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The Falcons being ahead of us, trotting out injured Penix and probably Dillon Gabriel, is both wild and downright sad (for us).

I know it's obviously more than Kon. But whewww boy, when you actually hit on a cornerstone piece in the draft, good things happen. Playing our way out of needing lottery luck this year, and should wind up with 2 1sts in the late teens to low 20 range.

Yeah I've been all in on the trade LaMelo bandwagon, and still would for the right price...but don't think you can this season now. We're rolling the dice with his injury history, but if the light switch finally turned on for him, he's here to stay.

I like the Coby White addition. Little younger, local guy, and think he *maybe* has more potential than Sexton. Also who knows, maybe Sexton had said he wouldn't re-sign here, whereas Coby may.

Where I'm at too. If he comes back at LT, great. If not...he's one of your Guard replacements for Lewis/Hunt and gives the OL flexibility if needed to play OT. Best case, he comes back like nothing happened. More realistic case, re-sign him on a cheaper deal to be the new do-it-all OL and pray he holds up.

Would like to see what the Nets wanted for Nic Claxton, or get wild and see what the Pelicans wanted for Trey Murphy. Don't know if we'll rock the boat too much, and probably more likely to still send people out as opposed to bringing them in...but there's finally something building here.

WR is about 7th on our list of needs at best. If that scenario played out, we better be trading down with someone trying to jump the Cowboys/Steelers instead of making a luxury pick.

1. A true franchise changing QB 2. A team that drafts well If you don't have either of those two, there's nothing you can do to be good IMO. As well all know all too well.

DJ pulling a Moose and coming back from Chicago would be interesting. Can't imagine it happens, especially at his current cap number. Don't think he'd command much in a trade, but that cap number is rough for a #2-3 and our current roster outlook.

Tack an extra year onto his contract and raise his number based on last year's play. Wouldn't extend him any further than that (age 30 season)

At this point, the Bills would have to throw in a pick to wash their hands of Coleman. Coleman and a 3rd for XL? Sure. I don't want Coleman, cut him if you want, but pay us the tax of a decent pick and we can talk.

TE needs an upgrade. Ben Johnson obviously does Ben Johnson things, but Caleb Williams having Loveland was huge for them this year, not to mention the few Kmet games where he goes off. But...where does that upgrade come from? How much money does Otton get on the open market, and is he worth it? Is Sadiq worth a 1st round pick when we have so many other needs? Point being, I can't see us moving on from Tremble *unless* we sign Otton and don't see us drafting Sadiq in the 1st. I don't think Tremble is worth the 6 million number, but I think he's one of the "core" guys in the locker room that we'll eat the overpay to keep around this year.

Mike Kaye has mentioned him, but go after the other Bengal, Ossai. Get Ossai who's entering his prime years for 30% of the price, and then use the money to fill other needs. Scourton, Ossai, Pat Jones, Princely, Draft Pick. Unless a 26-27 year old star is there, a 31 year old Hendrickson commanding big money seems like a poor allocation of resources.

Too many job openings this year for McD to not get another HC job

Not going anywhere in '26, but 2027 is the out spot. Save 14 mil in '27, 18 mil in '28. The contracts are big, but there's outs with him and Lewis both, with Lewis's out starting this year if you want to save 9 mil (but, no). Tillis did his job on these and gave flexibility. Biggest issue right now is who are we replacing them with, which means the '26 and '27 drafts better have some legit OL picks.

OT: Re-sign Nijman, draft an OT in the first 3 rounds and possibly in the 1st. TE: If we don't sign a vet like Cade Otton...Sadiq at 19 looks enticing. LB: Attack in FA and grab one in the first 3 rounds unless we get lucky at Styles is at 19. Edge: Same a LB. They may trust getting Patrick Jones back to not go after someone in FA, but that's also not enough. CB, QB, WR - mid to late round picks

Just feels like Allar is the type of guy we'd target, but after watching one Youtube highlight video of the Arkansas guy.....I miss that type of QB dynamism.

I'm fine with Kaye, the young beat writer is the one I can't stand. If you ever want to stab yourself in the ears, listen to the Processing Blue podcast, where neither have charisma, but the young guy works in a lot of "Yo's" and says cool kid things like "mad crazy" and "that's tight".

The 2027 QB class could be a niceeeee time to need a QB and not have to trade up that much...

We hope for other teams to make a mistake, instead of forcing them to make a mistake. After Stafford's hand is clearly bothering him. I had come around on Evero a little this season, but damn. If you're scared when the game is on the line, GTFO.

Dart and Skattabo together will be both of their downfalls. They're just going to feed off each other's stupidity and immaturity until they're head butting more CTE into each other in their assisted living facilities.

Yep. I know there was some conditioning conversations in the offseason/early in the year, but he's grown and proven it. Throw him 3-4 years at 5-6 million per right now and see what he says. Essentially Tet's contract equivalent right now. He gets life changing money after coming out as a UDFA, and is up for another contract when he's 28 giving him another shot to cash in.

All year long it reminded me of Washington last year. Constantly going for it (and getting it) on 4th down. It worked...until it didn't this year and Jayden was hurt. Washington got exposed for being a bad team that got lucky this year. That...does not make me feel good going into next year unless we see some changes.

Steelers still have his rights. Anybody that wants Tomlin, has to trade for him.

2026 should be all about continuing to add talent, no matter the position, and winning the division. Unless something magical happens, we're still not winning the SB next year. 2027...IF we hit on another good draft, all bets are off. At that point, tell the Bengals to name their Burrow price. Herbert, tired of getting beat up in LA? Trade up for a QB in the deep 2027 class. Whatever it takes...but this roster is still being built in 2026, to drop the QB in in 2027. If we feel good about where we're at going into the 2027 season, take whatever QB swing you need to.