Big C

Yeah, I agree with all that. I'm confident that a solid DB will be available in the second and depending on how far we can trade down picking up two seconds would be advantageous but also unlikely. I can see a trade down wherein we get Reddick.

I agree that it's unlikely. Who are you expecting?

Think I prefer him to Williams too. Assuming we stay at 10 and the safeties are off the board, I would like this pick or OJ Howard.

I think they are still in the discussion, but other teams in the NFC are rising while, at best, they are staying about the same.

Not sure how much he's got left in him anyway, but it'll be a nice swan song for him to get a season in with his hometown team before they move.

And they traded up for him!

It's like Brown knows he outperformed last year and wants to cash in now before his stock drops again.

Stop! Fitz is the harbinger of injury for every quarterback he backs up. TT will surely get knocked out for the season in September if we sign Fitz to be backup.

Bryant is currently a UFA.

I can't believe Vegas is getting a hockey team AND a football team.

Love it!

I get the argument for bringing in one of these guys to back up TT because they have similar skillsets. If we choose to go that route, I'd prefer Kap. More durable and has a bigger body of better work, even if it hasn't been stellar the past three years.

TT was featured twice on this list of "best QB duels" by PFF. https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-10-best-qb-duels-of-the-pff-era/ Of course, both were loses. I actually didn't think of the Washington game as a particularly good game for TT, but the Seahawks game was exhilerating.

Zach would be a good coverage linebacker, sure, but we haven't seen the extent of what our current guys can do and we still have the draft if the staff isn't comfortable with who we have or who is left in free agency.

Thanks John for everything you bring to us. A resounding majority of us appreciate your presence in our community. In another note regarding Whaley's status with the team, I recall Leroi saying something in the shoutbox not too long ago about Whlaley being safer than safe because the Pegula's felt bad about how they meddled over the past couple years and that Whaley was close to resigning but the Pegs begged him to stay, basically. Leroi's credentials are what they are, questionable, but as a guy who claims to be in the organization somehow it was interesting to read and against what the common perception is here.

If this still falls under the same two challenges you get already I don't see why there would be anyone against this.

Me too, but things can change on a moment's notice.

Haha. But yeah nothing wrong with exploring your options when you can. If I was offered more money for equal or worse performance I would take that gig.

If you can get a top prospect in the draft with your first pick, you take him and get him for 5 years. Gilmore was a good corner in his time here. We got good value for the pick. And while some are disappointed that he did not become "elite," all we have to do is take a look at the other names that came off the board around him and discount hindsight. It was a good pick and we got five years of, at worst, serviceable play at a difficult position. The issue comes down to money in the present. Was good CB play worth game breaker money? Absolutely not. Maybe the Patriots think he can be even better than he was here, but also maybe they have a top team already and can afford to pay whatever they want to a corner that can be sturdy of the next few years. Meanwhile, we have extended contracts at other positions for our top players (McCoy, Glenn, Incognito, Hughes, Dareus, Taylor) based on their value to our team, the market for their position at the time and certainly other factors as well. Of course, it's also hard to compare picks over regimes especially since our team has gone through so many changes in the past couple decades. With a deep DB class in the next draft, it's possible that we have a plan!

Wow. I knew his record was bad, but 2-20 is worse than I thought.

Glad he's back!

I feel like Woods has the abilities to be a quality #2. He was drafted in the second for a reason. We just never really got to see him flourish here, for lack of a quality QB or a run-heavy offensive scheme, perhaps? Unfortunately I don't think he's going to fare much better in LA, but at least he's getting paid!

I hope the Saints hold onto their 1st.

Yeah. It would only make sense if we traded Sammy for Hopkins straight up. But that would mean the Bills don't believe in Sammy anymore and that just couldn't be true.

Hoenstly at first I was a little surprised they only tendered Gilly at the 5th round amount but with a little time passing now it seems like the wise move. We want him and are working to extend him but the RB market is soft right now and it looks like we may get to keep him for a few years at a very reasonable price.