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There was a report yesterday that Denver was in talks for a QB not named Wentz. I guess Teddy had a connection to the coach. Looking at it now, it sounds like that trade fell through and Denver is now saying they don’t want any mid tier QBs. Who knows.

Rumor is Denver could want Teddy.

The NFL is a non profit trade org. The teams themselves are essentially separate businesses. See Tepper sports and entertainment. No, the league does not have billions lying around. It’s up to each team to save for a rainy day. Many owners and families make their living off the profit from the team. Not that they can’t withstand a bad year, some may not have the cash to float the extra cap. Besides, it’s about their profit margins and the players agreements anyway. The players and owners have agreed to share in the revenue. The pie shrinks and grows for each group equally.

Who is an example of a good owner in your book?

Look at it like this. How many first round picks will it take to find a franchise QB in the draft like Watson over the next 5-10 years? It would be a miracle to land an elite QB with our first this year. Say we trade up for fields this year (two 1sts) or get Lance at 8 (one first). What’s the chance they bust or are just meh? 60%? More? So we try again next year or the year after. There goes another 1st round pick or two. The point is, we’re going to spend multiple first rounders finding a QB either way. That’s nfl life.

ESPN got a ton of attention on that Newton prediction. This is nothing more than trying to cash in again.

Honestly, it’s so hard to judge individual people when your team is missing vital pieces. Rhule in his first year pretty much tied Belichick (we would have been 7-9 too if we played the Jets twice). What if he never had Brady? The bucs GM and coach would have continued to look sub-par without Brady and co. Good players matter. Good players are hard to get.

Tepper said he wasn’t going to be involved in personnel decisions. Giving broad direction to go after an elite QB (if any of that is even true) is hardly meddling. He’s just giving his guys permission to be aggressive and take risks. I know people like to make broad sweeping conclusions based on tiny bits of speculation though.

Those were different shooters.

I don’t know if you heard Rhule discussing Teddy at the end of the season, but it was pretty obvious that he and TB had ‘the talk’. TB knew the team wanted an upgrade.

I’m guessing he stirred up as much interest as Cam did.

I can see that. He was just a character dev guy back then. No way he rises to VP of football ops here though.

A 2nd is too much. Trade them Grier and a 6th. Or just Grier.

The odds of us finding a franchise QB anytime in the next 5 years is not good. We still have to try though. Take your best shot but don’t trade future assets. We’ll need them to take a shot at the next QB.

I took a look at some of their boards a couple of days ago out of morbid curiosity. Most were ghost towns. Reddit was hopping a bit but one of the largest threads was “What team are you going to switch to once Deshaun is gone.”

I bet it ends up happening. It’s not unheard of for players to have roster input. Reid said Mahomes had a big say in the Chiefs 1st round pick last year. Jay Cutler was involved in head coach interviews. I know Cam had a hand in recruiting some FA signings. The precedent is there. Wilson just wants to take it another step.

From the interview he did today, it sounds like he wants just that.

Until evidence comes out, that is just a common internet myth. It’s been repeated so many times people now take it as fact.

Hurney shutting it down?

Tom Brady took less money all those years in NE.

I don’t get it either. Quality O linemen are becoming harder and harder to find which makes them expensive. If you are an elite QB, you can either get paid or win. Can’t do both.

I wonder if Houston was the team calling about R Wilson. Swapping Watson for an equally good (but older) QB would make sense.

That’s what the ‘let’s get to it’ caption means.

Because he was about to be gone. I just looked back, and Teddy and Curtis were in the last few promo graphics like this.