2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

BOOM. ON THE BOARD!

Killins it

3 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

AJ Green is just 1 year behind Desean Jackson.  

AJ Green has 93 catches the last two year, Desean has 114 his last 4 years.

He has also played in 18 more games over that stretch.

15 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

For the Devonta Smith fans, how do you envision him fitting in an offense with Reagor?

Do you see Reagor in the slot with Smith at Z?  Can Smith conceivably deal with press coverage at his size as the X?  

When Reagor was first drafted, I liked the pick based on his tape in college and his alleged post-combine workout improvements.  With his strong frame and good strength, I figured he might have his best upside as a do it all high volume X receiver.  His routes as a rookie, to be honest, were horrible.  He's no X.  And he's way too raw to move around the field at multiple spots.  Not sure he's fast enough to be an ideal Z, or has enough of a feel for routes and zone coverage to be a slot.  Of course, all of that could change if he, hopefully, emerges as a completely different player in year 2.

Just wondering how everyone sees him fitting into the picture with the various receiving prospects.

I think he makes a big jump with the new staff. The Reich/Indy offense is just a better fit for his skills than the 4 deep route set. WR screens, crossing patterns, the deep routes won't be as predictable. He showed he can consistently get separation and has good RAC. His skill set fits all three slots, though I think Sirianni will want a big X to provide a target on the underneath routes.

The other factor is age, he tried to bulk up 10 lbs for the combine and slowed down, I think as he physically matures, he can add those 5-10 lbs of muscle without impacting his speed and quickness. He just turned 22.

Howies top priority was signing a guy with a 2.0 ypr and -12 ypc 

2 minutes ago, downundermike said:

AJ Green has 93 catches the last two year, Desean has 114 his last 4 years.

He has also played in 18 more games over that stretch.

And in 1 year, those numbers will be more comparable to Desean right now.

27 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

This gonna go well 

 

NRC had said the something similar about Goff and Wentz last year in the offseason. Wentz then proceeded to have the worst season of his career. 🙂

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Howies top priority was signing a guy with a 2.0 ypr and -12 ypc 

Technically, his top priority was paying more money over more years, but less in 2021, to aging players currently on our roster.

Doing nothing and waiting for prices to drop is smart. We needed more of that from Howie the past couple of years.

We're rebuilding. It's not like we need to load the roster with a bunch of 30+ year old guys on one year deals to build depth for a playoff run.

Our age is basically, the OL, Kelce - Brooks - Lane, Cox, Graham, Slay and McLeod.

Howie can always add scrub veterans in August.

4 minutes ago, austinfan said:

We're rebuilding. It's not like we need to load the roster with a bunch of 30+ year old guys on one year deals to build depth for a playoff run.

Our age is basically, the OL, Kelce - Brooks - Lane, Cox, Graham, Slay and McLeod.

Howie can always add scrub veterans in August.

Yeah, cause every free agent is over 30.  Your loyalty to the worst GM in the NFL is comical at best.

1 hour ago, Bacarty2 said:

It was an example to show how shtty our picks our and how dumb our fanbase is. 

If you say "fist round pick" it holds a certain, speical, unicorn piss like awe that no one wants to get rid of. When you dumb it down and show ACTUALLY examples(dillard, Reagor, ETC) people would do it in a heart beat. 

 

I dont know *Exactly* what the Texans want but 3 first is probably the right track. Considering we hit on 1 first rounder in 7 years. 2 of the last 7 2nd rounders, Id say sure, take em all for a 25 year old Franchise QB 

I think the difference is that a future pick allows a reduced cost for a player.  So trading Barnett on his 5th year option looks better than trading a future Barnett on the first 4 years of his rookie deal. 

1 hour ago, garingovt2000 said:

Sorry bored at work but this worked out well IMO.  I forced the 33 and 65 trade for 37 and 71 in "hypothetical return" for Ertz to Jags

 

That would be a haul. Ultimately I am somewhat ambivalent on Pitts and his fit for the team. I would rather they pick Smith, Waddle or Chase.  The rest of the draft is solid and getting Creed Humphrey at 84 would be a steal.  

11 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Killins it

I honestly thought he was already on the roster. I think I'm more blown away that I found out he was not than they signed him. 

We restructure that Killins contract yet?

7 hours ago, greend said:

That would be funny if it didn't come form that dewsh

What? Eric is the man. Your just jealous. 

I think this might be my finest work.  Traded down with the Fins acquiring 18, 36 and 81.

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

 

That would be a haul. Ultimately I am somewhat ambivalent on Pitts and his fit for the team. I would rather they pick Smith, Waddle or Chase.  The rest of the draft is solid and getting Creed Humphrey at 84 would be a steal.  

No LB or S to be found...hard pass

2 minutes ago, Peppersmacks said:

We restructure that Killins contract yet?

You know that bad boy already has 3 dummy years attached

Only one FA that I’d like to sign (can’t afford it but just my opinion) is Curtis Samuel. 

5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

You know that bad boy already has 3 dummy years attached

I hear he’s trying to add a revert clause. 

34 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

For the Devonta Smith fans, how do you envision him fitting in an offense with Reagor?

Do you see Reagor in the slot with Smith at Z?  Can Smith conceivably deal with press coverage at his size as the X?  

When Reagor was first drafted, I liked the pick based on his tape in college and his alleged post-combine workout improvements.  With his strong frame and good strength, I figured he might have his best upside as a do it all high volume X receiver.  His routes as a rookie, to be honest, were horrible.  He's no X.  And he's way too raw to move around the field at multiple spots.  Not sure he's fast enough to be an ideal Z, or has enough of a feel for routes and zone coverage to be a slot.  Of course, all of that could change if he, hopefully, emerges as a completely different player in year 2.

Just wondering how everyone sees him fitting into the picture with the various receiving prospects.

I don't think you need a big receiver at either position.  I mean the team thrived with Jackson and Maclin.  Smith can play the X or Z.  He is an elite receiver that can get open.  I think Reagor could also play the X but he has to work on his route running.  I think the same can be said for Waddle and Reagor together.  The team just needs receivers that can get open and catch the ball.  

2 hours ago, NCiggles said:

I think he made his name doing the BP spill litigation.  I mean an announcement on his Instagram seems like trash publicity.  It tells me that he thinks he's too smart to need to hire a PR firm to manage these types of things.  Most big firms that are filing types of suits issue a press release.  The press release usually isn't 90% about the firm filing the suit.  

He was not on the Plaintiff Steering Committee for the BP litigation, which carried the water for the plaintiffs. The BP litigation really made no attorney’s name except the counsel that set the boundaries for making a claim against the fund.  It was even worse than the asbestos bankruptcy funds requirements, if that can be possible.  
 

The attorneys that made their names were the Transocean and Halliburton attorneys that wrote their contracts with BP.   Transocean had a knock for knock hold harmless with BP where they were not responsible for anything under the Gulf surface but were responsible for injury and death to their employees.   Within scope of the LA Oilfield Anti-indemnity Statute.  That meant Transocean had to deal with most of the injury and death claims from the rig but not for polluting the Gulf.  Halliburton literally skated almost free on the strength of their contract.  Insurance companies were blessed in that BP was basically bare of insurance. (BP tried to grab Transocean’s insurance for their pollution claims but was shot down by the courts. )  

So BP set a huge fund that they thought capped their exposure but the parameters for making a claim were comical.  Ken Feinberg mediated and made a name for himself negotiating the 1,000 page agreement. (Salary czar for the 2008 recovery.) BP screwed itself when they agreed to the parameters. The parameters were basically having to prove financial loss during the time frame of the spill and sign a form that you suffered a loss from the spill, but the two did not have to be related.  BP later litigated trying to change the parameters but the courts shot them down.

The fraud was phenomenal.  There was actually a plaintiff firm in FL that sent out a flier that pretty much said you didn’t have to suffer damages from the spill to make a claim.  Billboards spread throughout the South. Meanwhile, real victims struggled to get paid because the fund administrator was overwhelmed.  I guarantee you that some of those same firms have billboards up in Texas soliciting for freeze victims right now.   

The side story of the missing 41k plaintiffs, the alleged misuse of social security numbers, how the lawyers involved were acquitted and the subsequent suit by one of their litigation investors should be a movie.

I'm totally fine with sitting out free agency this year and frankly next year as well.  Sure it will suck to be non-competitive for the next two years but we've honestly had a pretty great run dating back to the Reid years.  I'm cool with a two-year step back to hopefully set up another 15+ year run of competitiveness.  Now whether Howie is the right guy for this rebuild time will tell but its not like him trying to build a contender this year is a better option.

 Given that we need help just about everywhere there's really no point to signing anyone right now.  Go the draft, take true BPA (since the BPA will almost invariably be a position of need anyway) and rinse and repeat next year.  At that point, we'll have plenty of cap space to go on a free agent spending spree to acquire whatever we missed through the drafts.

3 minutes ago, Peppersmacks said:

I'm totally fine with sitting out free agency this year and frankly next year as well. 

We really don't have a choice.

1 minute ago, BigEFly said:

He was not on the Plaintiff Steering Committee for the BP litigation, which carried the water for the plaintiffs. The BP litigation really made no attorney’s name except the counsel that set the boundaries for making a claim against the fund.  It was even worse than the asbestos bankruptcy funds requirements, if that can be possible.  
 

 

What type of law do you practice?  I'm an IP litigator.  

Really curious to see what happens with will fuller. Coming off a PED suspension and he’s also had a history of being injury prone. I tend to think there’s a chance he takes a one year deal to hit the market next year and cash in on a bigger cap. 

The only guys we should be signing are guys coming off injury who will sign one year very low dollar contracts.  Hope that one or two stay healthy and have a good season and thank them for the comp pick when they leave at the end of the year.