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I hear you but yeah like you say, above average. His numbers were good. You’d think it would be a no brainer. Anyhow… I guess the new staff is also fine with him walking? I hope if we sign him there isn’t some secret issue of his that led to him not being valued.

Okay that is higher than I thought. The money has gone crazy. I was talking about the cost of his 5th year option probably not being that much. Which I guess just 12 months ago they declined. But that shouldn’t have been all that much.

I feel like they will. One thing about Dan, he has been aggressive.

Yeah. If you can’t get a Rams Wild Card level performance on a near weekly basis I don’t know why you keep doing it. There isn’t much there on those ‘off’ weeks. And then… is he really ‘off’ or that is the norm? With some shiny but unsustainable moments mixed in. We still don’t know.

Yeah that stood out. I couldn’t understand why they weren’t running behind the left side.

I believe getting a QB that needs that much help might not be the best plan. We better be looking. Seriously, we have a crisis brewing up front with this LOT thing. Plus C, and people are mocking TE in the first. That is the effect of the decision we keep sticking with. It is like there is only ever one thought: how can we help Bryce? For years now. The upside of obsessively building the O into a juggernaut is that a pretty meh QB could possibly win in it. I’ll leave it there because what would follow would derail poo.

That is true, but I cannot overlook what he has been given at QB. A question that is likely to never be answered: what plays would he call if he had a QB that isn’t so limited?

Well I guess there are it really a lot of us but is seemed like you were addressing the general population.

Yeah but we are starting in the hole this time, with the offseason needs. I am trying to think of what major position we lost at the last minute in 2024 that dictated what they had to do. Little bit at a loss at RB with Brooks. We did lose Jewel but that was after we couldn’t address it. At least we know LOT ahead of time. But we were in the opposite position, getting a recent 1st rounder and major piece back with DB. This is flipped from last year.

You think this is a lot of people being worked up?

People are overlooking two things. They set the number to get the most action. Not to be accurate in their prediction. Though I am sure they have one. But the customer is the one doing the predicting. Also, we were pretty bad in a couple of those wins. I hope that I was right saying it shows they are learning how to win, at the time, but poo was pretty ugly offensively. What Luke said about the 5 or 6 games showing that Bryce ‘gets it’, I am not sure I agree that they showed that. A couple of games were good, yes, but there was enough ugly to go around. If you count the playoff game we were 2-3 after the bye and I guess we won going into it. Go back last 6 games of the season we were 2-4. The last 4 games we averaged 16 points. One win. You guys might slow your roll on that 3 game improvement and unless that QB can eliminate his numerous poor games, we won’t win more games than last year and could actually easily lose more.

He can say “we” just as a fan. We sure do. I think all the ex players that went out on good terms say it when talking to each other. But he does work for the team, and will be slow to say something negative.

I have thought about that too. iI he can’t learn WR why can he learn TE? Same issues with the OB and the feet and the drops. I am figuring that just using him for a few specific plays he can run well, that can’t go but so far. People will know what’s coming when he checks in. He needs to put in the work to play WR and if he can’t then oh well too bad.

Not sure there is a ton of support for Nijman starting at LOT. I hope. I don’t know about picking top 5 off just that but it wouldn’t be anywhere close to ideal and would be an issue in most matchups.

The question goes back to where they declined to pick up the 5th year. That wasn’t really a decision made because it was cost prohibitive, was it? They haven’t been real stable organizationally, for a while. But it just seems like that would have been a formality if they were happy with him. So my question would be, why did they decline?

If the team starts out losing and it doesn’t turn that seat will get warm this year. I don’t anticipate disaster but at the same time don’t have am overly optimistic forecast. Course we are not even into the team building for 2026 yet.

Continuity is a big deal though. You can’t get anywhere constantly resetting. Not good for the players. I am hoping Bevell gives us a little juice.

Team could improve slightly yet the record could decline. I want to think we’ll be better, but my optimism was never high and it is dulled by Icky’s loss. I think if we properly address LOT, it takes away an important potential upgrade elsewhere. Playing together as one can still improve, individuals can still improve, but some will also decline. Maybe I should ask those who expect a three game W-L improvement: why? What will be the cause for that?

It does make you wonder a little.

Going to hit 3 years with the same system and upper level coaches and FO. For us, I would agree that is stable. Stable might be about to turn into stagnant II this offense doesn’t pick it up.

Good question. I would think they would prefer keep whatever continuity there is. I hesitate to assume what ‘good’ is or what he will think it is. He is the floor for tackles on this roster and it seemed survivable with him in there. I struggle to envision him as a starting LOT.

Lloyd was down in tackles this year. Career low. Anyone know what that’s about? I looked right after lunch. 85, 87 something g like that. Where he had been over a 100 all other years. He had 5 picks I think I saw if I read it right.

I think you look at needs. The you get to the spot… if some guy fell and is there, and is so much better than your need options you can do two things. Take him, or trade back if possible to better match your need guy to his value. Last year we didn’t see the right value in our needs at our spot, and went BPA because we had room for a WR. Worked out great. If it were a LOT there who was BPA? May not have worked so great

Yeah you’d probably want to do a big signing bonus small salary for Linderbaum in 2026. Icky’s 5th year is guaranteed but you won’t likely be paying him anywhere near what his extension when healthy would have called for. We have a year to play Icky’s situation as unknown. By the end of the season they should know how he is healing. You got G, ROT, even LOT still maybe, and off the roster coming for 2027 with him. I am figuring we have to draft a T high in (one of) the next two drafts. If not two Ts. There will be a lot of flexibility with Moton easing out of the picture and possibly Hunt. I don’t see how we keep paying that money for G but if we had two OTs on rookie deals, it could be worked out I would think.

Well when I look at the OL I see two OTs on rookie or journeyman deals n say, 2027 maybe 2028. I think the long term deal for Icky will be off the table. At a point the Hunt deal will be nearing or at its end. Depending on how they decide to approach it, this OL could be 60% to 80% different than 2025 fairly soon.