Bostonheelfish

Anyone else really like this guy. 6'7" with tons of length, athleticism and speed. He would need to have a scheme fit for him, but he looks like he'd be a monster linebacker in zone coverage with the ability to rush the passer and play the run on the outside. He'd certainly have to have special packages to take advantages of his traits, but the guy has the instincts and freakish ability. Having him behind our line, and the blitzes we could bring with him and dropping Burns into coverage, and vice versa would create a lot of opportunities. I don't care whether he is a scheme fit for 3-4 or 4-3, to me he's just a weapon you figure out how to use. In the 4th round he'd be a steal IMO.  
 

I really like Leatherwood or Onwuzurike in the 2nd if that happens.

1 hour ago, GoobyPls said:

Has the verge guy gotten a single prediction right?

 

 

Verge doesn’t really make a lot of predictions. Verge mostly provides likelihoods and nuggets of what they’ve been hearing.

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

This is basically how Ryan Grigson ran the Colts.

It's a huge reason why Grigson got fired and why Andrew Luck is now retired.

I never said LT or offensive line wasn't important. Hell, I've said if we do draft Sewell and Leatherwood is there in the 2nd round I think we should draft both (I love his versatility and he would be a monster guard). I just don't think you pass on Pitts with the options available to us if he's there.  

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

It won't matter how many offensive weapons we have if we can't consistently protect Sam Darnold

We couldn’t protect Bridgewater and we were in almost every game at the end. A first round LT isn’t our only solution to solve the LT problem and it’s not the only opportunity. Get the unstoppable TE now. If Sam sucks next year because our multiple second round LTs suck, so be it. It’s Sam Darnold. Besides, it’s easier for Pitts to have an immediate impact than it is for a rookie LT. Besides, Darnold moves in the pocket better than Teddy. 
 

I may not feel this way if there weren’t more LT talent to be had in the second round, but because these moons are aligning we need to ride this wave.

54 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Who's playing left tackle in this scenario?

A second rounder or buy one next year. A Pitts mismatch type player at 8 only comes along once every CMC. To have both those players changes an organization. 
 

We have cap room for next year, a second round pick this year, and a first next year to address the LT. That’s three opportunities to get a longterm solution to LT in the next year. This is our only chance to get a TE with Hall of Fame ability. 

Pitts and Leatherwood. Get me both, and I don’t care who else you draft.

I really like Leatherwood, not at 8, but if he’s there in the 2nd round, man that would be something. Even if we picked Sewell at 8, Leatherwood would be an amazing pick in the 2nd.

3 hours ago, Agent Blue said:

you could have god mode megatron and antonio gates, but it wont matter if your OL sucks.

always always build from the ground up. the lines are the foundation. you don't pass up an elite LT or DE unless you already have one on your roster. which we havent since gross. 

Quicker and easier to build O line with vets in free agency than to rely on rookies in the draft. They’ll be more cuts after the draft, plus if you want a OT from the draft then wait until the second round, they’ll be someone decent left (leatherwood).

I think not selecting Pitts would be a monumental mistake. The more I look, the more I’m convinced he’ll be incredible in our offense. He’s going to be so open in our offense. McCaffrey and he pulling down safeties so DJ Moore and Anderson can just run down the field will be unstoppable. Oh and then we’re in the end zone with Dan Arnold and Pitts. Lol to the defenses.

Having TE like Pitts completely changes the offense. We won’t get the opportunity to have one of the league’s best mismatches for years if we don’t grab him if he’s available. A great LT is of course a big win. But we can address LT easier in subsequent FA and the draft easier than getting a TE of Pitt’s quality in years to come.

5 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

Dammit.

If the allegations are true, he needs to be prosecuted and punished to the fullest.  If they are false, the accusers needs to be prosecuted and punished to the fullest, as well.  And if they are false (which is what I'm leaning towards), no one can convince me that McNair wasn't behind this to keep Watson in Houston.  The McNairs, by all accounts I have heard, are fairly despicable people...  and honestly, most billionaires didn't get to where they are by playing nice.

I know it isn't a popular opinion or take in this day and age, but it's just convenient timing and way too many questions (and anonymity) for me to believe these accusations at face value.  If more compelling evidence is presented, I look forward to it, but to me, there is way too much grey area here so far and nothing but hearsay.

lol what hearsay? This is coming from the victim’s personal knowledge. You don’t know what hearsay is.

I kinda think he signed for 2.5 million to show how incompetent the Bears were for signing Dalton for 10 million. Trubisky gets a reset year and hits the market next year and possibly goes with their offensive coordinator who’s rumored to be a top coaching candidate next year.

21 minutes ago, unicar15 said:

The front offices do not care at all about future cap ramifications. The cap in 2022 is probably going to be over $215 million. That’s almost a $40 million swing (assuming COVID restrictions are going to be gone). Watson isn’t set to be a free agent until 2026.

So you’ll basically have one of the most talented QBs in the league on one of the friendliest deals for a team. The dead cap you eat while acquiring him is a completely moot point. McCaffery’s restructure makes it more palatable for teams to acquire him in the short term while you’re cap strapped and then when the cap increases from TV money it doesn’t matter. That restructure was purely done for this year’s deals. Nothing else.
 

 

Yeah, but the cap gets larger for everyone else, as well. So while we’ll have a lot more cap space, so will other teams. It’s not like the growing cap puts us in a clear advantage over half of the league.

He was pretty bad with throws to his right at his pro day. First round picks can’t have that problem; especially when he’s had an entire year to learn how to throw not left.

In the pros he’s really excelled in late game drives. He turns on another gear and starts playing with more confidence. He has a little Delhomme in him in that regard. I think he would do well here. Our team has seen what a good QB who can’t perform at the end of games gets you ... nothing. 

I think the Khalil Mack trade worked out to Chicago's benefit.  He completely changed that defense.  Turned them into a monster.

17 minutes ago, Bostonheelfish said:

If we could get Watkins by trading CMC, and are able to get Javonte Williams in the second round I think we end up better off. That’s not a slight at CMC. It’s just placing a higher value at a QB, and thinking very highly of Javonte. He would run very much like CMC between and outside the tackles (He doesn’t have the last gear like CMC or route tree, however). The benefit overall of Javonte plus Watkins is greater than Teddy and CMC. Teddy is the problem for CMC, not CMC himself.

Watson. His last name is Watson. 

If we could get Watkins by trading CMC, and are able to get Javonte Williams in the second round I think we end up better off. That’s not a slight at CMC. It’s just placing a higher value at a QB, and thinking very highly of Javonte. He would run very much like CMC between and outside the tackles (He doesn’t have the last gear like CMC or route tree, however). The benefit overall of Javonte plus Watkins is greater than Teddy and CMC. Teddy is the problem for CMC, not CMC himself.

5 hours ago, stirs said:

I also don't doubt one bit that hospitals, knowing that the gov will pay the bills on covid 19 cases, will code things as "suspected" coronavirus without any tests.  Follow the money is pretty simple.  There are billions out there for the taking, figure out a way to get some of it.

Sounds like a good reason to take money as an incentive out of health care.

It’s starting to feel like people are trying to be the most correct regarding when the right time to open the country is when really we should just be very grateful if we get it correct.

54 minutes ago, Wes21 said:

Do you have a clue what conversation you just jumped in, or are you talking just to talk at this point?

That's rich coming from you.

1 hour ago, Tbe said:

I’ll say one thing, if this thing leads to remote work becoming much more common, people are going to leave these big cities in droves. Rural areas are going to see a big population increase.

The high cost of living, taxes, and now increased risk of death, will not make these areas worth it.

People don’t move to NYC because they can’t wait to work in an office building.  If they can work remotely within NYC they will stay, especially without a boss breathing down their neck all day.

5 hours ago, Harbingers said:

There has never been a “cure“ or vaccines for Corona Viruses or SARS. “Cure” is a bit of a flagrant misnomer here. Treatment beyond supportive care is what you should be looking for. Remember the “common cold” is a COVID too. 

The “common cold” is not “a COVID”.