kungfoodude

So you think that is a common scenario over the course of a season?

Well, he is playing this week so....

I think Kittle will abuse us more.

Methinks he very clearly violated the terms of the agreement. Hence why it isn't being blasted publicly.

Yeah, possibly so. They still have to overhaul the DL too. We only have two quality starters in Robinson and Brown. The rest of that entire unit are second and third string guys.

He's just a backup caliber player. Nothing wrong with that. I'd love to have him as a second stringer. Maybe one day our FO will agree that the LB corps is due a big upgrade.

49ers 38 Panthers 10 I have a significant amount of hatred for the 49ers but they are immensely more talented(even though they are banged up), the gulf between the coaching staff quality is one of the largest imaginable and they will be at home. I think this is just one of those bad matchups for us. If we can't ball control early and force TO's, this is gonna get out of hand quickly.

Mayes being out is brutal. That's a downgrade at OC and a downgrade at OG in one move. The LB's being out is completely irrelevant. Wallace and Rozeboom are both terrible. If anything, let some of these other bums get some reps.

100%. I wish we had gotten one of those high level MLB's in the 2nd or 3rd. Oh well, the draft results don't look too awful so far. They do seem to have him on a snap count of sorts. Not sure if that is intentional or just that he isn't a starter. TBH, in hindsight I would have much rather gambled on him than Wallace. Wallace appears to be quickly descending towards being a special teams guy, while at least Wilson can play at a high level for spurts of time. Even if he got injured in his rookie deal, probably would end up better off than we have with Wallace.

Godwin is due to return in the near future, so that passing attack will get a big boost once he shakes the rust off.

I mean, I can't imagine he would be but that may not factor in when it comes down to it. Yeah, that's the price/situation aspect. On the surface, we would have a very potent offense immediately. Tmac, Aiyuk, Coker and whomever comes out of the group of XL/Tremayne/Horn Jr. That's a hell of a WR Corps. I don't think it will happen nor do I think it's likely to happen but I wouldn't be upset about it if it comes at a low cost and an easy out if things don't pan out.

If the trade value is reasonable, he would be a solid option. You wouldn't be on the hook for a big salary increase until 2027. At that point, he is easy to jettison if it didn't work out. I just don't think he is going to be cheap and I don't think we are going to be a team that bids highly enough for his services in a trade scenario. Him being cut(highly unlikely) is even worse. Now you gotta outbid everyone in the NFL. That's even worse.

I would love to not see Florida in the playoffs. Frankly, I don't want to see any elite goalies. That seems to be our kryptonite.

The problem with all those scenarios is typically that you don't find out the player is a problem child until too late. The team trading him to you has zero reason to be honest about that. Even his teammates are likely to be fairly tight lipped unless it is off the record or it has now become widely known how bad the player's attitude/issues are. Think about Brown specifically. He wasn't widely/publicly known as a nutbag until late in his career, although ample evidence existed prior to that point. It makes sense. Like a teammate or not, it's not wise to be out there blabbering about locker room issues in front of the public. Not a way to endear yourself to current or future teammates.

CMC was a very logical(and correct) decision. We obviously squandered the exceptional return we gathered from that trade but that's just Tepper Panthers. As far as "proven" players.....well Brooks hasn't proven anything. So he definitely wouldn't fit into the "letting proven players leave" argument.