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Unlike you, I like to reflect on predictions and their eventual outcomes, and this seemed to be an appropriate thread to mark the end of Zappe’s time in New England. Sorry if this offended you though.

There was so much promise for Zappe:

If you really loved our WR room already, just wait til we get Metchie 😃

I agree it’s not a Cody Ford situation. I actually think they should flip Elam for best possible pick they can get at this point, but I also get the point that he’s nice depth to have in the CB room. I just think they have other CB depth that they trust just as much, so they’d get better value trading him.

If Elam is our 3rd or 4th CB at this point, it doesn’t really matter if he was a 1st rounder now. It’s a sunk cost.

Keon is apparently the Rainman of naming random NBA superstars, and then even remembering which ones he already said.

Not sure if Von is out of the woods yet. Zay Jones’ incident happened mid-November of last year, whereas Von was end of November. If the league decides these cases in chronological order, Von may be next. Agree it’s questionable how the league is deciding each case, although here’s the actual policy: https://nflpaweb.blob.core.windows.net/website/Departments/Salary-Cap-Agent-Admin/2022-NFL-Personal-Conduct-Policy.pdf

You’re gonna get a bag of beans if you tried trading Morrow or Morris. They’d be silly to trade one of their two starting-level RBs, it’s a long season and they’re going to need more than one guy. And it wouldn’t make any sense to trade Epenesa when they just resigned the guy in the offseason and he’s in the prime of his career.

Like you said earlier in this thread, several of the backups have been showing real well in camp. If the team really likes what they see and don’t want to cut some of these “unproven” guys, Beane might see value in flipping Elam at this point.

The larger value is in whatever pick Beane can get for Elam. What round pick do you think is worth it to trade Elam for?

Just going to have Elam ride the pine another season though? Given Beane has traded the likes of Sammy Watkins or Ronald Darby away, wouldn’t shock me if he does the same with Elam to at least get some kind of pick in return. Don’t know that the rest of our DB room has much trade value, but we seem to have a pretty deep CB room and I don’t know how much better Elam is versus the rest of the backups.

Ka’iir Elam to Pittsburgh, for Kyle Allen and a pick. For all the injuries we’ve had, thinking the CB room is one where someone solid will need to be released unless there’s a trade. And this helps to bolster our backup QB situation.

Flores or McDaniels? 😇

Having had a couple bad bosses in my career, can totally relate to what Tua had to say. Love the candid nature of his comments.

Or comes up two days ago, lol:

Both! lol…Let’s see some real games before getting too worked up.

Funny, a few weeks ago all of the training camp reviews were about how well the offense was playing and some around here saying we would have the greatest offense ever. A couple meaningless preseason games later where MVP candidate JA has played one quarter, and some are now ready to jump off a bridge. Come on people, pull yourselves together!

The McBeane “culture” in my statement is referring to Beane’s ability to find talent and leaders in an offseason where the roster needed a facelift, and then McD and other coaches’ ability to turn that into results on the field for the team. I’m choosing to stay optimistic, mainly because we have Josh on our team and he seems super focused from what I’ve seen and heard of him in camp.

This season is going to be a real test of the McBeane culture and how good Josh really is. I really think Josh knows this too and has come into the season in the best physical and mental shape of his life, ready to take his game to another level.

Well that’s awkward 🙃

TO is still running under 4.4, give him a call

Right, but the point is it’s not a bad thing to have two starting caliber RBs on the roster. It’s a long season and the likelihood is they’re going to get dinged up along the way. Why trade away one of the two guys now when we’ll likely need the player more this season versus a pick next offseason?

Time to amputate?

I’m really starting to love this WR room.

Have him and Milano ever been sighted in the same place together? Just sayin’.