Jon Snow

So you want to pay him so he stays invisible here. Nah man, we have done that our whole existence. We have always paid big money to the wrong players. Burns is not a player you hand out top 10 DE money for. Trust me, he will not be missed.

I'm not so sure. But someone was going to take a shot at him in the top 10. It just so happens it was us and we traded up to do it.

I still don't believe Huston wanted Young. Huston was taking the 1st qb to fall to them. The Bears only had interest from Huston and us for the 1st pick. If we hadn't been snooping around I bet Huston stays put at 2 and takes whoever they wanted. The Bears surely were not drafting a qb. So either Young or Stroud are taken 1st at 2 and the other goes to Indy. We most likely get Richardson, but it's possible we still have Young on the board at 9. We will never know now of course.

So? How many of those sacks had an impact on the outcome of the game? 0. That is his impact on the game. Matches his jersey number. Brown is who teams scheme against. He's double teamed on every play he's on the field. Which is about 90% of the snaps.

He's MIA now! Some jag off the street can replace that. You can find 2 guys for $10M per to rotate in and out during the game that would replace what he brings, probably get better on top of that.

It seems to me that if you want to properly evaluate a qb you must put him behind an OL that can hold a block for more than 2 seconds. That would be my priority over anything else at this point. Because when the OL is getting beat like a drum then the entire offense is screwed. Without fixing that it doesn't matter how many weapons you give him if he doesn't have time to read the field and step up in the pocket to make the throw. But what do I know.

Shop him and if you get no takers you have no choice but to let him walk. He's overpaid as it is. I would take a ham sandwich for him at this point. Watch the tap, it ain't pretty.

Exactly. Only 3 teams in the top 10 were taking a qb. We were one of the 3. We did NOT need to trade up for a qb. It was stupid then and in hindsight looks idiotic based on what was given and who they chose in return.

Burns is never double teamed or schemed around. He just isn't what his fans pretend he is. But this team is so desperate to have a "name" to pretend that is elite that they will overpay an underachieving player to say they are the franchise edge rusher. He's just a jag and will never be more than he is right now.

Neither were taking a qb. Only the Panthers were dumb enough to trade up.

Had we not traded up only 2 qbs would have gone before the 9th pick. Only Huston and Indy were taking qbs before us. That is a fact no one can dispute. In hindsight the 2 that would been available to us would have been 2 of those 3.

My theory was that one of the 4 qbs would have been there at our pick at 9. It would have been Richardson, Levis or Young IMO. We didn't have to trade up to get a qb and it proved to be exactly that way.

Are you mad you didn't think of it?

This^^^

Burns is not too important nor valuable to let walk. That is utterly ridiculous. The Panthers missed the golden goose when they passed on that trade.

If you think the run defense is bad now let Brown walk and see what happens.

Don't waste your time. Just put him on ignore like most sane folks do around here.

A blind man can see that.

I believe in building from the center out. Get the best you can find at each position on the offensive line and never be satisfied that you cannot possibly find an upgrade for any of them. In other words, never pass up the chance to get better on the oline. Because when they suck everyone looks like shyte.

And they were right.

Exactly.

Chinn is in essence a bust. We drafted him with no idea what to do with him and therefore he got little to no playing time. Why was he drafted in the first place? Because he's an athlete with no role in the defense. That my friend is a wasted draft pick and essentially a bust as far as we are concerned. Move on and let someone else figure out what to do with him.

No to Burns. I would let him walk before I give him another contract. The defense would not miss a beat without him.

He had 2 things going against him from the jump. 1. He was drafted by Fitterer. 2. Rhule never wanted him in the first place. As a bonus he wasn't very good to begin with.

I would say the odds are in your favor.