PNW_PantherMan

It is though. The Kerr situation is much more similar to when Steve Smith and Ken Lucas got in a fight. But whatever. Keep living in your own reality where you make up the rules and the points don't matter or whatever.

That's different though. Steve Kerr was a role player and that was always going to be MJ's team. This was a power struggle between the old king and the new one. Somebody had to go.

Imagine trading multiple future 1st round picks to take a guy 3rd overall and bench him for 2 years. That's just lunacy. You don't draft a guy in the top 5 if he's not ready to play for another 2 seasons. If he was that raw, he should have been a 3rd or 4th round pick.

Agreed. There is no evidence to suggest otherwise. We are essentially the NFC Texans.

I'd rather take 2 or 3 shots at drafting a QB than trade those picks for Watson.

I'm noticing a pattern with scapegoating people heading through the exit door. But bad decisions are still being made all the time. What could be the constant here?

Inept? They've been in the hunt since McVay was hired as head coach. They went all in on that team because they were on the cusp. That doesn't mean every trash heap team should go all in on a Matt Stafford level QB.

And where did the league say that?

The fact that he had Sam so highly rated is a red flag. Sam's college tape is trash.

Great example is Michael Thomas. I remember people here dumping on him because anyone could put up those numbers getting targeted that much, etc. Now we have DJ Moore essentially doing a less impressive version of the same thing, and he's "amazing". What plays come to mind for you guys with DJ Moore? I can't think of a single one besides a 1 yard hitch route on the sideline, where he's hit immediately. Sure he has the big plays here and there between the 20s. But, he doesn't get open on 3rd down, and he doesn't get open in the red zone. He disappears for literally quarters at a time in a game. None of these traits are #1 receiver traits. A real #1 receiver will show flashes of that even on a trash team. DJ is just a good WR that should be #2 or 3 on a stacked team.

I think fans overrate DJ Moore. I don’t think he would put up better numbers anywhere else. I don’t know what you guys are seeing on the field. The 1000 yard seasons are good but the guy never makes a difference in any game.

Fitterer didn’t have much to do with that team. He’s been more involved in the slow collapse since.

Man this whole situation jumped the shark a long time ago.

If the board falls off that hard after pick 5, we aren't going to be able to trade down very well. Just pick the best guy IMO.

I remember being disappointed we didn't get him.

Well it is going to be the magical 3rd year under Rhule's Jay-Z 7 year overnight success plan. I think that means we make it to the Sugar Bowl and get blown out. And then Rhule leaves for a higher paying job.

Agreed. Ian Thomas is a textbook definition of replacement level.

We can go lower.

"A win-win deal" Win win? For him and his agent maybe.

Not gonna lie, I'm starting to think of this clip when it comes to Fitterer's responsibilities. "Well I bring the paper from Matt Rhule's office to Samir's" "Couldn't Matt Rhule just tell Samir himself who to sign?"

Just let him walk. His highest graded ability is pass blocking... as a tight end.. Worthless.

This is why all that salary cap wizardry is plain stupid. You can move numbers around all you want, but when you are committing money to Ian Thomas, Sam Darnold, Robbie Anderson, Pat Elflein, etc it's useless. This is garbage roster building.

This was the logic for reaching on Slater last year, and it would have worked out in that case.

Exactly. 1 year ago he was ready to push all the chips to the middle of the table on Darnold, and now he wants nothing to do with him. What changed? Darnold looked the same as he always has.