MHS831

Bold statement, but creative thinking.

Personally, I have trouble about Dak--he wants to be paid like he is elite, but when he was good, he had a great OL, great RB, and his WRs were not bad. I think he is good, but not great. Great is how he wants to be paid. $40m? Come on. I think this franchise needs 4 years of rookie contract at QB to have the room to build a solid roster.

Great idea, until you include politics and self-serving agendas. These are people in their 20s who, for the most part, majored in football in college. I can tell you that when I started teaching in high school and they asked me to coach, I thought I would be smarter than everyone else because none of the other coaches played in college. I was wrong. I was the dumbest person in the film room for a while. I had to learn other positions, how to watch film, how to relate to players effectively, etc. A QB may know what he likes in a coach, and maybe the captains should be heard, but by no means is he deserving a seat at the adult table. Let's say there is a head coaching vacancy and Billy Bob the QB wants Vince Lombardi IV as the next coach. The owner and GM and President etc. decide to go with George Allen III. Billy Bob does not like George Allen III so he demands a trade. Or he blames George Allen III every time he makes a bad play call or the QB throws a pick. I think the responsible GM should listen to the players, but to give them a seat at the table when decisions are being made? Nope.

one creates a qb controversy (possibly), the other creates QB apathy.

If we go bargain shopping, I am guessing there will be some cheap talent AFTER the first week of free agency--there just aren't as many cap dollars this year--a lot of teams will be cutting more than signing contracts at the 2020 rate---supply and demand.

Man, I have a fear of Bama OL. This guy was drafted in round 1, #10 overall. I do not think he has played since 2018. Maybe? But why is he a journeyman? Why has he not played? I have an inquiring mind and I want to know.

Stay in your lane....Know your limitations....multi-tasking is not always a good thing....sometimes, what seems like a good idea can backfire....take it from me.

Which one of you?

Wouldn't you want to know the skill set of the all the QBs so you can put "your guy" in perspective?

Brady is going to hit the wall one day soon--maybe with an injury or simply he just ain't got it any longer. If I am a Tampa Bay fan, I celebrate, I guess, but part of me does not feel great about being Shady Acres for New Englanders seeking a last hoorah. I guess Florida is used to that.

We can't assume that the release was the first move they tried to make--Watt wanted a release so he could pick the team--obviously--as opposed to a trade to the Lions or Jets.

6th rounder to the Bears for Watts and they kept most of his contract--and we only paid about $900K of his salary, while the Bears took on the rest, but his salary was about $12m back then and he was a one-dimensional, situational pass rusher. It was a great deal for us. We could take Watt on a deal like that, but it ain't happening. My point was the amount of $$$ pass rushers past their primes make--we can't afford to get into that kind of a bidding war. We need to develop Burns and Gross-Matos and the other young ones--they are entering their primes, in my opinion.

True--if this were not Houston, I would be saying, "He must be done." But since it is Houston, you really do not know. I am so happy I am not a Texan fan.

Sure looks that way.

He is still young, so that could mean he sees the upside here. I would want to be part of the growth, not some team that brings in ex-Patriots to win rings.

This was my first thought--- I think he was a bit outspoken about his QB-is this their answer? If so, Watson is as good as gone.

He will be overpaid on name alone. Like when we brought in Reggie White, jared Allen, etc. I love his fire, but they know something.

My grandfather knew General Patton. He said, "Nobody liked that SOB. He salivated at the thought of war. Few men are born like that--he was. As much as you hate them, as much as you fear them, you need men like that when you are at war." I always equated Smitty to that description.

I think Goodell wanted to promote a high scoring game in Europe, where Soccer and the 0-0 tie is a thing.

This does not get enough run on this board. Our TEs were abysmal. Now everyone wants to talk about TB checking down, and I got frustrated too, but between the WR and the checkdown should be a TE--and we were without. A dual threat TE would solve a lot of problems.

Thanks for this, Verge. A request: What I would like to see is the depth of the draft at each position--just an overview--For example, we seem to have depth at positions of need. A few points: Hard to pass on the top G and second best LT on the board (Vera-Tucker). Slater has the same basic abilities. Me likey. That tells me that we are talking maulers with LT athleticism. Your ratings are consistent with my feelings--I put him at T. You have to like Surratt's versatility at LB. Browning is another in that mold,and I am very high on Ohio St LB Werner. There are CBs and CB/S hybrids later in the draft. I see us liking those. I am not a fan of the TE crop. I would have "Baby Gronk" Frieirmuth at 2 and Long at 3--but it depends on what you are looking for at the position. You see Leatherwood as a pure T and not a T/G? I tend to agree, but when I watched, he dominated at T. Had a down 2020 compared to 2019, but moving to G is an overreaction. I was very surprised NOT to see Creed Humphries in the IOL top 5. Would love to hear thinking on that. I would probably move Vera-Tucker and Slater to T and have Center Humphries and possibly G-C Myers in the top 5. I do like Trey Smith a lot--high character, from what I hear. Thanks for these--I am not far off.

I agree 100%, but if he falls to the third round like Smitty did in 2001, and the choice was between a mediocre CB and a game breaker, it would be hard to not take him. If we sign a free agent QB and grab a LT in the first round, and even though we need a CB and a LB, how do you pass on the player if you think he is the next Smitty? BPA?

A cheap "prove it" contract. It should not take more than 16 games to determine what we have--if we put some players in front of him.

Forget running, I would start digging. The first guy I had to block in 1-on-1 drills in college practice was against a NT (I was a TE--it was not fair, and the results proved that) who weighed 328 lbs. I was a freshman weighing in at 220. Not good in math, and running was not an option. I felt like a moth hitting the windshield of an 18 wheeler.

They would still know they could get a good QB.