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1) Who’s the backup center with Feliciano out? Boehm or Bates? 2) Who plays “FB” when we’re in goal line type sets if Gilliam doesn’t dress? Lee Smith? Dawson Knox? Kroft? 3) Who’s the return man if something happens to Roberts? I know these are ancillary issues and not very prominent to team performance. Just interested to see what they’ll do if/when some of these things come Up.

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My guess is he goes to Pittsburgh. Big Ben is a big enough name that Rosen isn’t challenging anything (and I don’t think he shakes up a locker room anywhere he goes anyways). Could possibly learn a bit from Roethlisberger, and Pittsburgh needs something behind a 38yr old Big Ben coming off a season ending injury last year.

Diggs Brown Beasley Davis McKenzie Hodgins Roberts -I think they keep these 7. Foster and Williams go onto the practice squad and we see what happens from there

I think Tre gets done after this season. He’ll play next season on his 5th year, and if they come up with a new deal, it might even replace the 5th year option. No need to rush it. They’re taking a patient approach to make sure all their ducks are in a row. Have faith in Beane’s math skills.

Left End: Starter: Mario Addison Backup: AJ Epenesa 1-Tech: Starter: Harrison Phillips Backup: Vernon Butler 3-Tech: Starter: Ed Oliver Backup: Quinton Jefferson Right End: Starter: Jerry Hughes Backup: Trent Murphy Practice Squad: DE: Darryl Johnson DT: Vincent Taylor Weakside Linebacker: Starter: Matt Milano Backup: Corey Thompson Middle Linebacker: Starter: Tremaine Edmunds Backup: Corey Thompson/ Tyler Matakevich Strongside Linebacker: Starter: AJ Klein Backup: Vosean Joseph

That or deals where the money is 2021 is low and pushed forward, or made to be able to move around in order to give clubs some flexibility over the entire deal.

The way this Covid cap is gonna work in 2021 that might be the case. It’s gonna be strange times. I’m sure The Magic Beane has some tricks up his sleeve for working deals around a tight cap next season.

Just smart. I’m assuming the money will be low. Any free agent right now knows their deal will be limited. All teams are going to attempt to keep as much cap space to roll into 2021 as possible. Long could be a cut candidate. Same for Hauschka & of course Murphy if they see Epenesa as an upgrade early on.

85 catches 1502yds 12TD’s* i think they go big this year.

I think he’ll improve this year. I’m hoping that by the time Brown and Beasleys time here is up, that he’ll be ready to be a #2 target in a legitimate offense. I’ll be surprised if he could become a guy that’s on the level of an Ertz, but I think it’s definitely possible.

The original conditions Were that it was forgivable if you used a certain percentage on payroll/rent/utilities, and within 8 weeks. Then the terms were changed within days of that 8 week period. So if you wanted to loan forgiven (I mean who wouldn’t want that forgiven? It would just be smart business to get it forgiven), you were trying to spend as much of that loan as quickly as possible... while likely not being opened for business. So after spending that money and now trying re-open, maybe you don’t have the funds to keep all that staff because you used all the PPP while you were closed and the loan was basically used early on as a way to keep people off of unemployment from the governments perspective.

I would love to see ya use him more to blitz the QB. He has the size and speed to basically play anywhere on the defense minus maybe 1-Tech or CB.

Agreed. And I don’t think we’ll run away with the division. But I still think we have the best team. New England’s defense lost a lot of steam as last season went along. It’s still tenacious but I think a lot of their early success came from defensive TD’s and things that usually don’t carry over from season to season.

I don’t think believe Newton is the same guy he was a couple years ago, let alone his MVP season. That being said, if anyone can get the best out of a guy, I’d assume Belichick is up there (although now we see how good they really are at QB development, after having the best ever for two decades). Bills should (in my estimation) still be the favorite for the division. I believe a lot of Allen’s issue was he didn’t know who to go to under pressure in the past. There was no “go-to” option per se. He now has that in Diggs. Another issue as the season wore on was Gore’s inability to win tough yards on 3rd and short type downs. Moss should help with that. The defense should also be stronger with the changes they made on the D-Line. They might also be the deepest team in the league at every position outside of QB.

I just don’t see Allen having reached his ceiling. He was SO raw coming out, and so much less experienced than other QB’s coming out when he did, that he’s not going to be fully developed after two seasons. I know it’s a gut thing, but mine tells me he’s not fully developed.

I know our offensive skill guys and some lineman (Dawkins) are all training together in Florida. Anyone know of any other teams doing it, or to the extent our guys are? I mean there look to be about 15-20 guys working out together. Can’t be a bad thing for the offensive players to develop some timing and such.

Probably won’t get a suspension till 2021 with the way the courts are bogged down from covid. Plus it’ll only be 1-3 games.

Feliciano at guard and Ford at tackle.

If he’s on that trajectory, you sign him. He’s a playmaker and with an elite defense can keep a mediocre offense in games, especially if he develops further.

Hughes. I wonder if he might be ready to start falling off the cliff. He didn’t get sacks last year, but he was still getting pressure. I wonder if that takes a noticeable step down this year. Nice thing is we have depth, but we don’t really have anyone who does what Hughes does (Speed off the edge).

Honestly I think it’s a good thing if there’s more competition in that division. With 7 playoff seeds, and a path towards the division, I’m looking for teams like KC and Baltimore to have tougher divisional matchups in order to hopefully bring their records down a bit.

I believe it’s totally valid to consider him a “project” in the respect that compared to someone like Baker Mayfield, Allen threw about 600passes in college, while mayfield threw about 1500. So Allen is 800-900 live reps Behind guys like Mayfield who entered the league at the same time.

Or Taiwan Jones. But honestly I could see Gilliam taking his job. Kid was a special teams ace at Tulane. I think he had 6 blocked kicks in 2 years. Plus he’s an athlete, unlike DiMarco.

Well I look at the offensive line as an example. Dawkins Spain Morse Feliciano Ford are likely starters. They'll probably keep 4 of; Bates Long Boehm Williams Nsekhe Boettger Trey Adams so if they keep the 5 starters, let’s say Adams and one of Boettger go on the practice squad (one interior guy and one tackle). So you’re keeping 4 of Bates Long Williams and Nsekhe and Boehm. If they are between Boehm & Long, I could see them trading the loser for a 6th or 7th. Defensive line, Wide receiver could have the same predicament. Trent Murphy could be a candidate. For the receivers maybe Foster or Duke Williams could be dealt? Hauschka? After seeing Beane get a return for guys like Marshall Newhouse & Russell Bodine, I see them doing something similar once again.