FireChans

He was traded for a first by the Pats FWIW. Brandin Cooks was drafted in the first round, traded for a first to the Pats, traded for a first to the Rams, traded to the Saints for a second.

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You are comparing Josh to players in different eras. Josh has a relatively higher counting TO stat than his contemporaries. he also doesn’t have the passing TD totals to make them look more irrelevant because he rushes a lot. For example, Josh was bottom 2 in INT’s in 2023. His passing TD total was 29 and his total INT was 18. On cursory analysis, that looks less than stellar. Then you see he had 15 rushing TDs and it changes the story. But the NFL media at large sucks at squaring that circle.

Not so much that they may need to restructure, but that paying Rousseau has to have SOME opportunity cost when it comes to building the rest of the roster. you can think despite of all that, he’s earning his keep. That’s fair I think. I just think at a certain point, paying B+ players makes team building harder.

His cap hit is low because we just extended him. it doubles in 2026 and doubles again in 27. If you want to compare apples to apples, Micah Parsons has a cap hit of $4M more than Greg this year, $8M next year, and $5M more in 2027

Well he was under contract this year so he was never walking in 2025.

If Campbell misses a significant amount of time, watching one armed Joey Bosa vs the backup OT will be quite a battle. the stoppable force vs the movable object.

Yeah, it’s super easy to drag a bottom feeding franchise into winning ways because you have all those high picks.

What if we split the difference and agree that Greg is a good player that is a definitely plus add on the DL, but as your BEST and highest paid player on the DL leaves a little to be desired?

I hope you mean Shaq Thompson, not Lawson lol.

NFL teams all rely on their QBs. I’m not convinced that any NFL in history has built it in to their offensive identity to have their QB break a tackle from a free rushing LB.

I’m like 50% sure that’s McD’s burner FWIW

It’s a hilarious approach. about as close of a philosophy of “Josh, please save us” as possible lmao.

You are missing that we have nobody to play DE. You have to field 11 guys.

I think Addison has some untapped potential with JJ as the QB, but I’m not sure I see him as a high-end 1 in the NFL. Although, you could have made that argument for Diggs too and he came to Buffalo and exploded on the scene into the top 5. I’m not against it, but I think he’s lower on my list than someone with some elite traits, like a Waddle.