Stinger226

We drafted a future all pro, A+ for the first round pick.

For all the complaining on the draft Loveland and Burden were the right choices.

For sure. I did not like the lack of energy until the end of the game. But it's a new week , hopefully this is a Eagles type game, start pounding the ball instead of relying on all the hiccups in our passing game. The defense isn't getting fixed this year. The best we can expect is a few TOs and red zone defense. Have to mention the vaulted lion's offense only scored 19 points. Defense didn't lose this game today.

I totally understand the need to get more Cap space for more help for our defense. Find me teams that want expensive Kmet or DJ after having mediocre yrs? Cleveland and Vegas are rebuilding so I would assume they would want draft picks. Cleveland doesn't have any cap space so they want to dump Cap not add to it. Vegas has plenty of space and have Bowers and Mayer at TE, no trading for Kmet. They have the money to sign George Pickens to go with a drafted QB. I would rather pay 30 mil to Pickens (younger) than 28.5 mil to DJ. It's a good draft for WRs maybe they might draft one. Trade anybody but find me someone that logically would take on their salary?

Better if Seattle wins. That's puts in the driver's seat if they might get upset for the NFC championship game. Home field in Chicago would matter.

Watching SF and Seattle. So Seattle will have to play LA or SF again at home. An upset in their first game would give us home field for the NFC championship game. Of course we have to win to get there. I like our chances.

Good point. The key all of this to have future success is to have good drafts. The first draft of the Poles/ BJ regime is highly successful. 3 high end weapons, a LT, future OG starter, future DL starter and a few question marks. Home run. Like you said ( coaches that develop players).

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If I'm a GM, we are poised to make a playoff run with our current roster. We have a top 10 offense, I will find ways to tweak the team to make the defense better. I'm not mortgaging the the future for one player. I don't get the dismantle a team with 12 or more wins mentality. Cut Edmunds but you have to resign DJackon and will resign Byard.( Leader of the defense) . I would resign Duhshon Wright (won't be cheap) and try to trade JJ. Terrell Smith and Gordon will be back. Trading weapons and one of our best OLs in years for a pass rusher doesn't make sense to me. Fortunately Poles and BJ will figure it out. .

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have Crosby or Garrett but I don't think they will lose the first round picks for the future. If they get rid of DJ and Kmet, I'm not going to whine about , I trust they know what their doing. I just don't think they are bringing in a free agent that cost the draft picks. There are several free agents available. I'll post them here later.

Not much experience but I played one year in college and after I got hurt, I wanted to play. Smarter people controlled the room. Mongo did you ever play hurt? Let them play, give Rome limited snaps. Limited snaps for the old folks. Do what ever it takes, not to lose.

I agree and will say it's about coaching. Look at the fest going on at Michigan since harbaugh left. The Indiana Coach came from the Alabama tree and now there winning.

If you add selective free agents and rely on the draft it will extend our good years. If you have good drafts the next two years it continues the cycle. To get those trades, probably will be 2 firsts and a player. If it's just players go for it, it's the draft picks that bother me. Almost every contract on the books has outs in 27. I think Poles redoes contracts and end Edmunds to get the money needed for next year to add someone just doubt if it's Garrett or Crosby. We all know if the team wants one of those two, he will find away without weaking our team. IMO

BJ said all that matters is winning. He's not taking his foot off the gas.

I don't care as much about stats as some fans do but I would like Caleb to get 4000, DJ, Loveland and Burden to get over 700. Then that conversation can leave our fandom.