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If he continues to be average at best AND the young guns are eating his reps, you take the savings and the roster spot. To me, the fact they have drafted 3 guys in the last 2 drafts and signed another that can/will play his position is a shot across the bow.

June 1st designation frees up ~10M in cap, if he’s not earning it..

I don’t think anyone disputes seeing Rousseau a lot more.

Nah, not really. As of next year, his cap his is 24M and dead cap at 21, there’s a way out right there. Could post June 1 cut him and save a boat load. He needs to earn it again this year.

Every one of them had a career year with JA, but you say they are the same guy. I say, they all got elevated by JA. If Moore does the same, he could be an 800 yard receiver. Will it happen? Who knows in the Brady scheme.

You can sure argue ball placement. Dick move by the Browns. So John Brown, Cole Beasley and Diggs all just remained the same when they got JA throwing them the ball. Oh wait..

Doubt it. You let him walk and take the comp pick.

And there’s the truth. This team NEEDED to restock the D with young talent, they did it. Another PS WR wasn’t needed. Now they are going to plug the gap with a cheap vet that has proven he can fill a role at the NFL level. If you know anything about me, I’m not typically a Beane supporter, but I love the strategy this offseason. I am not proclaiming to have a magic 8 ball on his individual choices and boy do I question Palmer, but the concept he executed is actually brilliant.

out of curiosity, what have the Packers won recently?

With valid reason, the commitments made at WR with contracts to Palmer, Shakir and Samuel make them locks, the 2nd round pick on Keon means you have to give him his opportunity. There was no more money to spend and no real talent to make any difference in this draft, they restocked the D and replaced Knox for next offseason so they can make moves on the O. What do you want? Push one of the aforementioned to the 5th WR role and still have gapping holes on the D?

Well, guess you might as well give up on this year before it starts.

Wait for next year, this team needed a complete overhaul of the D and made major strides to do it. The offense was good last season and they added more than subtracted, plus get a couple guys back from injury and more experience. I’m not saying I’m a huge Palmer fan, but Josh seems to elevate every WR he plays with and if the guy really can separate, then I’d bet he has a heck of a year. Shakir will be close to 1k and hopefully Kincaid is shown the weight room this offseason and comes ready to play. With the running game being featured, there aren’t a lot of balls to go around from there.

The expectation of spending big draft capital on WR was silly. It’s a weak class to start and deep in other positions of need. If you look at the contracts/investment the top 4 WRs are set. Shakir, Palmer, Keon and Samuel. The 5th/possible 6 is never seeing the field in an ideal world. Like it or not, they have to let Coleman prove himself, Palmer is starting and Samuel is going to get a lot more looks, assuming he’s healthy AND they still have time to add someone or see who emerges in camp.

The more I look at this entire draft the more I think it’s prepping for next off-season. They have too many DL, specifically guys that can play 3T or 1T, they have excess Edge guys, excess DBs and a TE that does not seem to make sense…. All until it does. Oliver saves money by being cut next year, Jones is already one foot out the door, don’t expect Bosa back, the DB room could be almost entirely replaced from what we saw in 2023 including the obvious one year guys. Oh and where does this big ole blocking TE fit? The Knox replacement. I’m not going to pretend I have a clue about the individual guys Beane chose, but I see a plan forming and I like it. Great plan in place and WR can be heavily addressed next draft to restock the pantry with what one hopes is a better class. As of right now, the room was too full to do much anyway with Shakir, Palmer, Keon, Samuel as virtual locks and somebody competing as ST player and WR at flex. I get it, I don’t love it, but they have to let Keon make or break this year and the contracts pretty much force their hand on the others.

Goodbye Davidson? Idk, maybe they see him as a swing tackle project?