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we should do this.

it's a good reason to be sitting at home watching on the big screen in front of the fake fireplace with blue and orange "flames".

they don't need to put an effort into tanking. they also don't need to be thinking about playoffs. just get better. build a foundation. don't focus on anything but that.

Still just find FA OL that will fit. Takes too long to get rookies used to this kind of thing. I just want to overload on playmakers.

Did two just getting offensive playmakers. one without trades and one with.

Go all out and get nothing but offensive playmakers in the draft. Help out IoL in free agency with affordable depth. Get a blocking scheme that doesn't make the OL look so bad...one that more closely resembles what we did with Wilks than that clusterfug last year.

Good.

And no, I don't have a clue. Everyone else might be smarter than me and know how this is going to shake out based on recent history, but that's not where I'm at. I don't know it all.

New coaching staff. New GM. This is a reset. That's how I'm viewing it. That's how I'm approaching it. Like I've said before (not that anyone would know or care) that is just me and not what I would suggest for anyone. Everyone else can view it and and approach it however they want.

i'm predicting nothing this year. pretty much because i'll actually admit i don't have a clue. i'm just along for the ride and hoping that we aren't just miserable to watch and to have a reason for optimism at different points throughout the offseason and regular season.

I can live with that.

How about adding some content and context to your links?

after that concussion it's probably much better off that he calls it quits.

So that means we are looking at addressing those (at least TE and OC) via FA rather than the draft? I know (hope/assume) we're probably looking at WR in both, but if we are looking for IOL in FA i'd have to assume that also means OC. TE would probably be a short list in both the draft and FA. issue with Boze is still kind of interesting. he did all the work to try to make himself appealing to the FO. Not sure if he put all that work into making himself a better fit for the offense. If there's not a connection or a faulty connection with him and the QB, probably better to replace the center. Boze is a likeable fellow, but he just might not be the anchor we are looking for or need.

what's more comical is that for a while we were buying in to it.

there's really so many good prospects in this draft that there are going to be a quite a few who drop well below what the "experts' think they will, especially since there's always a handful of teams whose picks go quite differently than what these experts mock because their rankings are different so they pick someone quite a bit earlier than where these experts had them ranked. basically, i'm not ruling much of anything out. i've seen some crazy scenarios in different mocks that i've done (eg: one or two had Bowers going first overall and then he'll show up available at 33) and i'll look at them and go "there's no way that could happen" but teams do unexpected things. but basically it comes down to my thinking that there's really too many players with a solid and legit argument for a first round grade this year to all make it into the first round. some really good players are bound to fall.

lol he's one of the ones they talked to.

he's not at all a liability. what we need is some some power that we can turn to in the run game. we've been weak when we need to punch. we need an RB or two that can just give defenses a beating and force Ds to pay attention to stopping the run game. that makes it easier for bryce, it opens up the passing game, and i think that's the type situation that the OL does better in. i like having an RB that can be that dual threat kind of guy that can be used as a reliable outlet for the QB, but i think having some powerball rolling out of the backfield needs to be a big part of it all.

Inspired by the visits

it will be a release.

Agreed. We've got to get a good TE in here. Something we can't afford to overlook. Even if it's like Jared Wiley. Just get one here.