in YAC, he's way better after the catch than you'd expect for a player of his size. It's all a trade off due to his size, you lose the track star immediate speed, but you gain the catch radius that comes with him.

Again, he's not NOT running the 40, he's just not doing it at the combine, which has more or less been standard practice for most Top 10-15 picks over the last decade or so. If he was trying to not run, he wouldn't be doing the drills at the Big 12 combine and/or pro day, he'd say he has a tweaked ankle or something to avoid running a slow time.