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Nobody is asking for perfect. But 20 million a season for an ILB who was the slowest run tackler amongst all ILB's is not exactly a slam dunk either. For me the issue is overpaying FA's to bandaid key units. It's not a sustainable path. The only way this franchise is going to emerge as a consistent contender again is nailing the draft. Anyone here on the huddle or across social media can sign the best FA's.

https://blackandteal.com/nfl-analyst-reveals-why-jaguars-won-t-lose-sleep-if-devin-lloyd-leaves-bill-barnwell "He racked up five picks, including that pick-six of Patrick Mahomes that fueled a famous Jags victory. The effort concerns disappeared," Barnwell wrote. "Lloyd managed 1.5 sacks and 10 knockdowns as a blitzer. He wasn't a great run defender, as Lloyd took longer to make tackles on run plays (5.1 seconds) than any regular off-ball linebacker in the league and made both run tackles and stuffs at below-average rates. But Lloyd was impactful enough against the pass to earn a deserved trip to the Pro Bowl."

The desperation also applies to the OL. He spent $150 million on two interior olinemen and we still gave up the 16th most sacks in 2025. And now we have voids at LT and Center. And when you add in the 2024 draft of trading up for both Xavier Legette and Jonathan Brooks in the first two rounds. Ohhh wee mayne....

Someone needs to kindly clue in our decision makers that we are trying to move past joke status and rebuild our reputation. How are the Saints more competently addressing QB than us? They have a 2nd round pick who is arguably better than anything we have. Yet we've got names like Pickett floating around. Shed the poverty tendencies already!

Logically you would think with us having a former LB for our GM that we wouldn't have to overpay an FA who peaked in a contract year and whose team seems to have no interest in retaining his services. I mean I do like the player but there's a whole world of middle ground between liking him and paying him 20 million a season. It seems like some folks are too eager to carry water for anything Morgan does. We've already done this with past GM's.

Well let's just hope it's more speculative than anything at this point in time. Bringing in Pickett basically defeats the purpose of cutting Dalton at a cap loss if they fail to find a trade partner which seems like the obvious outcome on that front. I see no reason why we can't at least do marginally better. And at the end of the day it is the most consequential position on the football field.

We are definitely making much welcomed progress. But the bar for me is winning a playoff series. Anything beyond that is a bonus. But if we want to do that then we're going to have to figure out how to get past teams like the Heat. Just have to wait and see how they finish the season.

If Dan Morgan thinks Kenny Pickett is the best he can do to address one of the worst QB rooms in the league 3 years running he might as well go ahead and get his resignation typed up.

Certainly that's relevant but are you really going to pretend like he didn't have to change his whole throwing motion to try and take the next step as a passer? And he's worse now than he was before. His air yards per attempt were 6.21 the lowest in his career. And we have a fourth year QB whose air yards per attempt was 6.23 last season. The fact that anyone is even mentioning the words contract extension is literal madness.

How did that work out for his best NFL comparison (Tua) in Miami?

You can count me completely out on another rendition of sifting through the Jaguars discards. Been there done that.

Yeah their guys seem to continually have career games against us. For all the talk of our progress which has certainly been nice. This feels like a step back. I think it's fair to question if some of these other teams have simply been overlooking the Hornets. Now that expectations are higher it's up to the staff and the players to hold themselves to the standard they've been setting. There's really no excuse to continue to lose to this iteration of the Heat if I'm being honest. We'll see how they bounce back.

Andy Dalton is a nice guy... But we aren't running a charity here. It's about damn time! Here's a VERY fun thread to revisit.

I swear no matter how good we might be playing the damn Heat are always a damn thorn in our side. Hate these MFers.

I despise the Heat and their fans with a passion. Need this dub at home tonight.

Not falling for this slop again.

I think he's quite talented but he was never worth that recent contract. These salaries are getting out of control. Also seems he worked his way out of favor with the group in Chicago in general. If you're getting $82 million guaranteed and you're not practically bending over backwards to not be a distraction or a headache you are doing it the wrong way. As for Buffalo. He will certainly be a nice addition and a weapon for Allen and Joe Brady. But I'll be keeping tabs on how that dynamic lasts the next 2 years or so. Joe Brady being a first time head coach is going to experience some bumps along the way without a doubt. DJ Moore hasn't exactly been a model teammate when things aren't going well and Joe is going to have navigate issues like that and everything that comes with being a first time head coach and being the coach that directly follows the winningest playoff coach in many years for the franchise. For all his faults Sean McDermott is tied for most playoff appearances in Bills history and the team has been around since 1960. Good luck with all that.

Credit due that was a nasty three from LaMelo.

MOOOOOSE WHEW 🫨

Miller has been eating them up damn.

The faces this Garza guy makes crack me up. Legit weirdo.

Coby White is certainly an upgrade.

Celtics getting back into this with some very weak calls from the refs.

LaMelo has had to do a lot of maturing brother. He's had to progress from class clown laughing on the sidelines with bums like James Bouknight to taking on a more assertive leadership role in bringing along the rooks into the lineup. But I wholeheartedly agree these guys are playing overall excellent team basketball. And I hope to continue to see more of it.

Yeah I've got the Boston crew on my feed too but I've been mostly tuning it out. They actually haven't been egregiously insufferable though.