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I have looked at this Lloyd thing a little sideways since I learned the Jags didn’t pick up the 5th year. But I haven’t looked at film of him or anything. It doesn’t much matter what I see, they have not listened to me once in 30 years. I see these little warning signs, as no joke. Someone needs to dig into the why of all that and I can only hope we have.

I think quality ILB play would put this defense in a much better place. I don’t want to see what we have been forced to see the last couple of years. Will it be the Steel Curtain or something? Course not. It won’t be our 2003 team. But it will be a legit defense.

Yep. What Mr C said. We have alignment. I guess at 8 taking true BPA made a lot of sense. It is unlikely that we’ll be looking at the same gap between need and BPA at 19. Be a little easier to pass and trade down and match our value to our needs. IMO. I care very little about having a shiny 1st round TE, give me a tackle or help the defense.

I’m not sure he was a fit anyway.

That’s the thing. You Have to fix the line. He has enough around him or will by the time the draft is over to work with. Plenty. If he is the guy, he can work with the players he’s been given. What we can’t do, absolutely cannot do, is build in an excuse for bad play or lack of growth. We’ll fuging pay for that, probably for more long years.

That’s crazy. That is probably most undeserving inclusion I can remember. I am kind of rooting for him, but I would’t dream of advocating for him and using ‘he made the pro bowl!’ that’s for sure. I am not really advocating, just for whatever reason am pulling for him - I guess because he was treated so badly. Despite his silver spoon background.

I don’t see his situation as all that bad? At all to be honest. A lot of it is they have shoved him down our throats for three years and they minimize or totally ignore the negatives. We’ve been getting Bryce sunshine pumped up our butts for a long time now - a lot of people are just tired of it. At the same time, this is a puff piece not a hard hitting critique. It isn’t like we should expect much different. But if you wonder why people are cynical about it, I don’t understand that. Seems to be a clear cause for it. When they see 1-3 finish when it was must win, but now he is our hero? That is the ultimate blue skying. Were there a few positives? Was progress made? Absolutely. But people put way too much sugar on it.

I have been looking ay Otton because Canales knows him, because I have seen him make plays against us, and wouldn’t be a hot name that will cost a ton. Likely is another one. We don’t need to get Sidiq to address the position.

Yeah I am not beating the drum for Lloyd. I was beating it for a quality vet, and a top rated draftee, with a higher ceiling. 1st we aren’t getting another Luke. Likely not even another Morgan. But it won’t take that to drastically improve our ILB play. It has been worse than bad. I would invest more in the draft pick.

Well I am not sure what I am advocating for. It isn’t an all in SB or bust push, I can say that for sure. And I am not wanting to be the spendingist team in FA every year. 20mil for Lloyd seems too much. I would for sure want to sign a vet LB and fix LOT this year and get=some short term help at edge.

Also, the legal tampering opens up tomorrow, Monday, at noon. Woot.

Okay but need to stipulate to LOT isn’t Morgan’s fault. We’ll see how it is dealt with. This cap stuff. When it gets to precluding us from retaining a player or really handicaps FA, I’ll worry about it. I think you can spend money if you structure the deals to give you an out halfway through. And you can keep turning the ready to step in FAs over.

Yeah. We have Moton hanging around for who knows how long but the draftee could fit there if Icky came back right.

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Depends on if he goes out and earns it. Which I don’t expect will happen. And they’ll refuse to play hardball they will just give it to him.. Like I said, bringing the WC and passing record games, that level of execution every week? That would be earned to me. Who thinks we will see that? I still wouldn’t be happy, I really don’t like the limitations and would like to be free of them. But I would accept the decision if he meets the high bar.

I’d just say, re Clowney, Wonnum missing games is what he did for almost all 2024. I wanted to keep Clowney. But I think they didn’t like his attitude maybe. Otherwise I didn’t understand it.

48 minutes? Please summarize.

Be careful y’all don't fall off that rickety old soap box. I wasn’t gonna point out an irritating bit from that thing but why not? Coming up. It is absolutely fluff. And it’s okay to feel good because it has the best plays. That is straight sugar, with sugar on top and a bowl on the side. Not sure any fugups were addressed, past the digging of the 1-3 hole and the 1st half of the Miami game. Then the plot and narratives shifts to redemption. It is big ascension, like the title. But just for instance, the MNF SF embarrassment… they showed all the picks our defense made to lay the game at Bryce’s feet in that first half. But none of him tripping over it and being unable to take advantage of it at all. They just went to the final score. So that’s what kind of mindset you have. The heavy hitters? Paid no doubt. I know Riddick has been on Bryce’s jock since Alabama. It is what it is. Of course all highlights with quality, slick production values are going to make you feel good. And it is natural to feel good. But don’t twist it, I mean I felt good and still understood what it was. People getting upset over people not interested in it, you’ll get over it.

You aren’t wrong about that. It is what he said. Andy would have to compete.

Well okay. But I look at his numbers and they are paltry. And three teams in functionally three seasons. Sat out his first year.

Yeah. College. Big fuging whoop. The guy hasn’t cut it. I sure hope we will do better than that. Because we can.

The way I picture it they sit down and say okay what are we gonna do about backup QB? We’d have a room of QB coaches who endorsed Pickett. Which would be more troubling to me, probably.

Yes?

Isn’t he still facing charges for that racing thing where there was a death?

Surprised to hear the name Pickett. Not pleasantly. What’s Metchie done in the pros? Anyhow, the next couple of days, things should really start to move.