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Imagine a team that had some of the players on these remaining squads on one all together. Caleb, Darnold, CMC, DJ Moore, Darnell Wright, Tyrique Stevenson, Fiske… could you just imagine if a franchise had all those assets?

Leo Chenal would be my top target for us this offseason. Think he fits the defense really well, he’s tight with Turk, and would be the much needed proven boost at LB that we need. Very underrated player IMO.

Yup When you look at EPA, it really does speak to what we’ve all had to watch. Mad inconsistent and the only consistency has been he’s way low in EPA per drop. It’s technically been trending up, but his career average is -.13 and that’s after this season helped bring it up haha. 24th in EPA/CPOE composite. The eye test and the composite are pretty closely aligned, really need some improvement at a consistent basis. People may be happy how he did in the WC round, but the whole nation saw that 49ers game not long ago (well until they just turned it off haha). Not long ago at all and was of his worst stinkers.

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Their DL is crazy bad honestly. DL wise, Lawrence is a problem for them, they have no run defense or real anchor anymore to tilt matchups for their edge rushers. Burns had a good year sack wise, but somehow was worse in run-d than we've ever seen (and that's saying something). Total liability. Pair him as that liability with Carter, who was not as blue-chip as expected, and Thibs who seems above average at best, they've got major issues. Okereke is getting old. Nubin, Adebo, and Philips are about their only players on that side of the ball to call a core. Makes you feel a bit better about us with some of our guys haha.

His lows far outweigh his highs so far volume wise. He's had like 5-7 legit/truly solid games in his career out of 46. His highs have shown some respectable play that would be worthy of a 1st round pick. His lows are UDFA lows. And the bulk of it is very inconsistent below-average play that is difficult to watch. We've seen some slightly elevated play, more consistently as of late, but it's not yet enough to give a full contract to. I totally get giving him the 5th year. But this org absolutely has be patient and see how 2026 rolls out. He's not in position to demand some shiny new contract yet so we can obviously wait and see, watch until guys like CJ get their cut and how Bryce plays a bit more. There is absolutely not enough to go off and rush this process. If Tepper/Morgan are claiming to have learned and are willing to be patient, then they need to exercise patience with a 2nd contract.

So Monken will have Dart, Skat, Nabers, Theo to start working with and a top third OL. Their D is a travesty though. Big rebuild coming-- even with their DL spending, it wasn't smart building w/ this Burns-Thibs-Carter trio oh and Dex dropping off a cliff this year. I can see a respectable floor but if Dart isn't it, it still may take a minute.

I get it honestly. Tepper wants to see this happen and keep trending in the right direction. If not, and there is significant regression, everyone gets wiped out all at once. I’d much prefer tha than having a few pieces holding on through another retool. He has his primary pieces, the only maybe is bringing in a new offensive guy to help refine our approach on that side of the ball.

Caleb, Tyrique, Wright, Moore all majorly helped lead this win. Hard to dispute

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Even if we move on from Evero, given trends, we’ll still have 2 high looks and it is for sure a need. Ransom is great for 5/6 DB packages, but you need a true compliment to Moehrig. Would love to find a guy with the nickel/S flexibility with coverage skills. A DeJean-esque dude would be huge.

From a pure individual game standpoint, he has the most well rounded single WR performance since Smitty tonight. That’s nothing AT ALL against Tmac, it was just that impressive IMO. Feel great about those two in house.

I’ve been more middle of the road with Bryce, sometimes even favorable, but I’m surprisingly still in the out camp. His lows this last year were still just too alarming for me. No doubt he’s not going anywhere, but I’m mjust a bit exhausted waiting for it to all get consistent and feel like comfortable, fun football. It was tonight though (mostly)

You target them with the $ amount you’re comfortable with. If we miss out, oh well haha

I think we should target a young proven type with the propensity for big plays. Wandale Robinson and Alec Pierce are both set to be FAs and would compliment Tmac & Coker very well. Thise are my two targets. We have enough youth to not bother about the draft and focus on the front-7 and OL

I view Canales as a good coach in the day-to-day, practice lead capacity. Big issue is that his overall approach (especially his run game), playbook and playcalling can leave a lot to be desired. He definitely tailors to a rhythm offense needing a finesse zone RB. I still think he has potential but he needs to get someone instead of his buddy Brad to help steer the vision on offense. They went a little too hard on the late-2010s SEA emulation when that wasn’t even the best version of Pete’s regime.

He's also going to be 28. At RB, that's like 33 for other spots. We also have an out with Hubbard's contract which I honestly think we should take off our hands as well. As far as I'm concerned, given the way we like to play offense, RB, OT and a WR3 are the offensive needs right now.

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This poll will totally, in no way, devolve into fan bickering lol

Ravens job should be super interesting - one of the better open slots in forever. Jesse Minter - but he may not have good enough pull for offensive mind Stefanski - I could see it but think he's got a good opp with NYG Chris Shula - All the rage in league circles for good reason Anthony Weaver - familiarity but maybe a bit too close of ties

He's ain't just a bean counter. He's been in on visioning the squad, evals and does day-to-day work with Dan's scout team. Much more involved than some would think. I'm at the least happy Tillis & Eager have made it here to show guys how real folks work in front offices haha.

Intermediate has been a notable problem in his game, particularly at the perimeter against zone. His clean pocket passes don’t have the velocity you want so DBs can play off and catch back up for the pick (2 of his last 3 ints from that very instance). A pro-QB needs to be able to hit those passes quickly, with enough velocity to get the guy open in space. He can’t hit it quick enough to a guy to give him space against zone. So you really can’t play the diverse short/intermediate game where he methodically takes a team down field consistently. Now, I’m sure there are some instances where he’s managed; but most of the time those perimeter intermediate are either wildly inaccurate or floaters. The field sideline-to-sideline just feels so huge with him playing. He can surprisingly work the middle of the field okay because he’ll move in pocket (or out) until the sight lane is found — but his tools don’t allow him to hit a clean 5 step drop with zip to an X or flanker in that range. It’s why some of his best work has been post 2 seconds hitting a crosser to Coker this year or Tmac on a deeper mesh. This is also why I absolutely do not see the Brees comps as much as people like to make parallels.

I mean Canales owes his entire career to him. It’s not just like some guy who was worked under for a year or so. For whatever that’s worth ha

He built a great legacy prior to Vegas in both the college and pros, should just chill and consult moving forward.