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Perfect offseason. Trade down: Get Emeka Egbuka and additional 2nd for our 1st. Trade current second for AJ Brown. That takes our WR corp from arguably worst in the league to possibly a top 10 unit with two moves. 2nd Round: Jack Sawyer IDC after that. If we have Egbuka, Sawyer, AJ Brown after day 1-2 I’m happy. FA: Austin Eckler, Dre Greenlaw, Hasson Reddick These are likely low(er) cost FA with high upside. Kind of medium risk, high reward possibilities. This is also assuming Derrick Brown and Shaq can come back healthy. Which..if they can’t the defense is terrible anyway.

Walker may be what we missed out on passing on Payton Wilson. So I’ll take it. We need a versatile linebacker about as badly as any other position. Ideal offseason: Draft Walker, trade 2nd and next years 1st for GW5 or DK.

Tee Higgins is always goin to be what he currently is in Cincy and never anything better. He is benefitting massively from playing across from Jamar Chase. He is Moose to Chase’s Smitty. A nice player but not worth massive cap implications. Hes a 70 catch, 1000 yard receiver. He’s not a 1500 yard receiver. He’s not the missing piece. If we’re making a deal for a receiver then it needs to be for a disgruntled #1 like Wilson or maybe even Terry McLaurin (who was almost dealt to the 49ers).

The fumbles were bad and he has to clean that up. That’s all on him. The pick over the middle to Thielen was the wrong read but I also thought Thielen got held and that’s what caused the pop up. That’s why Thielen was visibly pissed on the sidelines. The second pick was inexcusable. I have no idea what we was looking at. Thielen was wide open heading to the end zone. Bryce basically throws it to the one place you can’t throw it…under thrown with three defenders in pursuit. That was horrific. But…I don’t think he makes that mistake often. He started the game off strong. Hes got to hold onto the ball.

McMillan gives me Mike Evans vibes. I know the panthers have been using draft capital like crazy on receivers and they need someone like Graham or Carter. But that WR is gonna be tough to pass on.

Give me Morgan and Vrabel all day long. Run game, defense. Playoffs.

I want Ben Johnson. If he’s in the Campbell coaching room he’s got the mentality and seems like he has the play calling chops. I don’t see Dan Campbell having someone on his team that isn’t bought in to the way he wants to do it.

Luck is part of the game. We got unlucky with the Reich hire. Right the ship with one of the Johnsons. The thought process of getting the guy who was gonna develop Bryce was the right thought. Reich was just the wrong guy.

Tepper is about to be in a position where he has to make a deal with the devil. In order to get a coach who can right the ship…he’s going to have to give total control. That means Fitt is gonna be gone. It can’t be Ben Johnson or any of these other coordinators. It’s gonna have to be Harbaugh (or equivalent) and that person is gonna want total control.

Id hire BB if he brought McDaniels with him. Bryce is tailor made to run a Brady-esque style of offense. I’d absolutely make that hire.

Is there something we don’t know about Sweat vs Burns? Sweat seems to be in the Burns league as far as pressures. Some think he’s better against the run. But the Commanders only got a 2nd round pick for him…..then the Bears signed him for $100 mil? To me those two things don’t align. Wouldn’t someone getting a $100 mil contract be worth more than a second round pick? In the Burns aspect of all of this…If the Bears called and offered a single second round pick then that’s not a serious inquiry. We’d all be up in arms if Fitt traded him for that value.

There’s no way he gets extended imo unless he comes back this year and is completely shut down. But even then I bet we wouldn’t sign an extension in part bc he’d want to gamble on himself. Jaycee is doing the same thing to us that CMC did just to a higher degree. How many games has CMC missed for the niners? None? It’s the most frustrating thing about pro sports and is why I mostly watch CFB right now.

He had 1300 yards last year. Our OL is atrocious. Could sell it as a relatively friendly contract to a running back needy team.

Year in and year out we all call for moves that make a ton of sense…it doesn’t happen. Then there is retrospective analysis. Pretty frustrating. Who knows how the season for the team and BY is different if he has Thielen AND Hop as his top receivers.

DK Metcalf makes the most sense to me as a target. The Hawks just drafted JSN. They have a pretty talented group of receivers. DK fits the type of receiver we need. Similar to Hurts excelling after getting Brown. Idk what his trade value is…but he’s 25 and a monster. He’s the target imo if a trade gets done.

He’s already won? He won a ton with GB. He’s pissed about Vegas bc of the QB situation and he’s not being used so his production is going down. From that perspective CAR is at worst a lateral move. At best it’s a massive upgrade.

Nobody gives up their WR in free agency? Adams was had bc he was part of a really costly trade. Diggs, Hill same story…#1 receivers don’t hit free agency. So no matter what a trade is going to have to happen or we’re going to be waiting years on a draft prospect to turn into a #1.

Adams and their 1st for Burns. Burns is worth two 1st round picks. Adams is worth one 1st. Get it done so Bryce can get on the right track. His development over the next 5 years is the most important thing for this franchise.

Our best receiver is a 33yo with about half the juice of DA. I would take him in a heartbeat even if Burns was involved. I think Burns is the more valuable player but if CAR could get DA + a pick for Burns I would do that trade.

I don’t get it? There are a ton of OCs that call the plays. Why would TB get the HC job if the team starts winning? That just means that the HC made a change that works and you don’t want to rock the boat…Keep it rolling next season.

He’s a rookie. His last three passer ratings are 93, 82, 85. Would you have rather us taken Pickett a couple years ago? His rating after sitting and learning, and having ample weapons is <80. Maybe you’d rather have Trevor Lawrence? His career rating is 84 and this year it’s 54 even with the Jags going all out to give him talent. Maybe you’d rather have Stroud? In the long run maybe he turns out to be the better choice but who knows. It all depends on who the team surrounds Young with on offense. Right now he’s got a security blanket 33yo WR and a TE. That’s it. D is another story. We’ve gone all in on trying to amass defensive talent…and they’re abysmal.

I’m not sure I completely get the Reich hate? He’s an offensive guy. Our offense is steadily making progress. Bryce is getting better every game with very few NFL caliber weapons. Where is the criticism of Evero? First round picks and talented players all over that D and they’ve given up 40 points three different times. Is the offense on fire? No. But it’s a rookie QB and his best weapon is a 33yo cast off from a mediocre (at best) Vikings team. The defensive collapse imo is the story here. We all knew the offense would need time. The defense was supposed to float until that happened.

The only difference may end up being the order of operations. Miami made a bunch of trades and stocked up on picks before getting the QB. We got the QB….and may yet stock up on picks and free agents. Imo the only players who aren’t going anywhere are Bryce and the OL. If they don’t feel like they can get a deal done with Burns they’ll trade him. It sounds like they’re already willing to trade Chinn and Jackson.

The Horn injuries have basically turned this defense into a shell of what it could be. So now we’re fire selling guys with talent like Chinn and DJAX. Then when Horn gets hurt again it’s basically going to be Brown, Burns, Luuvu and a bunch of guys who prob wouldn’t start anywhere else.

Isn’t this the franchise that drafted Tua ahead of Herbert and ate the media’s poo for the last 3 years? Then they got Tyreek, Waddle, McD and everyone loves them. It’s the same story different year for CAR. Get. Better. Players. For. Your. QB. I watched Cam for a decade have nobody to throw to. Don’t repeat the mistake with Young.