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Consider Kincaid to be Beasley on steroid and stilts. we just kicked anotheb 6M down the road with Ed’s contract to sign Floyd. If hopkins will settle for one year of guaranteed money, I agree with you. I just don’t think that is his MO after hiring clutch sports.

20M over the cap to start the offseason. We’ve revamped our IOL, added OT depth, upgraded our WR depth, added future HoFer Kincaid, Floyd and Poona, 2 downhill goal line RBs. Didn’t overpay edmunds and drafted his long term replacement (I’m hopeful). we didn’t upgrade WR2- but we really did. Kincaid will soon be our 2nd option and then possibly our first option when Diggs moved on. Semantics #ignorethetrolls

Pass rush is the 2nd most important aspect of football behind great QB play. Do teams stop trying to upgrade the QB position because they missed on several QBs in the past? No, they can’t. They have to keep trying. Pass rush is the same. Teams don’t stop addressing pass rusher because they missed on previous investments. Keep trying until you get it right. It’s that important.

Great signing. Nothing not to love about it. Proven consistent pass rusher that won a ring rushing opposite Von. Better chance Lawson is cut but better chance that Basham is traded for a 6th or 7th. He got a 5th for Ford….. so anything is possible

8M a year? Sure. I wouldn’t pay him more than that- maybe 10, but that’s pushing it.

Agreed

I must’ve said “this is why we got Von Miller” at least 50 times that night. Seasons ruined by Thanksgiving day games 2 years in a row. Sigh

Seems like an overpay but I love me some Ed

Sounds like a HC

I thought that his cap hit was minimum this year and something like 99M next year

I agree. My initial prediction was to l after london, but his optimism has me thinking Miami. Miami and Jax are two huge games. Would be great to have him. I’d prefer if he sat the first 3 weeks. 3 less games he has a chance to get injured and wear and tear. Raiders and Washington in week 2 and 3 should be easy W’s. Wish we could play him week 1 then sit him down the next 2 weeks, but that’s not happening

I did t say it was a guarantee I said that was one of his problems.

“It” doesn’t have to do with Beane. The “it” I’m referring to is in reference to small midgets succeeding in the nfl. Inwasnt referring to Harty. I also don’t expect Harty to be out slot WR, like McKenzie was. If he was, I wouldn’t expect him him to succeed in that role. I expect him to be similar to Mecole Hardman. A guy that can take the top off the defense and can take a short pass/handoff to the house. Definitely a niche type player. The always a rule until someone comes along to break analogy doesn’t vibe with me in this case. Let’s say that there were 10 players as small as mckenzie that had success. There were still 100 others his size that didn’t have success. There’s a reason for that. I’d argue that in many cases, it’s because they were too small and their arms and hands were too short. L Having longer arms and bigger hands make it easier to catch with your hands and avoid body catching. I agree that his size isn’t his only problem. But it IS a big problem. As has been rehashed here thousands of times, by you as well, he’s football IQ is lacking. It’s another reason why he hasn’t had success. I realize shakir has short arms. It’s not a one or the other problem. It’s a one and the other problem. A combination of being super short with super small arms, hands and weighing 175lbs is one of the reasons dirty isn’t very good. Shakir doesn’t have the same combination of deficiencies. I do believe that if he has 32 inch arms, he would’ve been a 2nd rd pick and he’d have a higher ceiling. My apologies if you got offended by the check mate comment and if I misread your initial reply. I stand by my belief that his size is a big reason why he isn’t a better WR. I just should’ve included his football IQ in my initial post.

He was Josh Allen’s slot receiver for the entire season. Of course his stats aren’t going to be “that bad”. He wasn’t good (he was closer to poor than good last year imo) and we’d prefer good+ as shown by trading up to draft his replacement

McKenzie measured was 5’7 at the combine. Maybe he grew? 🤷🏻‍♂️ I get your point, but I hope you also get my point. Size DOES matter when you’re THAT small. If it didn’t, there would be other successful 5’7 WRs

It doesn’t have anything to do with Beane. name two successful WR’s in nfl history that are mckenzies height and arm length. Name one? I’ll save you some time. In the history of the NFL there are no successful WRs with dirtys dimensions. Check mate my friend edit: I’m a fan of Harty and I expect him to make some big plays for us…. But he was never signed to be our starting slot WR imo. The likelihood of him staying healthy if he gets 100+ targets is very unlikely imo. I expect him to play some outside (not just slot) and run a fair amount of outside/ deep routes.

Idk why, but he’s too dam small and his arms to too dam short to be a good target. nice guy though

I think it was a problem for Brown, gabe and possibly Bate. Not sure I agree with “half the problem”. What problem? The stunted growth for those 3? Sure, I agree with that. I don’t think it was “half of problem” if the problem was our lack of success in the playoffs . It’s tough to bring in legit competition for several position. We had a pretty deep team and suffered a ridiculous amount of injuries on D. 16 games and 3 losses by a total of 8 points suggests that we had good competition in many spots.

Might be right. I didn’t do my due diligence. I forgot they drafted Tillman. Their top 4 is really solid now with Cooper, Moore, DPJ and Tillman. Then goodwin, David Bell, Anthony Schwartz, Darden and grant…… sheesh.

2 solid guys to work out imo

ZOMG WE HAVE TO SIGN HIM!! WE CAN’T LET MIAMI GET HIM!!! 😱

Hahaha. Was going to say the same thing last week.

I think he’s 💯 worth more. That’s said, will a team be willing to pay him more? 🤷🏻‍♂️ The OBj contract struck me as too rich and I’m glad we didn’t pay him that much. i think the biggest question is how much playing for a true contender matters to him. I believe the Pats are willing to pay him more than 15M. But does he want to play for NE? 🤷🏻‍♂️ Does he want a multi year deal with more than one season of gtd money? So many questions that we don’t have the answer to. I’d venture to say there’s a team or 2 that will be willing to pay him 15M+ for the 2023 season. I don’t believe KC or Buffalo will. That said, he may join KC or Buffalo for less than other offers if playing for a true contender is really that important to him. my personal opinion is that $ matters most to him and that he’ll end up in Clevelan for 15M+. Stefanski’s job is on the line and reuniting watson with Hopkins could save his job and get the most out of Watson

I love Shell as a backup, I’ve already stated that. I’m disputing the “hope” that Shell is our starting RT. We should all hope that Brown beats out Shell and becomes a better pro than Shell, who is maxed out and is what he is. A good backup, below average starter imo

Hopefully he’s not because Spencer Brown improves and earns the job. We have Brown has more upside and is under contract for 2 more seasons. While Shell is one and done