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I remember hearing good things about Nick Scott and the whole safety group coming into the season. I had expected this to be a good group. Fuller especially was hyped up. And then Jordan Fuller, Xavier Woods, and Nick Scott all were hot garbage. Demand Richardson ended up getting playing time over these bums. Nick Scott for depth & ST? Why not i guess, but safety is still one of our biggest needs

Wonnum and Clowney also. Still need another guy who can dependable rush the passer. There were times last year Huddlers could have provided about as much pass rush as we were getting out there

We still need to add another WR or Edge before the draft. I will feel pretty good about just taking BPA in that scenario. If we can find 2-3 impact players from the draft, this could be the best team we've seen in some time

Nothing, literally nothing would make me happier. But I'll settle for Tee Higgins

You need 2 starting caliber RBs and I don't want to waste a high draft pick on one. Could we get lucky and get a guy in the later rounds? Absolutely, but why take the risk when we signed a proven RB with the money we saved from cutting Miles Sanders. We're still almost certainly going to draft at least one RB and probably add another undrafted guy. This was objectively a good move

Lord knows I don't agree with you on everything, but you are spot on about the bust rate for TEs drafted high. It's simply too high to justify it on a roster that still needs significant defensive help. I know Warren is a great prospect, but it would be criminal to pass on the Edge talent that will be available at 8 given our needs.

JT Sanders is on year 2 of a 4th round rookie deal also. Not bad resource allocation at all IMHO. The TE market is bone-thin. And Tremble has shown far more promise than Ian Tomas ever did. Tremble is by all accounts and incredible teammate and hopefully an ascending player. I think him and Sanders and a decent young TE pair, and i still think we add another TE either FA or the draft

Austin Corbett was playing at an elite level and the Oline was a top 5 unit with him out there. He also has been an iron man in terms of playing before these last 2 injuries. I think people need to see the numbers before they freak out. Does anyone really want to not have a good Oline again next year? I genuinely don't understand the hate for this move

Not resigning him is one of the worst mistakes Fitterer made. He was better than Burns when he was here. I understand being wary of signing him for too much money. But he would be a nice addition IMHO

I would be 100% down if he signed a reasonable deal. He was electric here and in Philly. Not sure what happened last year with NYJ but would love to have him on 1 year deal

100% agree. This line could be Top 5 with a healthy Corbett

This is good news, as long as the deal is team friendly. Corbett has been rock solid, even at Center, when healthy. TD had 3 ACL tears and still had a Hall of Honor career here with multiple Pro Bowls and an All-Pro. The injuries suck, but it's nothing that has been career threatening. He's been an above average player when healthy. If he's willing to structure a deal to protect the team, I'm 100% on board.

100% true. And I'm a Cam fan. He came into a roster in 2011 that was much, much better than the 2023 roster, especially on offense.

I've been on this board for damn near 20 years, and this is one of the most insightful and spot-on posts of all time! Could not agree more

Matt Rhule really thought looking like a slob was endearing... Got to give the man credit... somehow he has convinced multiple people to throw millions of dollars at him

Yep. He could have went really negative and demanded out after all the crap he's had to deal with here over the past 2 seasons. The fact that he wants to be here and lead this team back to respond speaks volumes about him as a teammate and leader

100%. If anything, he will restructure/extend for cap purposes

If i has to guess, IMO the odds would be a restructure to his contract to free up cap, but this could just be athlete talk. I think 100% he's playing & will be on the team this year. I do expect there will be several restructures coming up (Moton definitely) to free up cap space. I also think we will be at least as active in FA this year as last. We still need a WR1, but if we can add one, having XL, Coker, and Theilen as WR2, WR3, and WR4 would constitute the best receiving corp I can remember since pre-Cam

We need to sign and draft someone. Shy Tuttle has been dog poo. One of the biggest needs on a team that could not stop the run over & over & over again even when they knew it was coming.

Hurting our 2nd round pick unfortunately. Darnold letting us down and costing us draft position yet again...

Donte Jackson looks awful out there... I know he's had a pretty good season but this is bad... real bad

Honestly would rather end the season on a high note like we did they endure something like this and miss out on a higher draft pick.

By the end of the year, with basically practice squaders out there they absolutely could. 300 easy. We gave up 200 to almost every team all year

You make some good points. I think we should absolutely try to upgrade the QB2 position this offseason: 1) There are options mentioned in the comments above that would probably be an upgrade over Dalton, maybe significantly given his age. Regardless of how they feel about Andy as a mentor, the NFL season is 17 games, and many if not most QBs miss time due to injury. There is a very good chance your QB is going to have to play at some point. For that reason alone, we should and need to find the very best QB2 we can within the constraints of the rest of the cap. Bryce has been very physically resilient when he has been starter, but just like any player he's one play away from being out for the season. 2) Over the last 5 games, Bryce showed why he was drafted #1 overall. I think the plan should be to continue to build around Bryce with the idea he is going to be your franchise QB going forward. But beyond my first point and back to yours above, part of a championship culture is to have consistent competition at every single position. I don't think Canales would have a quick hook for Bryce going forward, but you need to continue to constantly develop and having a QB ready to lead should disaster happen. Whether that's injury or a guy just not being able to lead effectively like Bryce wasn't able to do for most of his rookie season (mostly not his fault), to the Bryce of the first 2 games this season where it was mostly his fault, poo can happen at any position and you need a backup plan. The Cleveland Browns are case in point. I don't think it will ever be possible for another franchise to top their current streak of QB dysfunction. Andy Dalton reminds me of how Derek Anderson was here. DA went from a great backup who could have probably competed for a starting job somewhere else into a statue who couldn't hit open guys in a couple short years. Not saying Daltons drop-off has been that dramatic, but it's also hard to see him leading this team should Bryce go down.

He's going to get something comparable to Surtain. This team can't preach culture and not resign guys like him & Chuba. Team has already indicated they're going to do it. Horn is absolutely a difference maker