45catfan

For early money on a rookie deal? Yes. For a second or third contract? No.

Listed at 5'9"...you know that's a stretch. Dude is a baller though, no question. Maybe a Ricky Manning Junior type.

As one draft site ranks Indiana players (overall): Mendoza-QB #1 Ponds-CB #42 Sarratt- WR #59 Smith-OT #72 Kamara-Edge #91 Farrell-S #104 Cooer Jr.-WR #105 Moore- S #151 Fisher-LB #154 Hemby-RB #159 Benson-OT #160 Daley-Edge #162 Nowakowski-TE #164 Coogan-C #204

Yup, a lot of these guys came from JMU which just made the jump to FBS just a few years ago. I'm a production guy myself. Fug the RAS over production. Cignetti gets it. Just because you have the fastest 40 time or can bench 400 pounds, that doesn't always translate to the football field.

Day 3 as well as both safeties, a couple of their OL, too. Don't expect a repeat, this team was built for this run...very heavy upperclassmen I would be glad to draft either of those safeties.

You don't say?

Anyone who thought Manning, Sellers and, honestly, Moore coming out this year was just a pipe dream. You are right some of these guys will go back , but some are COMPLETELY fine being QB3, QB4 and even QB5 in this draft for '27. Is it better to give up a few million dollars in the short term or make millions more over the long term? If Joe Shmoe on the internet can figure this out, then certainly paid professional consultants can.

Some guys could go back, BUT outside out Lagway and Sellers, this is a solid crop. Please see my previous post about guys smartening up to being a top 5 pick. Is it better to be a top 5 pick or top 15 pick? Think real hard about this. Actually it shouldn't be all that hard. Mark my words, the 2027 QB draft will be EPIC! Why? Dudes will be fighting for QB 3-4-5. They are not dumb jocks anymore. With agents and financial advisors, they realize going to a sh1t franchise ruins your career faster than going to a middling team. Please bookmark this post.

Understand, these guys aren't idiots. Is It better to be the #13 overall pick of or the #1 overall pick? Think real hard about this and get back to me. I'm not trying to be being a smart@ss, but a realist.

Otten is definitely an option for a young, cheaper pick up. I've always been a Goedert fan. That's the big splash guy in FA if we go that route. Several medium tier guys, but still better than our TE room. Hooper, Fant, Likely, Waller etc... It's a pretty good FA group. That's why I'm against grasping for a project guy like like Sadiq mid round one. You take a Loveland or Warren with that pick like last draft...proven TEs ready for the next level.

How about let's stop focusing on which of these two was the bigger mistake, just they are mistakes. Focus on the future. Hopefully 2026 will be the last season with Bryce Young as our "Franchise QB".

Yup and we went 0-1, which was the likely outcome all along. Even if we did win somehow, we lost two O-linemen, Horn and would have got smoked on the road. This was clearly not our year. Ask Harbaugh, Tomlin and McDermott about just making the playoffs without advancing or advancing far enough. This is a win or go home tournament, clearly not for teams that could barley win back-back games the entire season or a for a squad that can't seem to put games away convincingly. We were dangling by a thread all season long, obviously not a recipe for a SB run.

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PLEASE no Sadiq. We have much bigger fish to fry than a Swole Bones or Ian Thomas carbon copy. He's an athlete playing TE. We unmistakable TE playing TE. Hit up FA for TE.