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He also doesn't have a large catch radius, or use his body well to shield defenders. He definitely plays small.

To be fair - the d-line was the best group on that disaster of a team. And the tackling and just general physicality was very poor from our d-line last year. Hopefully he can get more out of guys like lawson and dareus.

Did he do something to get cut (this time...)? Or was he just a victim of numbers? Jeffery, Smith, Matthews, Agholor, now hollins... All of those guys cost more to cut than keep (or are part of future plans more than DGB)... while you actually save money by cutting DGB. If he isn't a teams ace, then he was just going to get cut anyway.

I dunno - you aren't able to tackle in practice anymore.. so probably pretty difficult.

This is why we should try and carry some over. We will want to extend Sammy if he has a good year. May want to be a bit more active in Free agency again after sitting out the past few years.

The agent's clearly going to leverage it. He also knows he makes more on the open market - so he walks in a year. Players only get 1 shot at a 2nd deal after their rookie deal. They want to maximize that pay day. So if he stayed at 2.6, and walked next year, then he factors into our comp pick formula for 2019. We got a 5th round pick in 2017 for losing him this year, instead of... probably a 5th round pick in 2019. For better or worse, Jonathan Williams is the guy with Tolbert as the likely insurance. It's not ideal but its cheaper. If Williams stinks, we'll draft someone next year. Entry-level deals are much cheaper (http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/cap-hit/running-back/entry-level/). He can block on 3rd downs much more effectively than McCoy. Has pretty good hands for a guy his size. He hasn't fumbled since 2011. He can break through an arm tackle on 3rd and inches, while McCoy cant.

You can't have the 2nd highest paid RB in the NFL (the highest is on the tag), AND the highest paid backup in the NFL at RB.

I think we used the pick to move up and get zay... but we also did get Dawkins because we had extra picks

2.6 million would have made him the 13th highest cap hit on the team, for our backup running back. It makes contract negotiations much more difficult as the agent starts at 2.6 per year if not more. So u end up with him for a high cap hit for 1 year then he walks to start somewhere else. You might get a comp pick in 2019. It's also a ton to pay a backup running back when u have the 2nd highest paid back in the NFL. Unfortunately you have to go young and cheap when u carry a contract like mccoys.

Somewhere around 3-6 wins. Decker missed pretty much all of 2016 - so his loss is negligible too. O-line is still alright. Should be able to keep McCown on his feet, and run the ball. Bowles seems like a solid coach, at least defensively.

Pryor sucked. Revis was massively overpaid, and sucked. Harris was also overpaid.

I don't look at us as a tanking team. We're returning much of a 7-9 team from a year ago, that lost a couple tight games to playoff bound teams in Miami and Seattle. We were without our top WR most of the season, and a ton of other people missed time (safeties, shady missed a game or two, woods). Our franchise DT missed 4 games with suspension, as well as several more due to injury. Our 1st round pick missed camp and barely played, and our 2nd round pick didn't play a down. How are we significantly worse than we were a year ago under our idiotic previous HC?

Bottom this year is between cleveland, SF probably, and the NYJ. I throw the Rams in there too - new coach and still a lousy offense. With injuries and if we lose tons of close games - 5-11/6-10 is probably worst case scenario. Only chance we finish close to the bottom is a tyrod injury

Smith should be the starter all year assuming he's healthy. They'd be in a great position to move on in 2018. 3.6 mil cap hit to cut him outright (by the 3rd league day), or they can trade him and someone can absorb the 14.5 million base salary for a solid starting QB. He should still fetch a decent asset.

He needs to take another job and do well. Then he will get more chances.

Def hard to crack into that top group. Need to win an MVP, few first team all-pros, and have absurd longevity for this era. Demarco murray had a better year behind the same O-line... why isn't he on the list?!

Shedding salary to roll over into 2018 and tanking for a top pick in 2018. They'll have a ton of free space from fronting some cap charges into 2017, and will roll over another big chunk. They'll remake the team in FA, and/or trade Richardson for something. They do have a ton of needs though... QB - assume this is covered with the tank RB - probably plug another vet in here WR - should be a good crop of free agent WRs, and one of theirs might turn out to be something TE - Nothing at this position at the moment CB - Nothing at this position really S - Adams.. and not much else OLB - more of the same... They add a top 3-5 pick and they get their QB. I would see

1800 and 28 TDs in 1 season. Also caught 100 balls in 03 He's pretty good...

For the most part I agree. I also think he was a victim of circumstances with Oakland. They brought in their rookie QB, and whats the best way to improve one - oline and WRs. They used a ton of money to build the line, and then signed crabtree and Cooper fell right to them. If they don't sign Crabtree - he probably starts the last 2 years. If they don't draft cooper - same thing. Worked out well for us - in any case. He's super cheap. If hes good - great. If hes not - hes gone.

whats ours now Sammy Holmes Jones Brown Streater Ross/Tate It would probably be hunter or heyward-bey. I don't think either of them is particularly good.

Seeing the tackling of our defense a year ago, i can safely say we need Ragland on the field quite badly. For that reason, I don't think that Preston Brown is "good". He's alright.

Tajh Boyd?

Boldin - chasing a ring.... won't come here. Barnidge - chasing the big pay day. He'll take the top dollar he can get guaranteed, or he goes somewhere where he can maximize his numbers and try again for the big pay day. Byrd - was cleared by team doctors, but refused to play in his last year here. Also a pretty lousy tackler in a defense that requires you to tackle well. I think we're going to carry the cap space over. Maybe make a move or two in the beginning stages of free agency instead of waiting for scraps. We could also use the space if we're forced to franchise watkins. 2017 was like 15 million. Carrying over an extra 10 (i assume 2+ gets taken up with roster moves) will help us field a roster when we have to tag someone.

Ones I came up with (I took out guys who play primarily in the slot, and I didn't use any rookies since i don't really know what their role will be) M Crabtree E Sanders B marshall M Jones R Cobb D Jax J Brown D Parker M Wallace T benjamin Mostly just big guys, or speed guys. The possession route runners will always get their - 5 for 50 type of games.

Streater had 60 and 888 with 4 TDs in 2013. Holmes had 47 and 693 and 4 TDs in 2014. Bottom line - quicks stats resemble streater and holmes. If he is cut - he will have missed OTAs, TC, Preseason, and a ton of time with the Tyrod. To me - it wouldn't make sense to bring him in unless he looked like a major upgrade