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Poor choice of words on my part. Wishful thinking should have been substituted as hopeful. I think he has a chance.

Saw the stats and immediately thought of Stefon Diggs’ last 3 postseasons

Knowing their cap sitch and Douglas’ age, I think Beane might be hoping that Elam can take a step and become the starter opposite Benford following season. Wishful thinking but not out of the question imo. I loved the trade for Douglas and was hoping he’d be extended but he’s approaching that age where it’s a little risky.

This isn’t correct. $287.5k guaranteed

But Tavon austin, Harty and Sherfield!! 😂

The mock aggregators had him as the 4th best WR across all the platforms they used. Yet you listed him as the 5th-8th WR. Nonsense. Howie got the team to the Super Bowl….and lost. If they drafted Jefferson and used the 1st rd pick they traded for Brown plus the salary they paid him on two different players maybe they WIN the Super Bowl instead of accomplishing nothing. Last I knew, making the Super Bowl means NOTHING. i never said a mock described JJ as a first ballot HoFer. Not even sure where you come up with this stuff half the time. It’s as if you think you’re so smart that you can just throw 💩 at the wall and hope that it sticks. It’s doesn’t. It just stinks.

SuperCatcher for me! 😂

Here’s where you cherry pick a general number (ranked 5-8th ranked WR) and make it the basis of your post. This info is available if you Google- he was the consensus WR4……yet you say he was ranked WR5-8……..LOL. You didn’t even include WR4…..you pushed it to 5. Typical you https://www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com/big-boards/2020/consensus-big-board-2020?pos=WR And at worst, the bills could’ve had Jaelon Reagor or Denzel Mims. When you bypass a first ballot HoF WR for a complete bum, it’s a major blunder- regardless of record. Then they had to use 2 first rd picks and hefty contracts to replace their blunder. Your stance- Roseman didn’t make a major blunder when drafting Jaelon Reagor over Justin Jefferson- got it. Do you.

Yes, we do need it. imo, the pass rush will make or break our season. Will AJ and Rousseau take another step? Will Von be an impactful pass rusher or what we saw last season? Will Ed continue to improve and will Carter provide help on the interior? Will Bobby Babich be able to manufacture pressure on key plays? Can Javon Solomon become a part of this DE rotation and be a Diamond in the rough a la Christian Benford?

Most thought Jefferson would be off the board. If not for all world GM Howie Rosemans blunder, he wouldn’t have been. What a debacle Howie.

Of course….. Easy answer. No question. If McGovern is our starting C this season, I’d rather have SVPG backing him up. We’re talking about a guy that signed for 1.2M, 250k gtd. Those guys don’t get traded for 4th rd picks at this stage of the offseason imo. Nice contribution. Here for one reason

Seems like the consensus best 6 at the moment

Execute better. Game plan better. Stay healthier. Partially on coaching. Partially on players. Partially on injuries. We’re close. Just have to be better when it counts. Including 17. He’s been great in one season ending loss (13 seconds). He was pretty good last year. Poor vs Cinci. Below average vs KC in the AFCCG. We need better from more than just coaching

This thread off to the same start as every other thread- sadness brigade McDermott sucks- we get it. Maybe you should start a mcdermott sucks thread and keep all the same regurgitated material there so we don’t have to read it in every other thread.

Part 1- that’s not the only argument. Price tag is the argument. The only argument. Part 2- tread has nothing to do with it- years left on the rookie contract is the only factor- money- I get you’re probably a UGA fan and are hoping to keep him. I love James Cook and think he could be special - I just don’t think paying a hefty RB contract is part of Beanes plan. If he’ll settle for 6-7M- maybe. We’ll see where the RB market is in two years .

Hence why trade deadline makes sense if he’s playing well Obv if he’s hurt or not playing well, no one will trade for him but if he is a difference maker, you pay half the salary and give up a late round. He was coming off back to back 10+ sack seasons before he got hurt (and came back) last season. It’s definitely a risk considering his age but a good Cam Hayward could be a difference maker for a team lacking pass rush. Something that we might be lacking. I obviously think very highly of Hayward. Maybe higher than most.

Yeah he’s an interesting one. Other than missing a good portion of last season, he’s beepretty durable in recent seasons and is a game wrecker when he’s playing well. Does he still have the ability to wreck games or is age taking over? how much money does he want and what will it take for Pittsburgh to deal him. The only way I could see it happening is in a trade deadline deal that involved a late round pick without hopes of resigning him long term. That said, I would think there would be at least one other team that has bigger plans for him.

No you haven’t - please show me the quote

I’d be shocked if we paid him. Easy answer for me.

Partly thanks to our elite star WR1 failing to do what he was paid 22M to do. Catch the dam ball. Partly due to not being able to stop KCs offense with a depleted defense. If we added a legit WR1 and he were injured and didn’t play in the playoffs would it still be Beanes fault for not adding more WRs?

Those are similar numbers to Kelce last season….where he was your WR1 and you won a Super Bowl. Those first 2 guys would be mortgaging our future in a big way. If you don’t see that, I can’t help you. the other guys I would’ve been ok with…..but you’re acting like they were available. Rumors are rumors. None of them switched teams. They are all where they started the offseason

Yeah, I agree. I’m one of them. I like our O and I’ve criticized the WR room, it’s just that I realize that the options to seriously upgrade our WR unit after the Diggs trade were far a few in between. Either give up massive draft loads to move up for a top 10 guy or pay massive money + draft picks to land a vet. Both require going close to all in which would’ve had negative implications at multiple positions. We weren’t going all in. Options were limited. I think we’re much better equipped for building a long term powerhouse at the price of our 2024 WR room. Sometimes GM have to make those decisions. Recent history shows it’s a viable strategy KC fans were saying the same thing about Veach when they traded Hill. which top tier WR would you have added that wouldn’t have radically changed our cap/draft picks? If Brian Thomas Jr is the answer, I get it. He’s the only guy that slid to a spot where we wouldn’t have had to give up the farm…. But I’m not so sure he’s a WR1 either. Sure he gives us a better deep threat, but I don’t think he’s that type of difference maker for 2024. who else could we have gotten that would’ve moved that needle?

And adding a star WR (at the expense of other positions) makes it that much more likely? Seems to me like the uproar began when we didn’t draft a WR in rd 2,3, or 4. I was hoping for one too….but I don’t think drafting a WR in any of those rounds would’ve moved the “likely to win a Super Bowl” meter very much. Trading for Aiyuk or another big money WR would equate to going all in. That’s not going to happen. Salary cap squashed those hopes imo. Imo, this is a debate is more about Beanes preference to keep the cap in a manageable position as opposed to going all in. I don’t think this season, considering our current pass rush, would’ve been the right time for that. If von miller comes out of the gate firing, I could see Beane making a move mid season if one is available Funny that a KC fan would bring up kincaids age considering Kelces resume prior to turning 25

We can win a Super Bowl without a great WR unit. That’s all that really matters. If we had poor WRs and a mix of sub par to average TE, RB and OL units, I would think we’d have a discussion for doing things wrong. Instead, we have above average to good, maybe very good units along with an elite QB. So many saying that we’re not helping 17 by not investing more into WR. I agree that I’d have liked to invest more in WR, but I don’t agree that we aren’t helping him. I think our run game will be improved and that will open up play action and Josh’s ability to move around and create time out of the pocket. I think Josh has the ability to transform Coleman, Samuel, Shakir, Kincaid, knox, Cook, Hollins and MVS from unproven unit to a quality unit. Kincaid, Coleman and Samuel are top 40 picks. They’re talented- Coleman and Samuel haven’t had the benefit of playing with 17 yet. 17 can help level them up as he will continue to do with Shakir. Hollins has never played with a good QB. MVS has won back to back being WR3-4. I get it. You guys want better WRs. So do I. Let’s just not act like we’re ruining 17’s career by not having an elite WR. We had one and he was a no show more often than not on the biggest stage

5 out of the last 7 Super Bowl champions didn’t have a 1000 yard WR. Also 9 out of the last 16. Get yourself a stud TE to pair with your elite QB and everything gets easier. I think we have ourselves a stud TE. Things are going to get easier.