Ethan in Cleveland

If they get comp picks for Wallace and Trubisky they will be higher than 7th round picks. Still net positive in signings. Probably would need Sanders, Hughes, and Addison to all sign elsewhere

Wasn't that outrageous. It was more confusing than anything else But c/w how this regime works. They value their own and Sweeney was an unknown given his OCVID issues and he flashed a little in his rookie year. I would have kept Hollister and cut Gilliam. But then again I would have kept just about any player over Gilliam.

Ok I said in another thread I was happy with all the moves Beane has made. Well this one makes zero sense. Barkley simply can't play. He is awful. If you want him in the QB room, make him a coach. No reason to carry 3 QBs. Allen and Keenum and a practice squad arm is all they should have on the roster.

At the time last year Morse was being asked to take a pay cut and was looking like a salary cap cut. I agree he played better in 2021 than he did in 2020. Remember he was a healthy scratch for the Cardinals game in 2020. Humphrey on a rookie deal would have been much better than Basham short and long term. Like I said water under the bridge. Morse played better and Basham was at least getting some reps by year's end.

We had a great off-season last year too. I thought Beane did a great job bring back his own guys in Milano, Wallace, and Williams and of course extending Allen. He upgraded WR with Sanders. He also got some gusy to take pay cuts. This off-season so far looks even better. I don't worship at the altar of Beane like some others on this board and disagree with some moves, but I can't fault any move so far this off-season. I may have brought back Sanders over Crowder and may have tried to keep Wallace for the small dollars he signed in Pittsburgh. But assuming they draft a CB high I'm absolutely fine with the direction so far. I just hope he has the right coaching staff to get the job done.

Agree about concern for OL. A lot is riding on Brown playing well at RT. Beane screwed the pooch not drafting Creed Humphrey last year. He would have started at guard and been the heir apparent for Morse. Water under the bridge. With Morse extension and Saffold deal, the shift now has to be getting a quality OT that will push Bates for a starting job at guard. Bates then goes back to utility infielder role. Your rookie OT that starts at guard then becomes your swing OT. If Ford can improve just a little then he becomes your backup guard and if all goes well probably doesn't dress for most games. Doyle is the 3rd TE and true emergency OT that dresses for each game.

Of all the things people say Beane does and doesn't do which are erroneous, this one is correct. He has made multiple trades up in the draft to pick certain players (Allen, Edmunds,Knox) but I believe every one was using picks in the same draft. I cant recall a single trade giving up a future draft pick to move up in the draft. He gave away a 3rd for Kelvin Benjamin and obviously a 1st for Diggs.

Going all in does not mean wasting draft picks moving up. To me going all in is using the draft to fill the hole at CB and still provide needed depth at OL and WR. Given the depth in this draft at CB and WR, the right move is to trade down and get a fourth pick in the top 100. Then take CB, WR, OT, and LB in no particular order. A safety instead of a LB would be an option to. Then get a guard and a punter in round 4 and 5. Trade the rest of the picks away.

Ojabo tore his Achilles not his ACL. I dont think I would get cute. If there is a quality CB at #25 take him and probably take another one later in the draft. White is coming off ACL tear and Jackson is a 7th round talent forced into action.

Interesting. My initial thought is I would rather just have Sanders back. Board seems to think it was a good move so I will defer to those that have followed him more closely than I have. Still think they take a WR in the first two rounds

Except... Best WR in football, Adams was just acquired by the Raiders in free agency. Amari Cooper acquired by trade. JuJu signed in FA. Diggs acquired via trade. Hopkins changed teams two years ago. Added the bust rate for WR is 11 percentage points higher than an OT (30.3% vs 19.0%) Conversely the All-Pro and Pro-Bowl rate for first round OT's is 4-7 percentage points higher than WR. Further the success/bust rates for interior linemen in the first round is even better than OT. So basically, you are better off drafting OL in the first round and finding your star WR via FA or trade. While that sounds good, what do you do at CB? I agree they should address OL in top 3 rounds but they need CB and WR too.

The NFL is notorious for recycling WHITE FO talent and coaches. Not so much for others.

Seattle

He was better in LA than he ever was with Buffalo. He signed for a contract with LA far greater than the worth he showed in Buffalo. Almost everyone agreed at the time the dollars did not match past production

Much better than Barkley. Depending on the dollars Fitz wanted, Keenum is probably just as good.

Good use of a useless 7th round pick. Not sure I like the player but as others have said if Allen gets hurt it doesn't matter who plays.

Wishing him to be a capable MLB when he isn't is even worse. But the rest of your post is likely very accurate. Beane and McDermott likely value Edmunds more than much of this fan base. I was in favor of picking up his option. He is essentially on a 1yr prove it deal now. Will be very interesting to see if he is a mincamp and training camp hold out.

Agree on all the points above. The only reason to keep him is fear of the unknown. If they draft a CB in the first round that can start right away, its very conceivable Edmunds is the worst player on the starting defense. A second and $12M in cap space to sign Wagner is better than keeping Edmunds for one more year. But, I dont think this regime is ready to move on from him. I think he will be retained and they see what he does on his contract year. What will be really interesting to see is if he holds out of camp looking for an extension.

Agree. I just think with letting Williams go and signing Saffold they will draft OT that can play guard instead of C/G first. The second OL they draft will be later and an interior guy. The wildcard is Ford. Can he at least be average with Kromer as a coach? Doesn't look like it but it would help alot if Bates leaves

Lol, looks like Beane agreed...

He got his team with a rookie QB to the playoffs and beat the Bills throwing 3 times. Be honest who would you have rather had in those last 13 seconds, McDermott or Belichick??? Bills have Allen and the Patriots are stuck with Belichick for a GM

Not coming off an Achilles tear

He sucks. I'd rather take my chances with a rookie than Barkley.

To be fair, most of us praised McDermott game decisions up until the 13 second melt down. Most of us thought he had gotten more aggressive during the year. Still hard to explain the Pats MNF loss. Nobody said Beane has not had good free agent signings. However many of us think he overpaid on guys like Murphy,Star, Addison, Butler, Morse. He has done well retaining guys. He has been far better with trades. And he did get a bit lucky with Allen. Beane was drafting a QB at all costs in 2018 and if Allen went to the Jets we would have been playing him twice a year with Darnold or Rosen. As for Star, he played well enough just not up to his contract. Similar to Oliver. He has been good but not 7th overall in the draft good.

Edmunds is enough...lol