buddha Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 28 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said: Could be. I could also see them drafting the best player available in Marvin Harrison though, or trading down with a QB-needy team and selecting the best OT in the draft. The fact that it’s Purdy v Goff for the NFC Championship (or even that it was Baker v Goff and Love v Purdy in the divisional) should say something about there being more than one way to build a contender. Of course you can ignore that and just look at the AFC and say that QB is all that matters, but that’s bad for my point. 🙂 I just don’t think it will be a foregone conclusion that they’ll pick the best QB available, like it probably would have been during a regime change five years ago. i think its a foregone conclusion they are taking a qb. sam howell is not very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 minute ago, buddha said: i think its a foregone conclusion they are taking a qb. sam howell is not very good. I'm pretty sure they will acquire one, though Howell was actually halfway decent until very late in the season. Won me a hundred bucks in a fantasy league. I am just not positive it will be at #2. They could go get Captain Kirk if he's willing to return to Washington for Round II. They could wait until the 2nd round and grab Penix or Nix. They could trade for Justin Fields, Ryan Tannehill, or Mac Jones. I just think forcing the issue at QB is how you end up with Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, and Daniel Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Russell Wilson would be interesting project for Ben Johnson but Cousins would be the most like Goff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 23 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said: I'm pretty sure they will acquire one, though Howell was actually halfway decent until very late in the season. Won me a hundred bucks in a fantasy league. I am just not positive it will be at #2. They could go get Captain Kirk if he's willing to return to Washington for Round II. They could wait until the 2nd round and grab Penix or Nix. They could trade for Justin Fields, Ryan Tannehill, or Mac Jones. I just think forcing the issue at QB is how you end up with Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, and Daniel Jones. or justin fields, ryan tannehill, or mac jones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganCardinal Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 2 minutes ago, buddha said: or justin fields, ryan tannehill, or mac jones... Justin Fields problem isn't Justin Fields. He was drafted into a city where QBs go to die. Tannehill had his 15 minutes of being decent, he wouldn't still be in the league if he didn't. He is probably washed but I'd be interested to see what a new environment could bring. He'd probably have to battle with Howell. Mac Jones I just don't know. Probably bad but get him away from Belichick and surround him with an actual offense? Maybe there is something there. Russ Wilson is a good one too, as MTB said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 48 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said: Justin Fields problem isn't Justin Fields. He was drafted into a city where QBs go to die. Tannehill had his 15 minutes of being decent, he wouldn't still be in the league if he didn't. He is probably washed but I'd be interested to see what a new environment could bring. He'd probably have to battle with Howell. Mac Jones I just don't know. Probably bad but get him away from Belichick and surround him with an actual offense? Maybe there is something there. Russ Wilson is a good one too, as MTB said. tannehill is washed. justin fields hasnt gotten any better in 3 years. yes, the bears kill all living things, especially qbs, but fields still holds the ball way too long and then runs like a rabbit rather than moving efficiently through progressions. maybe someone will make him lamar jackson? you may recall that in lamar's second season he had one of the greatest seasons in nfl history. justin fields has not. the pats are an untalented team but they do have good structure and good leadership. mac jones just isnt good enough. might as well stick with howell. none of those guys will ever be very good (with the possible exception of fields), but drake maye might be. and if he is, he makes your franchise for a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) A Cousins reunion in Washington does make some sense, that would allow Washington to go BPA at 2 or potentially trade it for a big haul. To me it depends on how you feel about Maye, if you feel he is no different than your regular number 2 to 3 QB in the draft that you come out every year than Id probably have no 2nd thoughts on passing on him. Otoh if you feel he is a truly special qb that don't come around every year then Id be hard pressed to pass on him. Edited January 25 by RandyMarsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongbit Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Cousins is going to SF to be reunited with Shanahan. The Niners are going to realize on Sunday that Brock Purdy was a flash in the pan and isn’t their guy. I’d guess Washington’s first move at QB would be to offer the Bears something stupid to move up one spot and see if that can convince Ryan Poles to stick with Fields instead of Caleb Williams (who is from DC). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnoxP Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 53 minutes ago, Hongbit said: Cousins is going to SF to be reunited with Shanahan. The Niners are going to realize on Sunday that Brock Purdy was a flash in the pan and isn’t their guy... 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LongLiveMaroth Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 20 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said: My guess would be Ben Johnson lands with Washington now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongbit Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 22 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said: Love this hire for the Panthers - 💩 Job - 💩 Owner - 💩 Candidate Great match! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Only three openings left. Vrabel is still out there. Belichick is still out there. I think Washington hires Johnson. Glenn may not get hired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 My guess is Vrabel in Seattle, Belichik in ATL and Johnson in Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 given the apparent player love of aaron glenn, i might hire him before johnson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 50 million $$ per year to extend Goff? Hello, Hooker...can you give us the same production for less money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 A thing to keep in mind is that Goff is not on a rookie contract. His cap number will go up but it's not like he's not taking a sizeable chunk of the cap already. One of the things in the Lions favor of trying to sign Goff is that he is older than all the other QBs who signed big deals this past offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 goff will be $45-$50 million for sure. if cousins is worth $40 mil than goff is too. hooker being a prodigy would be great and save us a lot of money, but goff is going to get paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 The Lions can utilize void years. Holmes has done this in the past but on a much smaller scale. For instance, Bridgewater is going to cost $500k on the cap next year because he has a void year. The Eagles added void years to Hurts contract and the Vikings did it with Cousins. If Cousins signs with another team, he's still going to cost $28 million on the Vikings cap. It's a calculation if the cap is more valuable today than in the future. If you extend the player, those void years wouldn't count. The Eagles are banking on signing Hurts to another extension. Those void years are going to come to roost if they don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Looking at the contract Hurts signed is pretty wild. The Eagles really felt confident in Hurts. They put 4 void years on his contract so if he doesn't sign an extension he will count for $97 million against the cap. The Eagles can't cut him really either. The upside is he only counts $13 million against the cap in 2024. They gave him this contract thinking they would extend him at the end and he has already regressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongbit Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) Drafting well, especially in the later rounds, is the great equalizer of cap space. Holmes looks to have us in very good shape in this regard. Edited January 25 by Hongbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MichiganCardinal Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Just the Commanders and Seahawks remain. Seattle interviewed Ben Johnson, but he wasn’t on their initial short list for second interviews. Johnson and Glenn were both interviewed by the Commies, and it sounds like both will get second interviews too. Do we allow ourselves to hope they both somehow slip through the cracks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I saw on one of the talking head shows earlier this week that with the Lions and Campbell's success that Campbell is now the hot coaching mold that everybody is looking to try to get. Not just Campbell but Demeco Ryan's success as well this year in Houston is having teams think twice about just hiring the next hot shot coordinator but instead looking deeper into the person and their motivational abilities. Also they may be going back to puttiing more emphasis on them being former players as well. If that is indeed the case Aaron Glenn may actually be the guy that gets a job over Ben Johnson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 For the record I for one think Glenn would make a great Head Coach, he'd of course need some creative coordinators to go with him but in this day and age you can find those, finding a guy that can lead your team and get players to run through a wall for you is alot harder to find. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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