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I would prefer to stick with the hot hand. If Ed Oliver is getting consistent pressure, then keep him in there until he gets tired. Make players earn their pass-rushing reps instead of arbitrarily splitting them.

WR in the first two rounds is pretty much a foregone conclusion unless we are able to somehow sign one of the tops guys (Adams, Allen Robinson, Juju, Mike Williams) and keep their salary under the cap constraints. Out of Treylon Burks, Jameson Williams, and Jahan Dotson, at least one of these guys should be available at #25. If we end up taking a small speed receiver early, I would also like to get Justyn Ross in the 3rd to add some size to our wr group. His stock has gone down, but I think he still hasn't reached his ceiling.

This is probably the most realistic mock free agency that I've seen so far. However, this would still probably require cutting Feliciano and extending or restructuring Diggs' contract. I think this would cause us to go after an outside WR, CB, and TE early in the draft.

Christian Kirk wr from the Cardinals Josh is recruiting him right now

That's why we need to build a dome so he can't interfere!

Unlike the Rams, our window is a decade long. I think this team's success is sustainable and I wouldn't mortgage our future by dealing picks unless it's for a young player that we extend for a long-term deal. Von Miller played well for the Rams down the stretch, but trading a 2nd and 3rd round pick for half a season of play will hurt them in the long-term. I think we are more likely to trade away players for picks as draft day approaches (Edmunds, Morse, Beasley, Ford)

I was hoping the Bills could get him, but I guess he preferred to coach on a team with an aggressive 3-4 front. What linebackers coach wouldn't want TJ Watt?

Yes, his slow clapping is extremely intimidating

It's hard to tell how the CB's will be slotted until we get combine results and a bad 40 time could cause any of the top guys to fall to our spot. Andrew Booth is also a possibility at 25. LB depth is a sneaky need for us and would give us options if Edmunds' asking price is too high. I thought Andre Smith looked pretty solid in preseason, though. I think Travis Jones is a great fit for us if we move on from Star and Butler. I'm not sure if he makes it to the end of the 3rd and I would be happy with taking him in the 2nd. Pre-draft talk is mostly smokescreens. Beane's too smart to blab about our draft plans.

After reading "The Patriots' Superbowl window is closing" articles from 2009-2019 I have learned that a team's window is as long as their star qb's contract.

Even if we can retain Zimmer and Phillips on team-friendly contracts I would like to add a dynamic free agent DT to make up for the loss of Star and Butler. The lack of push up the middle has been severely hindering our pass-rush.

Yeah after the Superbowl I've definitely lost interest in the NFL. I probably won't go to another game for at least 6 months

He gave us everything he had this season and I appreciate that, but I think father time is catching up to him. He's had a great career and has a Superbowl ring, so I think the only reason he would come back would be to win another championship or get to 10,000 yards in his career (he would need 755)

I think we will do a better job of running plays out of formations that do not give away whether we are running or passing. I believe Kromer will be involved in designing this offense and that bringing in a capable #2 TE will be a priority.

Our defense is built to prevent the big play over the top, but it's extremely predictable. I understand that we aren't a blitzing team, but we need to be more deceptive on defense to confuse the opposing quarterback. We may only send 4 players to rush the qb, but keep them guessing which 4 we are sending.

It's crazy to think how incredible this offense would be with a dominant offensive line. They played a lot better down the stretch and seemed to gel once they put Bates at left guard, but I think we can still upgrade the interior.

We may draft another rb this year, but a veteran option may be Raheem Mostert if the 49'ers don't resign him. He's coming off an injury that cost him the year and he's nearing 30, but he hasn't had that many carries in the NFL. He ran a 4.32 40 in college and averaged 5.7 ypc in the pros.

We don't run enough crossing routes and we use a lot of curl routes that end up with the receiver facing the line of scrimmage, making it difficult to break away from a defender that you can't see until you turn upfield. If it's true that Toney is available from the Giants, I would make that deal for a 3rd rounder.

I can understand what he's getting at. It was a bit strange to bench a starter who was just resigned in a year without a preseason to judge the competition. However, maybe he showed up out of shape or underperformed in practice. "Didn't see eye-to-eye" is pretty vague and could mean a number of things.

Its always good for morale to promote from within. Congrats to Dorsey and Smiley!

If we're that desperate for a pass-rusher, we could trade that 1st round pick for a known quantity like TJ Watt (Pittsburg may be in rebuild mode after Ben retired), or Chandler Jones and have them sign an extension to lessen the cap hit.

I used to be in favor of trading down when there's an opportunity to gain picks, but in our current situation that might not be wise. There's no sense in getting later picks if they're just going to get stolen off our practice squad with no compensation. I think we need to focus on interior offensive line, #2 CB, Speed wr, and D-line (1-tech DT and pass rusher), then maybe RB if one falls to us. We will likely restructure some contracts to free up some cap room and fill a couple of these positions in free agency. Honestly, we're in a great position because we have no immediate dire needs and we can take BPA.

I would love to sign a guy in his prime like Gallup, but realistically a guy coming off a down year on a prove-it deal like DJ Chark

We would need to restructure some of our top contracts to do it (maybe Tre and Josh)

Unfortunately we probably won't have the cap space to sign any pro-bowlers this off-season (unless it's a punter, but we don't even use those)