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I would guess someone else was probably pursuing him too.

I was trying to come up with a retort but I can stop now.

He should be good with Allen. That is probably a great move.

It might be our best in a long time too. Or it was.

If XL doesn’t come in with a chip on his shoulder and being real serious about getting his spot back, do what you want to with him. Because if he doesn’t respond to this setback he never will respond.

If you look at who we passed on to take Mesidor, in that mock, you go a lot of spots before you get to an OT. It fits a scenario where maybe we could trade back and still get the next OT. But we may have missed to boat on a player people would trade up for.

Thanks it is basically stolen. I sort of took it from the old baseball thing where the owner told the player asking for more money “we can finish last without you”.

Imma need a pickle. And a frosty mug of beer. Deal.

A tweener at LB, DE, maybe OT, maybe WR/TE, something like that. A tweener at RB? It isn’t a one size fits all position. Look at all the different types and styles that have had success.

Takes two teams wanting him that’s it. His contract isn’t a huge impediment. It doesn’t matter That much if we release him or get a 7th or whatever token payment we can extract. Personally I am not scared of him, don’t care where he ends up. The Andy Reich saw was still mostly there, I wonder what he had to say if/when he watched the Buffalo video. What I pasted is interesting to me more in historical terms, it adds some juicy context to the divide that ended up with Frank fired in season. Then comes “maybe someone does want him”.

Jones will leave those fans something to remember him by. Probably years of cap hell, without a ton of draft picks in their pocket.

‘They’ say you lose a game for every rookie you start too. Not too worried about the cap, I am not sure it means anything bad. They have had plenty of time to plan this out, at least pre Icky injury. Which is a monkey wrench in the works. The extension might have given them some room for this year. But they can still do a little with that maybe. plus, we have Morgan saying he was going to attack some positions. We know what that means… $$$

Yeah we shouldn’t be competing with teams, bidding wise, to sign a WR. There will be one for us and our budget. I keep saying, how many balls will there be to go around anyway? One thing good I will say for this offense is the ball has been spread around at times. Seems like I remember seeing a large number of guys have caught passes in a game. Or been targeted at least. 3 RBs 4 or 5 WRs 2-3 TEs type of stat lines. 10-11 guys. Not every week but that happens. As far as WR in general, we need the smaller agile and quicker component to compliment what is there. After that it should be about depth, having good backups for the starters so we can run things consistently still, if a guy is out for a week or two. That is especially important in game where you have to finish the game with who you made active.

He missed the 1st regular season Rams game due to a concussion and left the WC game with one. They were aware. I have been very worried about it since the WC game. And we got no updates or reports on how he was doing with the protocol since season’s end.

If you gave Bryce his jets and arm, Bryce would only be inhibited by his height; he would be, or could be, much more dangerous. When a team has to write a clause into a 50 mil per deal, that he has to watch film, they shouldn’t offer the deal. I knew when I saw that it was hopeless. They threw that money away. What I have seen is Atlanta Miami Minnesota might be in on him now that he will be cheap.

They think we collect miniatures? I haven’t seen a single thing doing it.

To kick this up, The Athletic has a really comprehensive piece out where pretty much all QB questions are addressed. It is worth seeing. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7083539/2026/03/04/starting-quarterback-projections-free-agency-draft/?source=user_shared_article I’m putting something specific here but it should have a thread or something. It is an extensive exercise. This is a dense write up with a lot of column inches used, about the Jets and Murray and Reich, all this stuff.. then it goes to backup QB and there is Dalton. I am pasting that part: As for Dalton, Reich is installing the offense he was trying to run in Carolina in 2023 before he got fired, and Dalton was with the Panthers then; he’s an ideal option as a veteran backup to replace Taylor. Reich said this about Dalton in 2023: “The way he's throwing the football, the way he works through progressions, the way he handles the operation. … Since day one (when) he walked in the door, I'm like, 'This guy is starter-worthy.' You guys know I've said that all along. He's, in my opinion, one of the best 32 quarterbacks in the world.” ——— That’s true love lol. I never heard any of this. Pretty crazy I think, considering how the year went. Anyway the dream is not dead. .

Okay I understand the concept of don’t create a hole for yourself where there isn’t one. My concern is the concussions. I’d like to disassociate from the risk of them becoming a really serious issue. If I got a 1st round pick so I could replace him, plus…. I would think hard about doing it.

Where is Sadiq?

They asked Morgan about older players in either his presser or McAfee, I don’t recall. He said yeah, he got it, basically. But that if the player was advanced enough that you don’t need to develop him for a couple of years and can step right in and produce on a rookie deal… “there is value there”. I am not recalling if this was tangental to the being fooled by one year of production comment or a particular player or any of that. But he’s right. If you could get 5 years off a 1st rounder and let someone else overpay him, that isn’t a horrible scenario. I am not applying this specifically to Mesidor just in general.

I hope that isn’t ketchup for those delicious fried chicken tenderloins

I have never been that high on Hunt. The money is too much. I guess my standards are unrealistic but I have seen him getting pushed around. A 100 million in 2023 standards should never get pushed around. I am not saying he sucks at all but I think we could get pushed around a lot cheaper. Now he has torn biceps, and something g else got torn in the WC game. Then you look at the run game with BC subbing in, absolutely no falloff and possible improvement. I haven’t accounted for who he was dealing with to really judge it. But I think we need to see him play a few games before committing more year(s) and money to him.

They are just tenders. Not signed deals. Right?

Hell no on Becton.

He is decent backup level though. Nothing against him but that is the truth. So what is behind him?