Buffalo Junction

I had the thought when drafted that they might have him add 15-20 pounds and move to a hybrid DE/3-tech role as he was at his best pass rushing when bumped inside at Wake Forest. Basically take a shot at getting what they didn’t get from signing Quentin Jefferson. 🤷‍♂️.

If they take the $18-$20MM Edmunds gets in FA and use it to sign a pair of starting Olinemen I’ll be fine with them drafting a defensive player in the first.

Nah. They want him to lose 20 pounds and gain an extra tenth on his 40 so he can play safety. If he’s really prodigious and gains 2 tenths of a second they’ll bump him up to corner.

2017 was even better. 2 all-pros (Tre & Milano) and a probowler (Dawkins). Interestingly, if you add in FA McDermott added 4 all-pros and a probowler. Could use some of that juice this off-season, particularly in the draft.

I don’t care who the corner is, or how talented they are. It’s the referees job to set standards for calls on the field of play early and maintain consistency with the standard they set. It’s the players job to adapt to that standard. Inconsistency in officiating leads to controversy more times than not.

The issue is that the refs hadn’t been calling that penalty earlier in the game. Bradberry got away with the same grabby coverage on several similar routes during the game. Changing what is and is not going to be called in the last five minutes of the game incenses the fans and causes controversy.

They’re too stoned to notice

Trading Morse to the Packers is equally unrealistic. They have a starter (Myers) on a rookie contract, and have a solid track record of developing centers (JC Tretter, Corey Linsey). No way they’d trade for an expensive vet with a long concussion history.

He’s streaky, but he invests fully with this team. He could have easily gone on IR with a torn labrum. Instead he did his damndest to gut it out. Dude has six months of physical rehab and probably surgery coming his way this off-season. I’ll take that level of heart for my backups any day. I’m much more concerned with Tim Settle than Phillips.

I’d probably throw Jordan Ohillips in there too. Playing DT with a torn shoulder is an exercise in masochism.

Yes, but both the Pats and Chiefs get 3rd round comp picks.

You left out Shakir’s poor run blocking. He was a liability on outside zones, stretch runs, screens, etc. Shakir needs to show real improvement there before he earns a starting spot.

And he might be willing to do so if it means playing with his brother on a playoff team with a top 3 QB. I doubt he takes a real discount unless the league forces it through market value, but who knows. The possibility of playing on the same team as your brother and winning a Super Bowl is an extremely rare opportunity.

The northern Virginia part bugs me. Danville (Ringgold)’s about a 5-10 minute drive from North Carolina and a 4 and a half hour drive to Washington, DC. It’d be more believable if it was Chapel Hill or Durham for a Terps game. 🤷‍♂️ The northern Virginia part bugs me. Danville (Ringgold)’s about a 5-10 minute drive from North Carolina and a 4 and a half hour drive to Washington, DC. It’d be more believable if it was Chapel Hill or Durham for a Terps game. 🤷‍♂️

Oliver is a conundrum. He’s very good at winning 1 on 1’s, which is excellent when Von and Jones are on the field with him. Rousseau is similar in winning 1 on 1’s, but he can still set the edge against RT&TE doubles and pulling guards. Groot also has more growth potential considering his lack of experience at DE and his age.

Rousseau will likely improve next year, and I’d be absolutely content with an 8-10 sack LDE that can fight through doubles to set the edge. He’s on a similar trajectory as Cameron Jordan, so we’ll see. His next step is learning how to win against double teams on pass downs. He looked average at best against the pass when he was the only DL getting focused on with Jones and Oliver out of the rotation. Basham has been a dud so far. No reason he should take enough snaps to keep Rousseau at a 40 something percent snap count. Epenesa I can live with as a 4th DE if he keeps improving as he can at least win some 1 v 1’s. By the end of the season he had 6.5 sacks, 5 PDs, 2 FF, and 7 TFLs.

If you take his sack per game percentage and apply it to 17 games instead of the 13 he played then Rousseau was on pace for 10.5 sacks.

If they’re spending real money I’d rather see it spent on the offensive line. Heck, if Allen is gonna cost $20MM then Beane could probably get Allen Lazard and a starting guard for that same price which would improve our run and screen blocking.

At least eliminate the FA’s off that list…. Barkley, Hunt, Jacobs, Mattison, Montgomery, Jamal Williams, Miles Sanders, etc. Some will definitely be resigned and some will move around, but those backfields won’t be the same. I highly doubt Singletary will get $5.5MM (I’d prefer Beane spend that $ on a guard), but he’ll definitely get some decent cash and land in a spot where he gets some real usage. If I had to guess I’d go with 3 years $10-$12MM in a split roll. He had rather good games against Cleveland, Chicago, and Detroit all of which may be looking to replace a RB in their rotation along with the Raiders and a few others. Factor in his pass blocking and he’ll find a home and some solid money. He’s also versed in our system which will translate to NYG, LV, and NE.

Seems as though one is getting info from the Broncos front office, and the other is getting info from agents.

You could probably say the same thing about Mike McCarthy. 🤷‍♂️

Due to the fan vote linemen get extra pro bowls from name recognition after they earn their first. Most fans don’t pay attention to O line players and just vote for the names they know. It’s absolutely laughable. Knox makes sense more as an alternate. He was tied for 5th in TDs, averaged over 10 yards a catch, and tends to have a few highlight plays a year while catching 73% of his targets.

This is what I’m hoping for…. I want to see all that bravado turn into an 0-4 SB, can Burrow get it done, are they jinxed discussions all off season.

Maybe, but if that’s what they’re looking for they’d be better served with a Lee Smith/Marcedes Lewis type who specializes at blocking and is nfl proven. 🤷‍♂️. These guys cost less than $3MM a year, and you can trust them to be more effective against a Von Miller or Myles Garrett than a rookie. It’s all about cost benefit and time. Want to win this year, add a vet. Lord knows McD isn’t gonna play a rookie anyways.

Upgrading TE2 would be excellent. However, I’m not sure drafting a TE is the best route if the goal is winning now. TE’s more often than not take 2-3 years to develop, and tend to be lackluster blockers until the second half of their careers. The guys who are ready day one tend to be top-20 picks, and even then they can take a while to develop blocking skills. If this upcoming season is the concern then trying to get a guy like Robert Tonyan in FA on an affordable contract would probably be a better option.