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I’ll call him “Shooter”. Thanks to his press conference

Maybe it’s kincaids turn to be that elite TE. If not this season, soon. If the defense stays healthy and von doesn’t stink, we just need to execute. if not this year, then next. We aren’t ever going to go all in. Last year was the closest we’ll ever see imo

How many elite WRs did Brady win super bowls with? Mahomes the last 2 seasons? The eagles? I just don’t think elite WRs have any correlation with winning super bowls. Great QB play+ coaching and defense I agree. I was hoping the same. I just don’t think trading Diggs was in his original plan this offseason. When free agency started, I think Diggs was in his plans. Then the tweet happened. Final straw- jmo.

Yeah….elite players help….as I said

Or would a great run game with dual TEs help out QB more? 🤷🏻‍♂️ after watching KC win 2 SBs back to back with below average WRs, I don’t know what’s best for an elite QB. There are a handful of teams good enough to win the SB every year. It all comes down to being relatively healthy and executing a good game plan. It’s not a science. We had Diggs for 3 elite seasons prior to this year. All same results in the playoff losses. He was beyond irrelevant

Good post. I was thinking the same thing. He ran a ton of go routes that require you to have the explosiveness to get over the top. He doesn’t have that explosiveness. Hence, he could never get separation on them. I didn’t like the way FSU deployed him and I think that had an impact on how he’s viewed.

I mean, your chance of success increases for every elite player you have. More so on the defensive line than split out wide. I don’t think our WR unit is average either. I think it’ll be better than KCs last year. I think our RB room will be better than theirs. I think our TE room can be similar as well as our OL. we just need the coaching and to execute the plays that are called. Having a star WR1 didn’t do much for us in the playoffs 4 years in a row. I think we can win with what we have as long as the defense doesn’t take a major step back and stays healthy

Good luck with that. Anything can happen….but that’s not happening imo. Seems to me they’re going to roll with what they got plus maybe a 2nd 3rd tier FA if one happens to come available and take less money than they thought. Bottom line- it doesn’t matter if our WR group is better than last years as long as our TE group is better, our RB group is better and our OL is at least as good. Not to mention our coaches. I think there’s too much infatuation with WRs in this fan base. They matter, don’t get me wrong….but let’s not act like having an elite War unit is needed to win a SB.

For sure. Doesn’t look like he was trying to add a power back like many were thinking. Looks to me like we drafted James Cooks eventual replacement. Can’t pay RBs big bucks! He’s a helluva receiver too. Cook needs to start catching the ball in the end zone

Might be right, but one could also say that he signed John brown, Beasley, traded for Diggs, signed Harty, drafted shakir and signed samuel. 🤷🏻‍♂️ doesn’t seem that unbalanced to me I agree

As they did Diggs, Beasley John brown, gabe Davis in rd 4 and Shakir in rd 5

I agree that we don’t need a true elite WR if we have 5-6 good playmakers. Spread it out. Makes it tougher to scheme against and you don’t have to worry about a diva wrecking the locker room not saying I don’t want one. I do. I just don’t think it’s needed to win a SB

Do you think Benjamin is comparable to Keon Coleman as an athlete?

Or it just shows how our FO valued the WRs available vs the players that we drafted.

You think all the GMs know how everyone feels about the other prospects? Might be true but if this is the case, I would think, in a multi billion dollar industry, that GMs would be a little more discreet considering the drafts are their livelihood. you guys enjoy, but knowing which players will be available in each round makes this MUCH different exercise than what the GMs are doing. 💯

And here’s the perfect example Imagine if we took a slot WR before an X? But knowing that Franklin was available with our 3rd pick allows you to add yet another slot WR before the X. with the 60th pick, the Buffalo bills select their 3rd string slot WR. I like Wilson. I think he’s landed in a great spot. There’s just no way we could’ve taken him in rd 2 unless we knew which WRs would be availble in rd 3. Sorry, I think it’s a stupid game. I’d recommend starting the game while the draft is going on and make your picks in real time so you don’t have the benefit of knowing which positions/players you can wait on due to players slipping.

He’s a free stash as he allows us to have an additional PS spot. It’s a 7th round pick…. We have a year to work with him with zero downside

Sadly, I think it’ll be Michael Gallup Would be a good signing

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lol…..if we would’ve had better 5th string LBs….those aren’t guys on the roster. You think they could’ve brought another FA LB in that could’ve learned the playbook and start vs Kelce and got the job done? Again, no. Anyone we would’ve had would’ve been taken to the woodshed. There’s no way a team coached by McD could take the champs to the final minute if their roster wasn’t good enough If the roster had one less injury at LB, I think we win that game. Our top 3 CBs were also injured ….vs Pat Mahomes and Andy Reid. The roster was legit. The best opening day roster we’ve had with Josh Allen imo

Love his interview. What a sharp kid

And by agreeing with this, you agree that the roster was good enough. If it wasn’t good enough we couldn’t have been so close to winning with such bad coaching…. No?

Agree to disagree regarding the roster. It was legit. We had bad luck with injuries and we didn’t execute. Regarding McD, you might be right. He stunk it up that game. He’s stunk it up on several occasions including every season ending loss. I like the guy and I think he may eventually evolve into a championship caliber coach….but he’s not right now.

No….our roster WAS good enough. We just didn’t make the plays and/or our coaches didn’t do a good enough job. let’s not mention our starting LB that was covering Kelce on both Tds was unemployed on thanksgiving day. Our top 4 LBs all impacted by Injury, von fell off a cliff, Tre injured, Benford injured, Douglas injured, gabe injured, Diggs, the worst ever version of himself, Rapp injured.

I can’t recall any instances in which I didn’t agree with one of your takes 👍🏻