tukafan21

Not a fan of giving out big money to a player coming off an injury and who will turn 32 during this next season. I'm more open to going after Crosby as he's 2.5 years younger, but I also don't love that as we'd have to trade for him and I'm sure the Raiders aren't giving him away on the cheap on top of needing to then give him an extension.

I actually very much disagree with the premise of this post about them being the most incompetent fools in sports. The NFL is by far the hardest sport to referee in today's day and age. There are 22 players on the field, but only 7 refs. Even if you said there was a 1 v 1 matchup everywhere on the field, that's still 4 more matchups than refs, and they can only be looking at so many things at one time. Then add in the speed that today's game is played at, and it's only getting faster and faster. Players are able to do things that players a few decades ago wouldn't have even dreamt as possible. There are WRs in today's game that are as big as OL from the 70's. I'm not saying things can't be improved, but I think NFL refs get an unfair knock against them, and a big reason is today's technology advancements too. Fans get the advantage of seeing replays from a dozen angles and slowed down to a frame by frame speed, and then get upset when the refs didn't call something that you can only see once you slow it down that way and see from multiple angles. Like the play in the Bills game the other night, that was NOT a catch, the only reason some fans even think it was one, is because of super slow mo replay and to their eyes, it looks like he has the ball for a couple seconds, but they forget that in real time, that's really only about 0.2 seconds that he had possession of the ball, which is just not a catch. I'd also bet if you had a way of playing a game from back in the day with today's technology, you'd find just as many mistakes being made by the refs, but the tech and number of cameras used back then just weren't able to capture it for people to realize after the fact.

Well don't I look like an idiot now, as I clearly see that in the article now. Now I'm just hoping they had the article wrong originally and they updated it when they realized the mistake, as I swear it said the ball was placed at the 40 after the kickoff, but now I'm not so sure of course, lol

They gave the ball to the Rams at the 40 yard line to open the half and nobody noticed?!?! https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47654079/touchback-spot-error-went-unnoticed-rams-panthers I'm sorry, but how does a full crew of NFL refs not notice the ball was placed in the wrong spot after a touchback? But beyond that, how in the fug does our HC not notice this? I can kinda understand Evero not realizing it because he would have been looking at the call sheet and getting a play called down, but the HC NEEDS to see this and bring it to the refs attention. I realize it's small, but it's just another instance of Canales showing how poor is in game awareness is, it's been a problem for 2 full years now and is a big reason I don't see him as being a good HC. Oh, and the Rams "later realizing it" is bullshit, you know McVay realized it the second they placed the ball down at the 40.

It may help satisfy the rule, but I don't think the franchise that pushed for the rule is interviewing anyone they wouldn't seriously consider for the job just to satisfy the rule. If the Steelers interview you, they have legitimate interest in hiring you

Oh I totally get it, but just because we can do that, doesn't mean it's the right way to go. If this was Madden with video game players, then sure, do it because it helps the cap. But with real people, doing that is likely only going to piss him off and make him want to sign with any other team the following offseason. I'm not saying give him a stupid deal, but giving him like $3-5 million for the one season would be a massive raise over the minimum, it wouldn't hurt our cap situation, he'd still likely play well above that level of contract, and it would help keep him happier with the franchise. But in the end, all I really want is for them to find a way to make sure they won't be needing to do deals for both Coker and T-Mac in the same offseason, as that's a terrible way to spend your cap space in a single offseason. Separating their contracts expiring/negotiations into different offseasons would be the best way to keep them both around long term.

A 2 year deal for Coker would be terribly short sighted as I pointed out in another thread the other day. T-Mac will be eligible for an extension after 2 more seasons, and while there is still 2 years to go, he's very much looked like the type of player you extend right away, knowing waiting will only cost more money and take longer before the contract becomes a bargain with rising contracts every year. So if we sign Coker to a 2 year extension, that means we either let Coker walk after those 2 years or we don't extend T-Mac when we should, as I can't see signing both in the same off season much of an option, it was terrible for the Bengals this year. I like doing a 1 year deal for Coker to set his market value with a full season as the #2, and then sign him to a 3 or 4 year deal after that, which also separates Coker and T-Mac's contract years to help keep both around instead of having to choose at some point, like the Bengals should have done. I also think coming to an agreement on a multi year deal right now could be tough, the team will want to pay the rate of his actual production so far and his agent will want to be paid on his potential from his few breakout games, everyone might just be too far apart for a multi year deal.

We already have 2 young pass rushers who could be promising, no need to add a 3rd to the mix when we won't be getting a stud in the Top 5. We need to overspend and get the best pass rusher we can in FA, someone who can step in from week 1 and be a true impact maker and a leader for the young guys to learn from.

$7.5 a year for a good #2 WR isn’t bad, especially when that probably would only have 10-15 guaranteed as well. Its more than his production so far is worth, but its cheaper than other quality #2’s out there and by the end of 2026 would probably look like a bargain.

I don't think it makes sense to splash on a FA LT. Bring back BC or Yosh or draft someone in the 1st or 2nd, as the hope would be for Ickey to be ready to go for 2027 anyways and then you move someone to the right that year figuring Moton could be about done by then. It's unfortunate but it actually sets up for a decent transition plan at RT in 2 years if we were to draft someone in the first 2 rounds this year and then get a discount on Ickey's extension because of the injury.

It will be really interesting to see how both sides handle this. I'm sure the team would love to get him signed to a 4 year deal based on his output so far and some potential factored in, i.e. something like a 4 year $30 million contract. But I could see his agent telling him the best path is to take the one year offer, put up a big year next year and then really cash in. The team also has to keep in mind T-Mac's 2nd contract, which likely will happen after the 2027 season assuming he keeps improving as expected. Even if we could get Coker on a budget 4 year deal for what he could become, the problem then becomes when he wants to re-negotiate in 2 years during the same summer we will extend T-Mac, and you don't want to spend that much on WRs in one offseason, just see the Bengals this last year. Taking everything into consideration, I'm thinking the 1 year deal and then getting him to sign a 4-5 year deal after hopefully say a 800ish yard season next year might be best for our cap situation and separate his and T-Mac's negotiation periods.

If an OT falls to us in the draft that could start Week 1, then you take him without question. Gives us a LT for the season since Ickey is likely to miss all of it (even if he can come back late in the season, it's hard to just step in and play well in that situation, so might as well just take the lost season) and then gives us options in 2027 when Moton might be done. I'd rather use the 1st on a defensive player, but if we can lock down a starting OL on a rookie deal for the next 4 years, you have to take it.

This is basically the worst thing that could have happened to us yesterday, fug

I wanted T-Mac, we got T-Mac Am I playing this game right?

The no brainer move would have been trading him mid season after those couple big games. Because we're not getting a comp pick for him, nobody is signing him to a big enough deal to warrant a comp pick coming back our way, especially as we'll have some cap space to spend ourselves, so any signing we make would more than counter act the contract he'd be signing with someone.

Why are we throwing that to XL when T-Mac had 1 on 1 on the other side?!?!

Jack of a few trades, master of none

The Lions make way too much sense. He'd have a ton of weapons and a QB who can deliver the ball on time for when he schemes open their WRs and RBs in space. Unless he gets a HC in a surprising twist, I have to think he'll end up in Detroit.

This fuging fool T-Mac putting up the numbers he did in this offense this year is closer to that 1,500 statistical outlier he's talking about this class not having than anything else. He finished 14th in receiving yards and was one of 19 players to cross 1,000 yards in a year that was dominated by the rushing game across the NFL. He did this in the 26th ranked passing game in the league, a team averaging just 179 passing yards per game. The other players to cross the 1,000 mark this year and NOT be in a Top 14 ranked passing offense and at least 218 ypg were Zay Flowers, Justin Jefferson, Devonta Smith, AJ Brown, and Wan'Dale Robinson, that's it. He finished 7th in the NFL in receptions for 1st downs. He finished 10th in 20+ yard plays AND 40+ yard plays. He finished 15th in Rec TDs He did this as an undisputed #1 WR and target on a team who frankly for the majority of the season did not have a reliable #2 weapon to take defensive attention away from him, and again, all as a rookie. And that's before you even get into the limitations of being in a Bryce lead offense, could you imagine if he fell to the Cowboys and they drafted him instead of trading for Pickens, who only had 1,400 yards this year. What our guy did this year was downright remarkable and he's only beginning to scratch the surface of what he can become in this league. He's going to get faster and more physical at the point of attack, he's going to take over and make fools like this look so dumb when looked back upon in a few years.

This is actually something I feel hasn't been talked about near enough this year, not just his 3rd downs, but his ability to get 1st downs. He finished 7th in the league in receptions for 1st downs (6th among WRs) with 55 1st downs on 70 catches. Add in his 7 TDs and he scored or got a 1st down on 62 of his 70 catches this year, that's an insane percentage for any player, let alone a rookie. The only other rookie in the Top 42 1st down receptions was Warren who came in at #29, and he had 13 less 1st downs despite actually having 6 more catches this year than T-Mac did.

As I said in another thread recently, my official victory lap and bow will come once that OROY is announced in about a month. But yes, I absolutely spoke T-Mac to our Panthers into existence, I'll never be convinced otherwise hahaha, the campaign started with a thread in Nov 2023, a full 18 months before he was even draft eligible.

This is very true, if it was the 49ers, it would be a heavy SF crowd, they travel well for playoff games. But the Rams barely have home field advantage in LA usually, there shouldn't be a massive Rams contingent in town for the game.

I agree, we don't need to draft another young edge rusher to add to this group, even a 1st rounder as we'll now be late in the round too. Biggest FA contract should go to the best pass rusher we can sign, use that 1st on a LB or S

I honestly don't understand why, other than his season not living up to expectations and/or the Raiders being the worst team. He had over 1,300 yards and 10 TDs, that's not the 7th best rookie in a year like this, personally I think he probably should be #2 behind T-Mac, Henderson a slight 3rd behind Jeanty.

Pretty sure there should have been a penalty on the Steelers there. Looked like someone leapt over the center and put his hand on the centers back when doing so, that's 100% a penalty if I saw that correctly