Stinger226

your funny

its no big deal, if he wants to look like an idiot , let him.

another player with not much of expectations is Tanner Gentry, UDFA WR from Wyoming I think he makes the roster, he will be more of a possession type of WR, I think Meridith is that type of player and with an injured thumb, I think they keep Gentry. White and Wheaton will be more of a deep threat type. Cruz and Wright will be slot WRs. Meridith and Gentry will be more of a possession WRs. He does not have the same drop rate as Bellamy and will contribute on special teams, I think he takes Bellamys spot on roster.

He is having many people say good things about him. Work ethic, attitude, athletic ability. He sounds like a potential stud and will show up this year.

This is a boring time of the year so I was looking at the roster and seen some names that could come out and surprise us. Johnathan Banks/CB he was a second round pick, and was very productive his first two seasons in the NFL. 7 interceptions and 15 PBUs. He is 6-2 185, has decent speed and quickness to the ball. Has 34" arms, and was compaed to Aqib Tileb coming out.He seemed to got lost when their was a regime change in Tampa and then after being traded to the Lions got lost in transition. At 27 he is in his prime time of playing, he fits the scheme and probably feels he needs to prove something for being bounced around. I suspect a productive player that all of sudden gets ousted on a team his confidence takes a hit. Then after being traded, gets lost in transition. Now with some time to put everything in prospective, I think he gets his shit together on a team starved for CBs. I not only thinks he survives the final roster but I think Prince gets the nod, and is a decent NFL CB but just doesnt have play making ability , Banks does and becomes the starter later in the year. I think sometimes circumstances and maturity plays an important part in the success of a player in the NFL, I think Banks is one of those that is ascending and turns out to be a good player. Paces strengths is in player personal, not necessarily the draft, and think he has did well to find inexpensive players on the rise. Hicks McPhee (injury pitfall) Miller (injury pitfall) Freeman ( a stud) Sitton ( not a suprise) but he went after it this year, we have Cooper, Demps, Howard, Wheaton, Sims, Banks that will all prove to be good pickups.

last year , they were the worst team in the league as far as missed time for players. The injuries derailed us from being close to 8-8. They revieved everything they did with injuries last year to see how they could improve the situation. They are bringing guys along slow as to make sure they are healthy when they hit the field. It does not look good yet, but it will be by September

Every year there is a surprise team that makes the playoffs. One you have no clue will overcome the unknown and surprise everyone. Last year, Oakland went from 7-9 to 12-4. They were in a division with Denver, KC and no one had a clue they would clear all hurdles and make it. They season was washed away when Carr went down. The year before you could argue, the Panthers went from 7-8-1 to 15-1, the Vikings went from 7-9 to 11-5. Both teams had many unknowns but the things went the right way that propelled them in the playoffs, when not expected. My contention is this is our year to have all the unknowns prove positive and push us to a winning record. Everybody was excited after the first year, when Foxy, traditionally goes from poor to good in his second year. I think injuries limited us from that season happening. We had a large roster turn over in one year, our roster was arguably one of the worst in the league, but needed to get younger. We maybe had 5 players from the Emery years that turned out positive. Most teams, those 3-4-5 year players are the core of our team , in our case, it was a disaster.I think we should have been that team that went 7-9 8-8 to hope for the next year, it didnt happen. The positives: Our defense is ready to explode. McPhee is finally to a point to be on the field for the whole year. Floyd had enough good things happen to expect double digit sacks this year. Goldman along with Hicks will contribute the upfront pressure that is expected of the DL. You add Howard, ( with something to prove) and Bullard that upside should show its face this year. Better depth with RRH and Jenkins, and our front line should explode with consistent play. With a healthy McPhee, Floyd, Young and the added health of Houston, and I think we lead the league is sacks this year. The back of the defense was a mess, Pace did not grab the cream of free agency but added 3 new starters.With the drafting of Jackson, possibly 4. Demps will be a leader in the back of the defense, will lead the team with interceptions. We have many young players with a chance to step up, and think with the added pressure from up front will surprise. When Pace went mainly offense in the draft, it got everybody in an uproar, but I think he knows, he has the defense side of the ball, stable enough to do that. To complete a rebuild you have to have a QB in place to at least give you the hope of better times. Pace takes heat for the way he did it, but he rolled the dice twice on the premise, it works out. I think he did the right thing when the rest of the NFL laughs at him. Time will tell if he was right, but he has two shots at the board to score a bulleye, and I think he nailed it. With the surprising success of Howard, we now have something to build around, so adding 2 TEs with upside, a Tyeek Hill type of player, and a bunch of WRs to take up the slake of Jeffery being gone. We need to remember the great Jeffery had two mediocre seasons, it will not take much to replace him. I think this year, Meridith becomes a star, and White finally shows why he was drafted so high. What makes me optimistic on White, is his injuries were not knee injuries but a couple of broken bones, they will not slow him down, it just hasnt happened yet. I think the addition of Cruz and Wheaton, plus the undrafted suprise in Tanner, that our WR corp is in good hands, it just doesnt have history. I think the one key to the offense is the OLine , we arguably have 3 pro bowlers up front. I think Massie is adequate, and Leno in his contract year will prove to be better. He will never be a top 10 LT but if he takes the leap to average, I can live with that. Pace hedged his bet with bringing in Sims to not only be a target on the verge of a breakout, help with the blocking on the edge. I think with moving Long to LG, we put a better athlete to help that side of the ball to. Put seem to forget, Long started his career on the left side of the ball. I think everything is put in place for our weaknesses to not be major problems in protecting our new QBs. I think we have a sleeping giant ready to take a leap forward. I know with all the unknowns, it is hard to imagine a winning record but I think we have the players to take that next step. Of course another year of heavy injuries will derail that prospect, but until it happens, I am taking the positive side of its going to happen this year. For all the naysayers, its going to happen this year, I may look stupid now, but at the end of the season, you may remember my predictions or not, but as long as we are winning, who cares.

If you consider being negative all the time as being sensible, Mariota was a spread QB, so does that means he isnt any good? When people always look to criticize and find fault all the time, I would call that a sad life, but then you think that is pragmatic.

Then if you were a betting man, you may be able to make some money this year. Our worst case will be 8-8, I think we surprise the shit out of everybody this year.

It doesnt mean anything. It only matters by how it turns out. You can find 85% of everybody that would say they dont like it. I dont think Pace is going to resign because his peers dont agree with his choices. No one cares.

Read where Harris play has dropped off enough and that is why they did this. At 33 not worth grabbing.

I think we only go after Harris if we know Tevathan will start the season on the PUP list. Otherwise, I think his presence will prohibit Kwit from moving forward.

We keep having vets become available. I think Decker is on the downhill slide. His injury last year is not fully recovered. I think we have thrown enough darts at the board in Cruz, Wheaton and Wright. Cruz is the only one 30 or older, so lets see how it plays out. Decker is still dealing with healing where as Cruz is one year removed from his injury. We have White and Meridith they are young and with upside so if we continue to bring in retreads it will lose snaps for the guys we need to keep moving forward. So for Decker, no.

I also think with teams stacking the box to stop Howard, we may have more passing stats than we think

Last year we had 347 completions and 559 attempts and you could say our passing game was broke being down to our 3rd QB. As much as Howard will be real good this year, we still will have to have a balanced attack to be successful. We will be closer to 400 than 347.

I think you make a realistic view of stats, but I think Meredith ends up closer to White and White closer to Merediths stats. Meredith 72-856-5 White 66-903-6 Cruz 52-556-4 Wheaton 40-560-5 Cohen 44-462-4 Miller 40-410-3 Shaheen 32-330-6 Sims 30-310-2 Gentry 18-223-1 I agree Wright loses a roster spot but to Tanner Gentry makes the team.

Well some people are good with math and some people are good with words.

Bear Goggles has had many articles on projected stats for players Kevin White 2017 Projections: 11 games played, 57 catches, 735 yards, 12.9 YPC, 3 TDs Victor Cruz 2017 Projections- 13 games, 46 catches, 653 yards, 14.2 YPC, 3 TDs Markus Wheaton Projections: 31 catches, 363 yards, 11.7 YPC, 1 TD Kendall Wright 2017 Projections- 51 catches, 571 yards, 11.2 YPC, 4 TDs Dion Sims 2017 Projection- 31 catches, 292 yards, 9.4 YPC, 2 TDs Adam Shaheen’s 2017 season- 12 catches, 132 yards, 11.0 YPC, 1 TD Zach Miller 2017 Projections- 12 games played, 51 catches, 526 yards, 10.3 YPC, 5 TDs Daniel Braverman 2017 Projections: 24 catches, 244 yards, 10.2 YPC, 1 TD Cameron Meredith 2017 Projections- 87 catches, 1148 yards, 13.2 YPC, 6 TDs 2017 Jordan Howard Projections: 272 carries, 1306 yards, 4.8 YPC, 8 TDs, 37 catches, 380 yards, 2 TDs Benny Cunningham 2017 Projections: 74 carries, 311 yards, 2 TDs, 31 catches, 276 yards, 0 TDs Jeremy Langford’s 2017 Projections: 36 attempts, 133 yards, 1 TD, 9 catches, 81 yards, 0 TDs Tarik Cohen 83 attempts, 473 yards, 5.7 avg, 3 TDs, 45 catches, 455 yards, 10.1 avg, 3 TDs, Of all of these predictions, I think One of the new retread WRs have a bigger year than projected. I think between Wheaton,Wright, and Cruz, Cruz ends up taking off and has a 60-800-7 type of season which would reduce the projected stats of Wright. I also think White has a little better TD projection that the 3 they show. 6 TDs Overall I think Shaheen has more production than 12 catches, more like 35. I think Cohen having that type of year that Howards catches are down from the 37 they project. I also dont think Braveman makes the team with Wright and cruz in the slot.

He will have a lot of suitors and be priced high. He probably is a better WR than Cruz is, but I dont think we will pursue him. Cruz was ranked 80th in the league in receiving last year Macklin 92nd. Cruz and Macklin are similar type players, with only one year age difference.

Meridith strained a ligament in his thumb, no big deal, It is not a knee, or shoulder or leg injury, he will be just fine.

Another one to consider is Marcus Cooper, Bruce Arians was upset they lost him. I think Pace takes chances on players he thinks is about to breakout. Another canidate to have a very good year is Jaye Howard. He got a good contract from KC last year when his breakout year was in 2015.Then the injury disrailed him. His upside year will be this year on a prove it contract. I can see our DL having 20 sacks between him, Goldman and Hicks. It could put us in the position to lead the league in sacks.

He is going to have to trade up in the draft because we will not be in the top 15 drafting this year. My point is, we are going to have a winning record this year, at worst 8-8. That is not the normal narrative in all of this but: QB will easily show more production out of this group over the emergency effort we had last year. RB with one of the established better RBs in the league, we also added scheme production with the likes of Cohen and maybe Cunningham.(although I think he may not make the roster)All of this will push more production out of Langford. WR how can anyone say our group this year does not have more upside than last year. Ashton had a mediocre season, our best WR. We will have two WRs with better production than he had last year. TE Other than a injured Miller, Paulson was our next best TE? Shaheen is a future all pro, Miller with less snaps will stay healthy and Sims not only gives us stability but helps the running game substantially . OL we improved dramatically last year and this year only gets better. Long hopefully stays healthy all year and much added depth at all positions. Massie will be average and Leno will be a improved below average LT. With the two TE scheming we will do , this will be one of our strengths. DL If we stood pat, a healthy Goldman and improved Bullard would have been great improvement but we added a starter in quality starter in Howard and good depth in Jenkins and RRH. a top 10 defensive front. LBers With Trevthan coming back and McPhee being healthy again, major upgrade but you add a second year of Floyd that will reach double digit sacks and Houston and Skatu in the mix, big thumbs up. I predict we lead the league in sacks this year. CBs just by numbers it has to be better, but with Cooper, Prince, Banks, Webb, and the improvement of LeBranc and Calahan, a giant step forward. Ss Demps will lead the team in Ints, you add Jackson that will be an all rookie candidate, the switch of Hall and Amos fighting for a roster spot, major improvement. Overall, barring injuries, we will have a winning record. That looks like an ridiculous statement from this side of the season, but stay tuned, it will happen.

I would assume we are going to keep a FB by having two on the roster. Probably means we only keep 3 RBs? Cunningham probably doesnt make the cut.

I like his upside and he is working at trying to improve his body. At 6-7 285 and quick. I seen one video where the RB broke downfield for a run and from the opposite side of the field run the RB down. That is awesome. There will be a spot for him. Hicks-Goldman-Howard with Jenkins-Bullard- Robinson-Harris.

Just throwing darts at the board. Until White proves to be a #1, we have a #2 in Meridith, so lets upgrade the depth to see what shakes out. White? hedging our bet that he may be a bust Meridith a UDFA that turned out great Wright will play the slot and be able to stay healthy for a whole season with less snaps. Took Royals spot of the roster Wheaton is a boon or bust player, if he hits another #2 on the roster. Brings downfield speed Cruz, upgrades the overall depth at WR. If we hit, huge signing, if not, its just money Randle a long shot to make roster Gentry I would suspect to be a practice squad guy Bellamy probably on his way out, he had to many drops anyways Bravemen, I would say still has one more year on the practice squad but might be gone