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A problem I'll admit is is that Pollard, Stevenson, & Swift (in the same ballpark $ wise) don't look worth it but they're all in bad situations. Chuba is still looking good in a bad situation, so that's nice to see. Those guys, not so much.

That perspective I get. I'm still a bit iffy on Morgan, although the draft class has looked alright. It will take at least another offseason to establish a core group here. The defense is a sieve, unsure on coaches & QB. And we'll have to get ahead of the curve looking for a Moton replacement as well. Not so sure that's in house right now.

I'm just reporting it, not getting excited. That will no doubt go down with new contracts. But because we've been drafting so many busts, there's no one in house to extend lol. Could be spent on a lot of known resources.

Good news is that incorporating Chuba's contract, with anticipated cuts, we should still have around $55-60 million in space this offseason. Almost $200 mil in space as things stand in 2026.

If you're arguing keeping Chuba in house instead of paying a vet 2-4 mil this offseason to pair with Brooks, I can see that argument. You're saving around 6-7 mil in cap in that scenario. But I don't see the argument that we have a RB room that's WAY overallocated in resources. We will have a 2nd rounder and Chuba on the books, that's it. It's really not a huge deal, not some major contract.

The contract details aren't clear yet but to break it down: Sanders is off the books when we release him after this season. The cap savings are more than double the dead cap (which is minimal) so he's cut/not here in 2025, saving us cap room Brooks is on a 2nd Round contract - ~$2 mil next year There is no other RB on contract next year That's a RB room worth $11.5 million overall. Around the 17th-20th ranked in the league financially - and that's before teams make their offseason moves and new RB investments. That's not a ton.

Exactly. Being 4 years but only that guaranteed, I bet there’s a clear out after year 2 or 3 with the guaranteed dropping off significantly. In addition, we’ll be saving a few mil after cutting Miles Sanders this offseason (5.5 cap space, 2.9 dead) so the RB room will just be Chuba, Brooks, and probably a 2025 rookie. Considering the growing cap, not a bad deal, not a pricey RB room. James Conner/Montgomery territory.

DC just confirmed Brooks & Crum are going to be brought onto the team this week. If they're actually playing in Germany is TBD.

Not to mention the 4 in purple were the year Rhule was more or less in charge. So Scott really only managed to take the wrong OT at 6 overall who's still around, and got okay value for Cade Mays. That's really it in his entire tenure. How he set us back (beyond the usually advertised blunders): The short version: from 2022-2023, 16 picks were used (either traded or drafted), and all that remains (currently active) are Bryce, Icky and Mays. 16 picks resulting in 3 questionable players over 2 years. The deeper dive: -In 2022, he used 5 picks on 3 guys that barely lasted (Matt Corral, Brandon Smith, & Kalon Barnes). Icky, Barno, & Mays are all that remains from that class. -In 2023, he used 9 draft picks and (1) DJ Moore on a 5 player draft class. Let that soak in. 9 picks and DJ Moore for Bryce, Mingo (gone), DJJ, Zavala, and Robinson (3 that will be gone) -Not to mention, immensely reached for Mingo ahead of Brian Branch, Tuli, JuJu Brents, Jayden Reed, Rashee Rice, & DJ Turner (to name a few) -Prior, TMJ was taken not too far ahead of St. Brown and Nico Collins - two of the best WRs in the game these days after JJ/Chase. Not to mention Nico was a pick we f'n traded out of! -Made a questionable CMC trade...but the worse part was turning the CMC picks into part of the Bryce & DJ Johnson packages. Got zilch out of CMC. Absolutely nothing. Overall, just the worst management I've ever seen. So much freaking capital wasted in drafts rather than making sure you were acquiring talent, they were mortgaging picks and the future over their "conviction" of really low floor guys.

Who would have thunk Cooper Rush, Dalton Cook and Mingo would be leading the way for the Cowboys lol. Good times We win, cause the Saints HC firing and fleece the Cowboys. Good week.

2025 Capital (with current standings) https://www.tankathon.com/nfl/panthers

Too many weird meme jokes and gibberish over there. They barely have conversations. We're the doom pessimistic haters club lol.

We fired another team’s coach..

We could still get ahead of NE, TEN, NYG, LVR, and NO. This Giants game will be a momentum shifter for the season — if we lose it’s looking like a top-3 pick and we’re a cellar squad. Win, we should have a tad bit of cred starting to build up which I find more important than getting a top pick in this meh class. The best teams never truly tank/the bottom falls out. They maintain competence and appeal to play for, may end up with a higher pick on occasion and they get a QB to insert into a nice situation. Hoping we can get back to at least a modicum of that idea.

The vets though..on defense…yeah, we don’t have the best lol. Overall, the Defense needs some heavy duty offseason cleaning — we need to find a potential stud pass rusher and some other pieces. Injuries hit us huge too. Good drafting will cure a lot of things, it seems like a step in the right direction, but l’m not necessarily anointing Morgan yet.

I don’t think Idzik is that guy and he’s not going anywhere, so we may have to see how DC can develop just like the young players are this year. He’s shown some good here and there but it’s inconsistent — especially his 3rd down and RZ play calls. Gotta just see it through, I think we’ve got Canales as a play caller through next season. So we’ll see how he can progress.

I don’t see anything THAT reactive this week. We got a win, feels nice. Maybe we can get a third before the year ends.

Oh I’m just being fun about it. A bit indifferent on Canales right now. Some concerns but nothing screaming red flag quite yet. I’d like to see us beat the Giants in Deutchland.

First off, I know, it's just stats, but I do think there's been enough shown to warrant some love here-- Here's what they are tracking/on-pace for in 17-games this year. And honestly, it could be more given the rookie receivers are now getting more target share: R1 Xavier Legette WR 48 rec, 459 yards, 9.4 avg, 8 TDs He's fun. He's got a nose for the ball in the RZ. Has proven he can get open at this level. Happy to have my suspicions on him proven wrong. R2 Jonathan Brooks RB zilch - okay...expected here lol R3 Trevin Wallace LB 81 tackle, 53 solo, 4 FFs, 2 FRs He's got some work to do but he's shown a lot for being thrust into the role he has this early. Some promise here -- don't let the volume fool you, there's some development to be had, but he could make strides under the right mentors/coaching. R4 Ja'Tavion Sanders TE 45 rec, 462 yards, 10.1 avg- no TDs yet but I imagine he'll get one He had his best game so far today. He showed a lot of fire and I like the whole report I'm seeing grow between JT and XL. Those two are buds and could be good here. Has already shown more than most of our drafted TEs in the 2000s. R5 Chau Smith-Wade NB 34 tackles, 17 solo He's had some blunders, but has also played alright at times. Better than others we've experimented with at NB but may not stick. Still, good to see him getting snaps and he landed 5 tackles today. UDFA Jalen Coker WR 40 rec 629 yards 15.9 avg 3 TDs A legitimate sleeper we may have found - he wasn't active/given snaps until CHI so he he's pacing higher. Awesome route running, knows how to create leverage, just a really smart player. *edit: add UDFA Demani Richardson DB 41 tackles, 27 solo I’ll admit wasn’t entirely keyed in on him last week — he had a series where they tried to pick on him and he held his own. He’s shown nicely. He gets after it quickly

You don't get it done in time. The wad was not shot.

Hey now, he just doubled Reich's win total with the same QB and a worse defense. lol

He caused the delay at the 2 pointer and then gave up the sack right after that. But he was great otherwise. Big fan of the guy.

Yeah!

Brady.. oof

Let's beat the Saints. 3rd in south babay come on!