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Year three is when drafted players are eligible for extensions. If the QB is good, you will want to lock them up to an extension. I suppose you could go the Lamar Jackson route and basically have a standoff. Not sure the Lions want to be known as the team that's too cheap to pay their star QBs. Goff is under contract for two more years. If you are drafting QB for cap reasons, you better cut or trade him after a year. You can't restructure him since you would be stuck with him for two years so you lose potential cap space in year one because you would have to absorb the full cap hit in 2023 plus the $6-7 million for the rookie QB. They could sign him to an extension now and lower his cap the next two seasons. Given what Carr got and what Daniel Jones may get, probably going to be in the $40 million range. It was just two years ago that Goff's contract was so untradeable that the Rams had to add a 1st round to get rid of him. Now he has a fairly team friendly contract that is pretty tradeable. It will be expense today but in 3-4 years after a couple other QBs sign deals, it won't look as bad. The same thing with Stafford when he signed his extension with Detroit. It was expensive at first and then became team friendly.

The premise was to draft a QB for cap savings. You want have cap savings next year. In fact, your cap situation in year one will be worse if you draft a QB. You'll have to decide then by year 3 if you want to extend the QB. This drafting a QB for cap savings is one of the dumbest things I've heard.

So what happens when the QB you draft is good and you need to sign him to an extension, only prices for QBs are higher than they are now?

1500 yards, 13 TDs, 4.4 YPC he's certainly not done. You're only committed to him for one year in which you project to be a division contender. Goff excels with a strong run game he can play action pass off of. The question is how much more is he than Jamaal Williams and I wouldn't be looking at anything higher than a 3rd round pick. I don't think Holmes would be interested though.

I'm not a hard pass on Henry. He has only one more year left on his contract and was still productive. Would easily fill the Jamaal Williams role. If he's available for a mid round pick, I think I'm in. He was still pretty good last year.

I think he's looking at next year. Thomas has a $59 million cap hit next year. This is his last year in New Orleans. It also sheds light on how the Saints manipulate the cap.

Apparently can't embed tweets anymore.

Speaking of running backs... https://twitter.com/NFLonCBS/status/1632783763938607107?t=JcNneWHpP9LiDcDAKtxKqA&s=19

I don't understand why the Saints don't just strip it down and rebuild it. They've been dig paddling on the fringes of playoff contention for a while now. They are kind of like the 90's Lions.

I wouldn't mind Winston as a backup since that suddenly became an important position this year.

I think Carr is a good QB. I think he's in the mold of Goff. I just don't think the Saints are a good fit. I think he would have fit better on the Panthers or Jets. The NFC South is terrible so the Saints may be favored to win the division now with Carr.

The purge continues.

Poor Stafford. Part of another rebuild.

He's no longer being paid by the Lions.

If Robinson is Edgerrin James, I take him 6th.

Minnesota would be a good opportunity for Hooker. Cousins is going to be 35 at the start of the season and entering the last year of his contract. The Vikings don't have a 2nd round pick and had a bad defense so not sure if they want to draft a QB who won't even be available for most of this year.

That was also before they made other moves such as trading for AJ Brown, signing Bradbery etc. I wasn't sold on them mostly because of Hurts but fair enough.

How about you let it die or bring the evidence that I said I wasn't impressed by the Eagles? You're flat up making stuff up.

You specifically said I said I wasn't impressed with them. I did look at the beginning of the game thread and one person said the Eagles were the 2nd best team we'll play all year, and one said they were overrated because of Hurts. You said they were good and literally no one mocked you.