(01-29-2018, 11:05 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(01-29-2018, 10:47 AM)Ronster Wrote: We went most of the year w/o A-Rob and made it to the Championship, let him go, save the cap money and develop the promising receivers we have already

Pats should have let Gronk walk last season then I guess. They won the SB without him and they don't need him.

This offense needed ARob this season. They needed a reliable guy week in and week out. Cole and Westbrook are nice complimentary pieces but I don't think either one is "the guy." I don't think they can beat double teams and most teams wouldn't double them anyway because you don't have to. I think Westbrook will be much improved next year and he reminds me of John Brown from the Cards. But John Brown needed Larry Fitz.

With ARob and Cousins, defenses would HAVE to focus on the pass which opens up more running lanes for Fournette. Do we really think teams would worry about the pass if we rolled into next year with Blake and Cole as the #1?

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(01-29-2018, 11:04 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Because we will be magically exempt from the cap? Sooner or later, we'd have to "pay the piper."

Russ Wilson, Baldwin, Bennett, Wagner, Thomas, Sherman, Chancellor..... It can be done.

Wilson signed his contract in 2015. The QB salaries are going up and up. Baldwin has never been an elite WR and the rest of those guys are on the end of their current deals. Hit me up if the Seahawks can re-sign all of them in the current climate of player salaries. Thomas is actually talking about holding out for a bigger deal. Chancellor did hold out.

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