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How do we know he wants $14MM? Why can’t we cut the scrubs on the dline to make it work or structure a deal around this year’s salary cap constraints. I’m happy to eat crow on this if I’m wrong, but I’m telling you if we let him walk, he’ll go be a big time player for someone else. We’ve been fed the line “draft well and retain our own” by this management team. Time to put their money where their mouth is. Pay him.

I don’t think he needs to be highest paid at his position to come to an agreement. I also have some concern with injuries, but sometimes they just happen. Eric Wood was one of those guys. We stuck with him and he turned into a pretty damn good player. Milano may never have another injury that forces him to miss time. We should reward our own that we drafted and developed. Not Mario Addison or Vernon Butler. Cut them and give that money to Milano.

This would be a HUGE mistake to not bring Milano back. He’s a difference maker on defense. Yes, he’s been banged up some, but he’s proven a difference maker when he’s on the field. If they don’t get rid of all these non-impact JAGs at over-inflated salaries on the Dline to keep Milano, they are making a mistake and he’ll go star elsewhere. Unpopular opinion: I’d prefer to keep Milano over Tremaine. I don’t dislike Tremaine like some others on here, but Milano is far more instinctive, is a difference maker, and is typically around the ball.

For me, the goal this off season should be getting pass rushers and increasing overall team speed. Anything else is gravy. I don’t want to go nuts on defense because you have to outscore KC. You aren’t going to hold them down all game, but you can force their hand situationally by disrupting Mahomes. Our pass rush completely disappeared in some big games this year, and when we did get home, sometimes we struggled finishing and bringing down the QB. I’d scrap most of the dline if they aren’t on a rookie deal. Maybe keep Jerry for leadership. We all saw what our lack of team speed meant the other night, so no need to rehash. The plus side is that with the culture this team has created, I think we can absorb some guys with checkered pasts as long as their talent and work ethic is worth it.

What a friggen warrior.

One helluva year. Reload and try again next year. Going to have to go through Mahomes for years to come. Not impossible but have to be better. The unfortunate reality is that only one team walks away without disappointment each year.

Fitting end...not stopping the run.

I might actually have to root for Brady in this super bowl and I really hate that.

Well...we’ve got our kicker.

Agreed. That’s the biggest difference between him and Mahomes right now. Mahomes is so cerebral. Never rattled. Ever.

Wait until now to use McKenzie.

I’d cut loose most of this aging DL to free up space. They get zero pressure most games.

This game plan was almost 2017 like. McD’s conservative hands all over this one.

Still can’t believe we scored only 15 in the AFCCG.

Helluva year. Reload come back strong next year. Hopefully Watson and Stafford aren’t in the division.

Silver lining...Mahomes will smoke the Bucs.

No disagreement. But he’s a punk.

Feliciano has been playing about as well as Winters was this game. Been terrible.

Incredible how poor our red zone O has been today. Supposedly this is the 32nd ranked red zone D. But no one told Daboll that.

This drive is our season.

That’s a win by the D.

Wide open each and every play.

I expected this to some degree out of our defense. They are loaded on offense. I’m most disappointed in our punchless offense. Praying they make some meaningful adjustments.

This offense looks completely different than the regular season. Closest to it was colts game. I don’t know what’s going on but they better fix it fast.

What crappy play calling down there. Zero creativity in the biggest game of the year. WAKE UP!