9 hours ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

And the pick we got from them would still be around the one we traded away. Plus we gained what an extra 2nd rounder still in 2024.

For a roster that on paper is as deep as ours with the amount of picks we have over the next 2 years is insane. The only real weak link right now is QB(depending on Hurts l) could say S still. Will have to get you get in some areas like pass rusher but where all those extra picks come in handy 

Yes this is true, but allot of these contracts are for one year, so we will need to grab more people than you think after the season..... One reason would be the need to dish out money to Hurts. Another may be to grab Compensation picks because we will need them after trading away a bunch for a future QB...

On ‎9‎/‎2‎/‎2022 at 5:26 PM, GreenbleedinNC said:

Hey Stine. They(GB) have a nice little WR that caught my eye in Doubs. Kid plays with passion. Seems like an Arod "go to type".If he's scoring fantasy points early on,I would have NP putting him on my bench as a bye week replacement. I am keeping my eye on him. Doubs reminds me of those clutch guys you need, like the Wes Welker type or like when we had Avant here. At any rate if he is on the fantasy FA/waiver wire wire I would add him to my scout team. I will be if he shows me something. Yeah that can be a nice strategy taking those spots with late byes. Usually not a big kicker difference,but D can make a big difference so I try to have to from the start to play the early match ups. if my bench D sucks trading them for another isnt a huge deal. Sometimes good D's have rotten schedules so I look to snag those when the back 1/2 of their season is cake. I stashed that new RB that got shot for the Wuss. He had the start job before he got shot. 

  I actually got Lazard in one league, so am trying to grab Doubs also. I am exchanging Sky for him. I know Sky would be a good player to keep as a sleeper, but I already have Burkes so not needed to have two...

   I agree about the Defense, but it is great having one that should be a top 5 and not have a bye week until 14. That way I can forget about it almost until play offs....

1 hour ago, mjkline1958 said:

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2022/9/6/23311234/detroit-lions-2022-nfl-season-preview-jared-goff-aidan-hutchinson-dj-chark

We should be able to feast this game. Vegas has us favored by 4 still, think they're just being nice - I'd find an overzealous Lions fan and take the over.

Week 1 always worries me. It is all about preparation, and we did not have allot of Reps during the PS games. I am not sure how much was covered during the practices, so it is a unknown for me. We are better on paper, but that does not always come true, especially game 1.

2 hours ago, stine said:

Yes this is true, but allot of these contracts are for one year, so we will need to grab more people than you think after the season..... One reason would be the need to dish out money to Hurts. Another may be to grab Compensation picks because we will need them after trading away a bunch for a future QB...

Reddick, Dean, Davis, Brown 4 of the bigger additions are signed through next year.

Maddox, Slay, Sweat, Geodart, Smith, Quez and the core OL signed through next year. 
 

Really only leaves LB(Edwards & White) image we end up giving Edwards an extension 

CGJ- don’t think you make the trade if you don’t have plans to work a new deal at some point. 
Bradberry - who I don’t think we have plans to bring back regardless and seems like we really like McPherson and have a ton of young guys in the wings at CB that have shown promise. 

 It’s honestly far less then I truly was thinking going to have to add. 5 spots 6 depending on QB and if you opt to keep Hurts and pay him you have plenty of draft capital to fill the roster and if you opt to move up and draft a QB will have plenty of cap space to extend and sign guys 

17 minutes ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Reddick, Dean, Davis, Brown 4 of the bigger additions are signed through next year.

Maddox, Slay, Sweat, Geodart, Smith, Quez and the core OL signed through next year. 
 

Really only leaves LB(Edwards & White) image we end up giving Edwards an extension 

CGJ- don’t think you make the trade if you don’t have plans to work a new deal at some point. 
Bradberry - who I don’t think we have plans to bring back regardless and seems like we really like McPherson and have a ton of young guys in the wings at CB that have shown promise. 

 It’s honestly far less then I truly was thinking going to have to add. 5 spots 6 depending on QB and if you opt to keep Hurts and pay him you have plenty of draft capital to fill the roster and if you opt to move up and draft a QB will have plenty of cap space to extend and sign guys 

 Well, I may be wrong, but I show Hargrave, Seumalo, Sanders, Bradberry, White, Edwards and Gardener-Johnson as players with no contract for 2023. Plus we need to Consider Cox and Graham as possible players we need to replace. Also, the team needs to look at Goedert's contract for renewal soon...

 

   That is allot to look at IMO....

Dillard is leaving also. So that is a solid back up we need to replace. We may have someone already on the roster. But I have no idea... Driscoll can't back up everyone....

21 minutes ago, stine said:

 Well, I may be wrong, but I show Hargrave, Seumalo, Sanders, Bradberry, White, Edwards and Gardener-Johnson as players with no contract for 2023. Plus we need to Consider Cox and Graham as possible players we need to replace. Also, the team needs to look at Goedert's contract for renewal soon...

 

   That is allot to look at IMO....

Goedert is locked in along with the rest of the 2018 draft class. 

What BG was missing... the DL is going to need a lot.  Cox, Graham, Hargrave, Barnett...  and while we have bodies, Slay,Lane and Kelce...you just don't know how long they are here.   That's without looking at the possibility of QB and RB.

I'm looking at this year as the year they take their shot.  I think they know there is a lot of work ahead via roster moves.

In fairness, they have been avoiding the nasty backend loaded contracts while being in a 15 year plan to clear the cap in 2025.  Then you better watch out!

Yeah, poor Woody isn't old enough to know what a Superbowl is! 

https://heavy.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/nfl-executive-worried-dak-prescott/

19 minutes ago, mjkline1958 said:

https://heavy.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/nfl-executive-worried-dak-prescott/

Yeah... but what about their 2021 roster and our 2019 salary cap.   Apparently those things matter, not all this 2022 in the moment nonsense. 😆😆

Dillard to IR

https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2022/9/6/23339882/eagles-andre-dillard-injury-nfl-news-left-tackle-offensive-line-philadelphia-broken-arm-update-clark

13 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Texans cut Marlon Mack. He would be that compliment to that room we could use.

Didn't we just pick up 2 RB's?  Why overload with overkill??

10 hours ago, stine said:

  I actually got Lazard in one league, so am trying to grab Doubs also. I am exchanging Sky for him. I know Sky would be a good player to keep as a sleeper, but I already have Burkes so not needed to have two...

   I agree about the Defense, but it is great having one that should be a top 5 and not have a bye week until 14. That way I can forget about it almost until play offs....

Both Doubs and Skye should turn it up as the season progresses. Good move on the exchange though because if Lazard gets hurt you can bet Doubs gets more looks(aka handcuff almost)

8 hours ago, stine said:

 Well, I may be wrong, but I show Hargrave, Seumalo, Sanders, Bradberry, White, Edwards and Gardener-Johnson as players with no contract for 2023. Plus we need to Consider Cox and Graham as possible players we need to replace. Also, the team needs to look at Goedert's contract for renewal soon...

 

   That is allot to look at IMO....

I like it. It's like everyone is on a "prove it" contract. So PROVE it. We'll keep the ones we like and if the young studs we drafted take over the various jobs, we can weed more out

1 hour ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Didn't we just pick up 2 RB's?  Why overload with overkill??

He’s the basher back many assumed would follow Siri here.

2 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Both Doubs and Skye should turn it up as the season progresses. Good move on the exchange though because if Lazard gets hurt you can bet Doubs gets more looks(aka handcuff almost)

GB...just finished 7th and final draft.   Did 2 in a row and last one got away from me. 4th pick out of 12... took Henry, Andrews and Kelce ... really hurting at WR...lol.

Hmmmm.  Most of the Talking heads are picking the Eagles to win the NFC EAST. While I am excited about the possibility, I am still one not sold on Hurts. So, Joemas, BG, Cunningham, eagles123, Stine, BG93, mjk, others here….what am I missing? I think the team I absolutely detest is still actually a better TEAM. I DO NOT think Prescott is very good (I was excited to see Jones offer that BIG contract for him). Maybe the first place schedule….three tougher games….makes the difference. I know there are some Wentz haters/doubters here but I actually think they could be a serious contender for the division with him. All said, the division is better but still not good. That makes any injury or loss for any division team magnified most likely.

I like the Eagles’ roster; additions of AJ Brown and Bradberry will help. But if the QB is a modified RB that throws short passes all game, that makes playing defense a bit easier, doesn’t it? The coaches better scheme up some great places with Hurts’ limited skillset. I certainly could be wrong.

1 hour ago, Senhorcook said:

Hmmmm.  Most of the Talking heads are picking the Eagles to win the NFC EAST. While I am excited about the possibility, I am still one not sold on Hurts. So, Joemas, BG, Cunningham, eagles123, Stine, BG93, mjk, others here….what am I missing? I think the team I absolutely detest is still actually a better TEAM. I DO NOT think Prescott is very good (I was excited to see Jones offer that BIG contract for him). Maybe the first place schedule….three tougher games….makes the difference. I know there are some Wentz haters/doubters here but I actually think they could be a serious contender for the division with him. All said, the division is better but still not good. That makes any injury or loss for any division team magnified most likely.

I like the Eagles’ roster; additions of AJ Brown and Bradberry will help. But if the QB is a modified RB that throws short passes all game, that makes playing defense a bit easier, doesn’t it? The coaches better scheme up some great places with Hurts’ limited skillset. I certainly could be wrong.

I think you are spot on.  Take away the QB we have the best roster in the division.    Dallas has the OL that lost both tackles... and 3 of their top 4 WRs from last year aren't playing with 2 gone and one injured.   

Washington certainly didn't do much to get better...their best defensive player injured and the RB that was supposed to start got shot.    

It should be the Eagles.  If not, I think you absolutely are spot on as to why they might not succeed like predicted. 

4 hours ago, joemas6 said:

GB...just finished 7th and final draft.   Did 2 in a row and last one got away from me. 4th pick out of 12... took Henry, Andrews and Kelce ... really hurting at WR...lol.

Henry is a dump if it's not a bye eek issue. IDK who is left on your waiver wire at WR

1 hour ago, Senhorcook said:

Hmmmm.  Most of the Talking heads are picking the Eagles to win the NFC EAST. While I am excited about the possibility, I am still one not sold on Hurts. So, Joemas, BG, Cunningham, eagles123, Stine, BG93, mjk, others here….what am I missing? I think the team I absolutely detest is still actually a better TEAM. I DO NOT think Prescott is very good (I was excited to see Jones offer that BIG contract for him). Maybe the first place schedule….three tougher games….makes the difference. I know there are some Wentz haters/doubters here but I actually think they could be a serious contender for the division with him. All said, the division is better but still not good. That makes any injury or loss for any division team magnified most likely.

I like the Eagles’ roster; additions of AJ Brown and Bradberry will help. But if the QB is a modified RB that throws short passes all game, that makes playing defense a bit easier, doesn’t it? The coaches better scheme up some great places with Hurts’ limited skillset. I certainly could be wrong.

We need Hurts to make his reads(more than 1) and hit his target. Accuracy is more important right now than distance. Although I totally love a 65 yard in the air bomb to the house. We have a bevy of WR's who can give Hurts those windows. All our WR's are fast now. Toss Goedert into the mix and teams are going to have a tough time covering all 4 talents(2 WR's and Goedert). Add to that ALL our RB's can catch.I really have zero clue how Hurts can fail. I also believe,if Gannon can mesh the talent we got for him(something we NEVER did for Schwartz) we are better than Dullaz on defense also. yes we need to stay healthy. You aren't missing anything,the question is can the staff put this all together.The talent is there,this may be the team with the most talent I can recall(I mean overall at every position). So that's it for me 1(Put this all together 2) Hurts must improve. If we nail both we could go all the way(difficult task there) If we nail 1 and Hurts can't cut it,he is gone. If Hurts looks good(by that I mean acceptable as an NFL QB because he will alwaqys have limited arm strength) but the staff didn't utilize the talent I would expect some changes somewhere. Howie really did give Siri and Gannon every tool to win

5 hours ago, joemas6 said:

GB...just finished 7th and final draft.   Did 2 in a row and last one got away from me. 4th pick out of 12... took Henry, Andrews and Kelce ... really hurting at WR...lol.

You have 2 super nice TE's. See what Henrys schedule is for the bye weeks on both Andrews and Kelce. If that looks good you can probably trade one or the other stud TE's for a nice WR and maybe upgrade your bench on a 2 for 1 deal. I think Andrews personally will be the better of the 2 stat wise,then again Kelce is a reliable go to for Mahomes especially now that Hill is gone. Tough call. Skye is untested for Mahomes, he could kill it or die on the vine. You can scout him out the first few games,see if him and Mahomes are gelling and maybe make the trade for him. Someone may even trade Henry for him if you catch it early enough. Skye should at least be a nice bench WR on a bye week and possibly grow into a nice #2. I would also look at Olave. Thomas seems like he gets hurt some now(not 100% as we speak) and Winston will throw the ball to someone. Winstons numerous picks though don't really affect the WR. Another kid to look for is the WR in Chicago. Fields should be better this year and he is the go to WR. You have 3-4 weeks to make those moves for your TE(or one of them) I still have 3 teams with no managers in my private league if you want to add to your pain HAHAHA. Up for grabs is a cheap plastic trophy 🙂.In that league you would do well because the flex is a TE or WR only and your 2 TE's would kill it(if you could carry them over that is lol)

4 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Henry is a dump if it's not a bye eek issue. IDK who is left on your waiver wire at WR

Derrick Henry..... lol

8 hours ago, Senhorcook said:

Hmmmm.  Most of the Talking heads are picking the Eagles to win the NFC EAST. While I am excited about the possibility, I am still one not sold on Hurts. So, Joemas, BG, Cunningham, eagles123, Stine, BG93, mjk, others here….what am I missing? I think the team I absolutely detest is still actually a better TEAM. I DO NOT think Prescott is very good (I was excited to see Jones offer that BIG contract for him). Maybe the first place schedule….three tougher games….makes the difference. I know there are some Wentz haters/doubters here but I actually think they could be a serious contender for the division with him. All said, the division is better but still not good. That makes any injury or loss for any division team magnified most likely.

I like the Eagles’ roster; additions of AJ Brown and Bradberry will help. But if the QB is a modified RB that throws short passes all game, that makes playing defense a bit easier, doesn’t it? The coaches better scheme up some great places with Hurts’ limited skillset. I certainly could be wrong.

  As both Joe and GB stated Hurts is a key. Keep in mind that also plays for Dallas. They NEED to keep Dak upright! That O-Line is a shambles. Just lose their LT and you have Peters playing! Any DE will have a field day against him. So Dallas has 4 players to share the Ball: Elliott, Pollard, Shultz and Lamb. after that there is little else. How do they run the ball without a O-Line? So teams will double team Lamb and put a DB on Shultz. What is left? Dallas has a problem. Dak will have to hold onto the ball longer to wait for players to get open. Hurts at least has protection. He has multitude of options at WR, TE and RB. He is also more mobile than Dak (not allot, but better)

   We will see soon enough where we stand though. Both the Eagles and Dallas should show us allot.