LinvilleGorge

Yeah, that moronic goal line SB play call aside, Pete Carroll is unarguably one helluva football coach.

They just released some key vets and seem to be in the process of trading Metcalf. Sure seems like they're just hitting the reset button. Signing Sam Darnold honestly doesn't make a lot of sense for them. My boy Sam Howell might be getting ready to get tossed into a raging dumpster fire. LOL

Two ways to look at it. Either the Raiders think that Ward and Sanders are gone by #6 or they've decided they don't want any part of the circus. And if the Raiders are bowing out of a circus? Wow. The wild thing will be if they still draft Sanders at #6 after the trade for Geno because you KNOW they Sanders camp will be pushing to be the day one starter. It'll be a proper poo show. LOL

Good move. He's a versatile IOL. That's easily worth $3.3M even if he's the primary IOL backup. Bryce finished out the season on a very strong note. Don't let the OL take a step back. Let's see if we can keep that ball rolling.

Well, I called that one. That's a sad end for them and that poor dog.

Is he better than our current guys? I'd say so. If so, it's worth a conversation at least. I hate to break it to some of y'all but we're not going to assemble a dynasty this off-season that takes the league by storm this coming season.

The problem we face right now is that the only sought after free agents that we're going to be able to land are the ones that we're willing to overpay. Just understand that going into any of these discussions.

Pretty much. Good size, good 40, seemingly everything else optional.

We keep drafting speed and trying to make WRs out of them. I think we need WRs not just guys who do well at the underwear Olympics.

I'm talking historically. We have historically paid the poo out of off the ball LBs and RBs specifically. I doubted Parsons' ability to be a dominant edge rusher in the NFL. I was wrong. Wasn't the first time and won't be the last. That's not what we're talking about here though. Parsons was drafted as an edge and became a dominant edge. Well done. He wasn't drafted to be an off the ball LB. I'll never be a huge fan of drafting guys high to play a different role in the NFL. No matter how you slice it, that's a tougher evaluation that ups the risk factor.

Dramatically overspending on lesser value positions has played a big role in why we have never consistently fielded good teams. Positional value exists for a reason.

Understandably so.

We have plenty of roster holes and opportunity for rookie contributions. Given that reality I don't think that we can afford to do anything but draft the guy who we think is the best talent on the board from our first pick to our last. Contenders with good overall rosters with a few weak spots can afford to go position hunting. Teams with Swiss cheese rosters just need to try to get the best possible talent infusion they can.

Injury issues usually don't clear up as you're closing in on 30. I'd be interested but he's probably going to get way overpaid based on past resume and name recognition. He's basically been relegated to a rotational type defender for the past three years and missed a lot of time due to injury. If the contract reflects that... okay. Sure. But if we're counting on him being anything more than a rotational player who is almost certainly going to miss some games then we're probably expecting too much. Not sure why he'd sign that type of contract with us though when he could likely get one from a legit contender.

Can't get onboard with it. He's a good safety but if you want elite money you need to be a game changer.

Yeah, the guy should be a smaller version of Lamar but he's basically just a run of the mill average starter. I always think back to Patrick Peterson... https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Hb4h5Hbgq/

Love the first two picks but if we don't come out of this draft with an edge in the first three rounds we fuged up.

Yeah, I'm expecting mid to late round pick and a low level FA to be added

I'd rather keep that diva far away from our young receivers were trying to develop.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is trying to follow our blueprint. It's just that protecting your young QB is a good idea. That ain't rocket science.

Guys generally do not get better and/or more durable after signing for huge money.

Our secondary gets terrifying without Horn. But then again, history indicates he'll probably miss half the season anyway. But make this trade and you can pretty much just hyper focus on D in free agency and draft.

That's a very concerning injury history to be the highest paid player on the league at a premium position.

If you can get him for a 4th or 5th you do it for damn sure if Canales signs off on it from his time working with him in Seattle.

Same. Give me a guy with "good enough" talent with endless heart and non-stop motor who loves football over the elite athlete who is just there because he's good at it and it pays all day everyday. Elite athletes with questionable motivation are the prototypical draft busts. Then again, just wanting it really bad isn't enough either obviously. You have to meet certain physical prerequisites but I don't see talent red flags with these guys. They're not elite talents and that's why they're not being talked about as first rounders but I'll be surprised if these guys don't at least have solid careers injuries aside.