(12-30-2018, 09:42 PM)Upper Wrote: Do whatever it takes to get Haskins, or be ready to tank 2019 for Tua/Fromm/Herbert/etc. Don't be fooled by Lock/Jones/Grier. I'd bet they win zero SB combined.

We can't afford to splurge for depth right now, on offensive line or defense in general. We just need to cross our fingers the injury luck changes and hope that a little depth can come through day 3/very cheap FA.

I'll say it again, a game breaking pass catcher is our 2nd biggest need after QB. If for some reason we can't get Haskins I will be rooting strongly that we take Metcalf at 7, granted it's still early in the process.

RB is tough. Fournette is basically a sunk cost so yes I would trade him for whatever I could get. I'd be happy if we could recoup a 5th rounder. The more important part is that we desperately need to get far, far away from the archaic, 12/21/22 personnel offense that Fournette ushered in. We aren't going anywhere of consequence in this modern NFL as long as we're stuck in the stone age.

1.  Suppose Haskins does not declare for the NFL draft.  You said you would "be ready to tank 2019 for Tua/Fromm/Herbert/etc."  Would that 2019 season make you a bad GM if the team agreed to adopt that strategy?  Would you NOT criticize Caldwell as the team lost game after game in achieving that result?

2.  You said "Do whatever it takes to get Haskins."  Considering the Raiders, Bucs and Giants are all sitting above us at picks 4, 5, & 6 respectively, with the Raiders having three first round picks at their disposal, and the Broncos, Bengals and Dolphins sitting in reasonable range behind us, I can only assume you are willing to move minimally into the top 3 to do so.   Last year, the Jets traded the #6 overall and three second round picks to move up to 3 to land Darnold in a QB class deemed stronger than this one.  Since we are starting at least one pick lower than that to get to at least the same point, how much more are you willing to give up?  We don't have the extra 2nd round pick the Jets had.  What players are you willing to give up to move that high, if not higher?  Are you willing to give up an extra first round pick?  Two?  At what point is the cost too high for Haskins?  

3.  Your plan for the offensive line is to hope there are no repeats of 2018 injury wise?  Despite guys like Robinson and Linder having knee injuries?!?  Does Parnell having a $6 million cap hit and 33 years old and Cann being a free agent change your mind at all?  What about the other free agents like Wells and Walker?  Does your plan remain the same if you don't execute the trade up for Haskins?  Knowing the problems we had along the OL in 2018, does your plan to do nothing about the OL make you a bad GM if the problems repeat?

4.  If you trade Fournette, who is your starter here next year?  If you pull off the trade up for Haskins and trade away Fournette, how do you give Haskins the help he needs to thrive?  Do you not start Haskins the first year?

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