Ethan in Cleveland

Oliver is 6'1". He is not a DE. Could he get a few DE snaps from time to time? Sure I'd have no issue with that especially if they went with a heavy package of Starr and Harrison at DT. But he is not an everyday DE. They need to draft a future DE. Epenesa has the height and I like that they asked him to cut weight. He should be at worst an upgrade over Murphy and a youngerand probably better version of Addison. The free agents Beane brought in last year for the DL were mostly awful. Starr coming back will help. Beane needs to cut his losses with Addison, Butler, and Jefferson (are least two of the three).

Because he is not that good and they will need the cap space this year and next.

Why do you say it costs next to nothing? The lowest RFA amount is $2.13 million and that is just the right of first refusal without draft pick compensation. Last year he made $750K so that is a almost a 200% raise. He was undrafted so they can't use the original round tender. The second and first round tenders are $3.2M and $4.6M respectively. So this decision is not as easy as it seems. I think Levi is a good player and equal to or better than Norman. I would tender an offer at the second round $3.2M amount. If someone matched I'd take the second round pick and let Levi go. I would be fine if he played 2021 on a one year deal at $3.2M

Everything is relative. In general first round picks are more likely to succeed but not by much over later rounds. It's still a lottery though. Therefore if you trade a first rounder that may or may not work out for a known quantity that can be a good move. The other benefit of the first round is the 5th year option.

I've said for as few weeks it is time to cut Morse. This is what I would like to see: Bring back Feliciano to play C; Ford starts at Guard; bring back Williams at RT;trade out of 30 into first part of the second round picking up an extra third round pick; draft true center, edge, TE, and MLB with their first four picks; and lastly move Edmunds to OLB

Man to man coverage with a DB. The old argument was DBs were too small to cover TE's. That is non-sense. Modern TE's like Kelce and Gronk are the biggest players on the field. LB's don't have the size or the speed to cover them. At least a DB can keep up with them. Revis said the only way to stop Gronk was to cover him with a DB.

1. Cut Morse 2. Bring back Feliciano at C and Williams at OT 3. Ford at LG 4. Boetgger at RG 5. Moss is the starter with 65% of the snaps; Singletary gets 30% 6. Draft a pass catching RB in the 4th round 7. Draft the long term replacement at C in round 1-3

I don't recall another trade with a first rounder two years off. Using a discounted value for the future picks, it's closer to a 3rd, and two second round picks this year. That's still a lot but they also rid themselves of Goff's contract.

I'm no oline expert but I think you have that completely backwards. Spain was very good in pass protection. Did not give up one sack in 2019. He was marginal in the run game. Let's s hope so. I've criticized Oliver but never once was ready to call him a bust DT takes a long time to develop. He's the least of the problems on DL. Get Star back and add two edge players in the draft. Harrison and Zimmer can be your rotation DTs. That would be a nice combination of veterans and youth on the DL.

I'm fine with all of them except Hughes and Hyde. If they let Hughes along with the others go they will have no less than 3 or four DL to replace. That is not going to happen. The DL is already a weak unit and it's not because of Hughes. I think they can get one more productive year out of him. My hope would be they restructure Hughes, Brown, and keep Hyde. Cut all the rest.

My favorite player back in the day was Thurman Thomas. I still think a pass catching RB can be an elite weapon in 2020 but I belvie the league has moved on to elite TEs. An elite TE creates nightmare matchup problems. My hope is that it would be Knox and he may still be that guy. They have to add another TE and it will be up to Beane to decide if it is a veteran or a rookie.

Moss was solid. Let's see how they do next year. I still want an explosive edge player and am less worried about the RB situation.

I'm quoting myself just to keep myself honest and make sure my memory is correct. Even now I still would have gone with Dobbins. I was worried Epenesa was more run stopper than pass rusher. I like that they have asked him to shed weight. If he can be a 6-8 sack guy next year it will fill a big need.

Morse will be cut. Reading the tea leaves Milano is gone. Hopefully they respond by moving Edmunds outside And Klein and Mantekevich

Actually its usually the last two weeks of the season most teams play within their division. Its not 100% of the time though. I dont think there is any predetermined rotation. I suspect it will be Miami week 18

Agree on Thursday night to start the season New Orleans

Great hands. Good route runner. I'm worried he does not have enough speed to be a true #2.

KC almost lost to Cleveland. The narrative would have been they rested too many guys.

They will shed Murphy and some of the dead weight DL guys they signed last year. As for stars? I just hope they keep either Williams or Milano. If they lose both they will need to backfill in free agency. They would have two many needs to fix just in the draft. Hopefully the silver lining would be if Milano leaves and Edmunds moves outside.

Not entirely in spending free agent dollars... Murphy, Addison, Butler, Jefferson, Klein, Norman, Long, and Mantekevich all were quite expensive with little return. Brown, Feliciano, Williams, and Beasley appear to have been worth the investment. Morse is somehwere in between at a super high cost for maybe at best average play.

It's a good question. I suspect it comes down to energy consumption. It must take less energy to pass block and run block than it does to rush the passer and make a tackle. Even in the K-gun years, the line didn't get tired. Oddly, it is just the opposite for WRs and DBs. White, Poyer, and Hyde routinely play 100% of the snaps where the top WR's are closer to 70%.

Morse is far from first or second best lineman. Dawkins, Williams are better and at worst its a tie between Feliciano and Morse at center. Add in the money issue and he is going to be cut. Morse left KC and there has been not talk about their oline being hampered by it. He is average at best and being paid like a multi year probowler. Cut him, save money in 2022 and 2023 and draft a true center.

I would probably want KC to win but there would be some satisfaction if Brady won to stick it to Belichick

You sure about that? Bloated contract for below average player and a healthy scratch after clearing the concussion protocol. They can bring back Feliciano on the cheap, draft the center of the future, and clear cap space for 2022 and 2023.

Not a bad idea. NBA did the same thing several years ago.