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And re McD, they had missed the playoffs for a lot of consecutive years. I don’t remember offhand but something like 11 or 13. They were back in, in year 2. Brady had him here so there is familiarity both ways which is helpful.

I hear that. They were committed to extending him though. The timing of this just sucks. It could suck worse but it isn’t good.

Well, C is a choice they may have made (not settled yet). LOT was just dropped on them and they have to address it. It ain’t fun or sexy but it kind of became priority 1. IMO it is 1. I am concerned they will throw too much money at Lloyd who multiple teams will pursue. But the draft looks like it aligns with our defensive needs pretty well. PS, we are said to have some interest Buffalo’s C, McGovern. The Athletic says he is probably going for 3 years 13 per. Number two ranked FA C. Seen as an upgrade from Mayes. If they did that then you have LOT to draft. Maybe.

Be like getting Roman Harper. (A hated Saint) But, it might be worth it for the 2 Saints games alone if they let him walk.

The Athletic just put out a top 150 FA list. Mayes is the 3rd ranked C @ 36 overall. 36 is a pretty good ranking. I have seen us linked to the #2 which is 22 overall, the Bills’ C McGovern. At LOT 12 overall is the Packers LOT Rasheed Walker who they praise but estimate him to get 4 years 88mil There is really not much I kept moving down through a couple of ROTs and stopped looking. Gotta hand it Green Bay they got 48 starts @ LOT from a 7th rounder. But now he is getting paid. Be great if we could pull that off but we don’t have a year or year and a half to groom a 7th rounder.

I am not looking at his stats but thought he was still productive this year. Looked at a couple of their box scores.

Didn’t know that but generally realized he is getting up there in miles.

I couldn’t say. Wasn’t keeping up. Just going off of them getting a good return suggested that someone was creating some demand.

You go with what you know. I really don’t think this, in a vacuum, is a bad move for them. You got Brady who had him here, they can get on the same page pretty quick probably.

I would guess someone else was probably pursuing him too.

I was trying to come up with a retort but I can stop now.

He should be good with Allen. That is probably a great move.

It might be our best in a long time too. Or it was.

If XL doesn’t come in with a chip on his shoulder and being real serious about getting his spot back, do what you want to with him. Because if he doesn’t respond to this setback he never will respond.

If you look at who we passed on to take Mesidor, in that mock, you go a lot of spots before you get to an OT. It fits a scenario where maybe we could trade back and still get the next OT. But we may have missed to boat on a player people would trade up for.

Thanks it is basically stolen. I sort of took it from the old baseball thing where the owner told the player asking for more money “we can finish last without you”.

Imma need a pickle. And a frosty mug of beer. Deal.

A tweener at LB, DE, maybe OT, maybe WR/TE, something like that. A tweener at RB? It isn’t a one size fits all position. Look at all the different types and styles that have had success.

Takes two teams wanting him that’s it. His contract isn’t a huge impediment. It doesn’t matter That much if we release him or get a 7th or whatever token payment we can extract. Personally I am not scared of him, don’t care where he ends up. The Andy Reich saw was still mostly there, I wonder what he had to say if/when he watched the Buffalo video. What I pasted is interesting to me more in historical terms, it adds some juicy context to the divide that ended up with Frank fired in season. Then comes “maybe someone does want him”.

Jones will leave those fans something to remember him by. Probably years of cap hell, without a ton of draft picks in their pocket.

‘They’ say you lose a game for every rookie you start too. Not too worried about the cap, I am not sure it means anything bad. They have had plenty of time to plan this out, at least pre Icky injury. Which is a monkey wrench in the works. The extension might have given them some room for this year. But they can still do a little with that maybe. plus, we have Morgan saying he was going to attack some positions. We know what that means… $$$

Yeah we shouldn’t be competing with teams, bidding wise, to sign a WR. There will be one for us and our budget. I keep saying, how many balls will there be to go around anyway? One thing good I will say for this offense is the ball has been spread around at times. Seems like I remember seeing a large number of guys have caught passes in a game. Or been targeted at least. 3 RBs 4 or 5 WRs 2-3 TEs type of stat lines. 10-11 guys. Not every week but that happens. As far as WR in general, we need the smaller agile and quicker component to compliment what is there. After that it should be about depth, having good backups for the starters so we can run things consistently still, if a guy is out for a week or two. That is especially important in game where you have to finish the game with who you made active.

He missed the 1st regular season Rams game due to a concussion and left the WC game with one. They were aware. I have been very worried about it since the WC game. And we got no updates or reports on how he was doing with the protocol since season’s end.

If you gave Bryce his jets and arm, Bryce would only be inhibited by his height; he would be, or could be, much more dangerous. When a team has to write a clause into a 50 mil per deal, that he has to watch film, they shouldn’t offer the deal. I knew when I saw that it was hopeless. They threw that money away. What I have seen is Atlanta Miami Minnesota might be in on him now that he will be cheap.

They think we collect miniatures? I haven’t seen a single thing doing it.