45catfan

How we deal with Burns will be nearly as impactful to the future of this this team as Young panning out or not. I'm dead serious. Tag and trade is my stance currently, but man would those two first rounders from the Rams have been nice about right now.

Yup, this is where I'm at for now. The best players left at #33 are QBs when I do my mock drafts nearly every time. I know we aren't taking one, as we should, so might as well take advantage of it. Move back and get some more draft capital. No further back than the early 40's, so not beyond 10 picks. In most years #33 isn't bad, but it's no man's land this year as far as I'm concerned. If we stay, I have a feeling we will reach.

Fitterer was a year early and I think deep down he knew it. Was this internal pressure to get the future QB or was it someone inside the building? I think it was a combination of both, but mainly from his boss. Could you imagine being in the position to take an early QB this year? I can, because I wanted to. Yes, I have beaten that horse into homemade glue because it has been VERY hard to let go.

In the NFL QBs have to be able to make all the throws. Bryce is limited where he can throw the ball. That limitation is due to arm strength. I looked at his passing chart just about every game and his outside the numbers attempts beyond 10 yards, certainly 15, were virtually nonexistent. The few he tried were HIGHLY unsuccessful. Bryce knows his floaters to the outside are prime for picking and why he stays away from them.

I agree, wait until day 3, but you don't shy away form upgrades because of other guys contracts.

I's take the Ravens 1st and 4th this year and 3rd next year.

Arrrrrr...you be taking all me coaches!!!!!!

Exactly what I've been saying. If this were Aaron Donald in his mid-twenties, you pay the man, but Burns is one-dimensional. He's nonexistent in the run game, a liability even. Even his pass rush success is streaky as heck. He'll have a multi-sack game once or twice in a typical season, but has several games where he has little to no impact. That's not a guy you break the bank re-signing.

You should have shown this data to Fitterer last year before he signed Sanders. Also Shipley is being projected to go 3rd round, that's where I got the 3rd round from.

I like Franklin or Polk at #33. We may double dip at WR, but with only six picks, I doubt it.

So we are just missing a TEs coach on the offensive side of the ball now? I'm taking it the entire defensive side is being retained?

I don't think we take a RB in round 3. If he's there in round 4, maybe. We've got bigger fish to fry with our first two picks. I am actually wanting a between the tackles guy like Estime and Allen. A WR and defensive help is what our 2nd and 3rd round picks will ultimately be. Once again we are screwed because of poor FA signings and crappy draft deals & picks.

Yes we can. What we can't afford to do is pay him the contract that he wants.

I'm pretty sure it went pretty close to this. I doubt it was from the rip, but once Frank knew Bryce was not cut from NFL cloth, he checked out. It was only a matter of a few games if i were to guess. Dude was a QB and worked nearly exclusively with QBs; it wouldn't take him long to figure out if Bryce was NFL caliber or not once the games started.

Will Canales fix his height, frame, weight and mechanics? FYI, his bad mechanics are a direct function of his hieght....'Mr. bouncy toes."

Chris Collinsworth come to mind. His voice annoys the crap out of me and he's fugging goofy. I would rather watch a game on mute before having to listen to him.

There's too much to do on the defensive side of the ball in free agency for expensive competition along the OL. We need a starting WR as well and those guys are not cheap.

Kinda like his playing days. Ba-dum-tsss!

Much of our cap resources are going to be needed to retain or sign guys on the defensive side of the ball. That and a stud WR. Reason being why we need to stay away from OL in FA. If a guy is there in the 4th or 5th round that's a steal, especially an interior player, then go for it.

Based on last year, I would agree, but everyone except Moton took a huge step backwards. Even Taylor was not quite up to his standards. I'm willing to say it something factored in here outside of virtually the entire OL forgot how to play the game.

I not against drafting maybe one OL or get a decently priced guy in FA. We have 12 O-linmen under contract for next season; depth is not an issue. What we don't need to do break the bank on a dude in FA when we have gaping holes at other spots on the roster.

The main thing is staying healthy. I think we keep things the way they are for one more season, at least most of the season. The OL is about the only position group largely under contract (of multi-position units). As people want to give Bryce a life line in 2024, I think the OL needs a redemption tour as well. After the season if things don't go well, it will be time to blow it up.

What will Sanders be doing? Dude is NOT an early down back. That's what we really need. It's not mutually exclusive we have to get one OR the other, we could get both. However, I am asserting that an early down back is more of a need, IMO.