Stinger226

I have been betting on Fields over 1.5 TDs and 1 running TD and it has paid off two weeks in a row. Im going with 2 anytime TDs this time, it pays with great odds. I will say 118 rushing and 268 passing yds. If this is going to be our breakout O game, he will get 3 TDs in the air and we will go over 40 points. That would be nice.

Yes EJac is not worth his money, but he is playing well and this defense is based on TOs and he is the only one consistently doing that. He is signed thru 2024, so I think he is around next yr and then depending on the depth behind him, decide to replace him. If they draft a FS this yr in the top 4 rounds, he may have his fate decided for him in 2024. I do not think they are just going to axe him because of money. We have plenty to do what Poles wants to do. I do believe, when they go to give Fields money, his contract will be gone but that is in two yrs.

Shows you how much I pay attention.

A bunch of different threads mention our future going forward so I thought I was just going to put here . Trying to list (IMO) core players, 2023 starters, and who wont be back. I start with the D and change subject matter as we move forward. DBs: EJac, he will be 30 with a cap hit of 17 mil and a dead money hit of 9.5 if you move on from him. I think he stays one more yr. He has played well this yr, not sure he's worth 17 mil but they have a better dead money situation in 2024 (5.5 mil.) if they want to move on. Jaylon Johnson, our best corner costs 1.7 mil, and in 2024 , 2 mil, he wont be going anywhere but not sure he has proven to be a blue chip player just quite yet. Kindle Vidor, still has to prove himself but for 1 mil next yr will be keep at a depth piece . He is a starter for now but they will try to upgrade his spot. Gordon and Brisker are future stars and will progress with positive plays. both cost around 1.5 in 2023. Dane Cruikshank, DHC, are vet players that are signed for next yr but can be cut at anytime. Jaylon Jones, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Blackwell are young players that are signed for next yr but need to improve to get a roster spot. E Jac, Johnson, Gordon, and Brisker are 2023 starters and core players. Vidor needs to get better, DHC could stay on the roster for his ST play as a backup. I think Cruikshank gets replaced because he's to hurt and has never proved himself.

What's going on with us brings in Taco's and Wieners ? Not sure there is a joke there.

Agree with all that, he has money and draft picks, this yr will give us a lot to debate.

They treat this yr as if the Bears regime could have went out and bought @1 WRs and top OTs, we didnt have the money. As a team they are growing slowly as some players get better. Do they need more help, duh It cant all be done in a yr. Poles is moving his assets to O instead of D, so that is at the cost of a terrible D but it had to be done. Next yr will be time for judgement when it comes to Poles and Flus. Almost all of his moves this yr were for young players and cheap risks to find core players. Its the first yr of a rebuild, not (lets take a shot at the playoffs).

If we use his first yr as a example, he will go after a couple of high end players, fill in with middling signings and then draft BPA. Last yr he went after Ogunjobi, (28)( 22 Ts, 1/2 sack) dont know it that was due to health or just not up to speed. He also made contract offers to Brian Allen (27) and Joe Notebloom (27) but lost out to the SB champions. Tried to get Ryan Bates (25) but unless he offered him big money, Bills were going to retain him. Since Fields will be ready to rock next yr, I think he fills in the OL as needed. Patrick hasnt worked out, they can get rid of him with a 1.4 cap hit. I think he pursues the OL . They paid Leatherwood some money, so he gets first shot at RT. Jones has probably did enough to stay with his progress. I think Whitehair and Jenkins are our OGs for next yr. So OC and maybe another OT in FAgency. He will go after either a DT and DE on a big contract and then draft around that. As the yr goes forward it will dictate where we need to go first. What we bring in in FA will dictate the draft. I think he goes BPA in the draft barring a few positions, RB,QB. I looked at a few of Big Boards and there is 2 DTs, 2-3 Edge, Jordon Addison is the only WR that is consistent in the top 10 and a TE. I can see anyone of those positions being drafted in the first round depending on how high our pick is. Probably Edge or DT. There are two OTs that are in the top 15 , Paris Johnson and Skoronski. Not sure he will do that if Jones continues to progress.

Seen this on Twitter, national people talk down a lot on Justin. I would like to ask them, how in one yr a new GM can completely change a team with no first round pick and no money? People think you can do everything in one yr when you had the worst roster in the NFL in 2022 once ARob, Hicks were all gone.

I trust Poles to know who will be good and wont. Of course there are many failures on high draft picks, and a couple first rounders would be great. Detroit, Houston, Miami, Philly, and Seattle have two first round picks. Det and Hou will probably finish in front of us, Mia and Phi dont need one so that leaves Seattle who has Den pick which may be below ours. There are 3 rated top 10, so I think they will all be gone before our pick. I dont know which WRs are #1s , that is always a crap shoot but if Murphy, Carter or Anderson are there, we have to take them. We have a blue chip at QB, we need a blue chip on D.

I hope we dont trade back if Carter, Anderson, or Murphy are there.

I think they like B Jones and let that play out, they absolutely will take Jaylon Carter. Imagine him and another edge rusher. Imagine a 8-10 sack DT .

I like all those names . I think he will spend the money on both a DL and OL. The rest will be middling contracts.

Taco is interesting, but lacks production in his career. Adams is a good player and will contribute. I am more enamored by Reyes. This yr is about finding players that might be a core player going forward. WRs Mooney and Claypool are set but Harry, Pringle, ESB, and V Jones still have to prove they can be. OL The jury is still out on B Jones (my opinion) he will be starting next yr at LT. Whitehair and Jenkins are set at OGs. Patrick, Borom, and Leatherwood still have to prove themselves as starters. I think they bring vets in at OC and RT. RB I think they sign Monty to a team friendly deal. 4-25 with the last yr voidable. Ebner needs to prove himself. Herbert will be back. We still have a young (24) Darlington Evans on the PS. TE Kmet is starting to shine as the passing game progresses. I think Wesco and Chase Allen will be back to prove themselves going forward. In FA they will make two big signings and I think they will pay 2 vets on the OL to protect Justin. (Ethan Pocic and Jack Conklin sound good to me)

I think all our games are going to be like the last two unless we can stop making critical mistakes and have a good refed game. We will score points and the defense will be shoddy. The difference for a victory will be TOs and a lack of mistakes. If we limit mistakes it will be 37-13, if not 31 -27.

I think it was a good combo because Monty punished people when he runs and wears them down and then Herby would run by them. It give us a chance to see Ebner and maybe they give some reps to V Jones. Darrington Evans is still on the practice squad, he will be called up. They have one spot open right now.

Its time to see if Ebner can play, otherwise, we will have to draft a new one. Here is a video on Reyes. You can just put him in as a situational pass rusher. He is extremely strong.

There was only a few that got two yr deals. I found it interesting that he gave an UDFA a 3 yr deal Jack Sanborn. I will grant you its a cheap deal, but he must have seen something. He will end up being our MLB going forward. Think about it, in only his second start, 12 Ts, 2 TFL, and 2 sacks. Had a Int taken away from him over a penalty. He may be the reason they let Roquan get away.

He added a bunch of maybes with limited cap space. Some are hits , some misses. Better way to do it than paying players like ARob a big contract and not have #1 WR production for it. He created cap space and IMO got us a few core players. Justin Jones, Armon Watts, Robinson, Morrow, Gordon, Brisker, B Jones, Jack Sanborn., Claypool. Still has the jury out on players like V Jones, J Carter, Wesco, Leatherwood, Matt Adams, N Harry, ESB, and Pringle. The second year will give us a better indication with a first round pick and 125 mil in cap space. As of now, I would give him a B+. If he hits on V Jones, Harry and Leatherwood, he gets an A+.

I agree, with the cover two you need a pass rush. The play Johnson got the penalty, he hit the WR at the line of scrimmage which I dont think is normal for the Cover 2. Am I wrong about that? The D actual improved against the run. Williams and Swift are not a lousy pair. The D will get better as the frontline get more of a pass rush, whether you need to do that with blitzing or just the ends. One problem in this game is the Lions are a physical team (like us) and we are not use to that. It caused use to commit penalties, were out of sycn. Johnson didnt play well, he had some injury designation all week. I dont know if that affected him. Once again bad refs come into play again. They seem to be at critical times. I dont think this changes until we start winning and get them more in or favor. The Claypool call last week may have given us a victory or not but the penalties in this game took the win out of our hands. I didnt like losing to the Lions but the lost puts us closer to being able to draft Jaylon Carter that will transcend our Defense.

I think every game he was learning and starting in the Wash game it started to show. Since then his confidence has been going up which is affecting his whole game. Now he goes for it. The pick 6 seem to be a stumble but he said afterwards, that will never happen again. I believe him.

They deserved to lose this game. to many penalties missed X point Fields throwing a bad ball

It was better they scored right away, now they have time to get a score.

If you watch the replay of the penalty on Johnson, he never hit him in the head. Must be the crew from last week.

Monty may not putting up big numbers but he is punishing the D.