(05-07-2020, 08:37 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(05-07-2020, 08:28 AM)Bullseye Wrote: Hell, I know I shudder to think of the ramifications of some of my recs.  Helll, we've SEEN them (Foles).

I cant knock you too bad for your proposed QB approach even if I don't think Tannehill would have been the answer.

But I will ask you about one result of your actions.

Had we taken those two players instead of Allen, this team would have absolutely zero leverage in the Ngakoue negotiations. 

Without Allen, do you pay Yan what he wants or limit your offer to him to what is currently on the table?

Anyone else feel free to answer the question, because there is no shortage of people on this board who relied on the fact we had Allen as justification for letting Yan walk.

Well if we are doing hindisight, I would have paid Yan before the 2019 season even began but that’s for another day.

Taking Haskins in 2019 completely alters the draft. Who knows what our 2nd rounder becomes which has a trickle down effect for the rest of the draft. In my Message Board draft last year I had the Jags. I selected McLaurin, Tytus Howard and David Montgomery in rounds 2/3. So the Jags would have had 2 young and ascending WRs (Chark and Mclaurin), a RT and a complete RB so they can move on from Fournette.

Not having Allen is a bummer but having a potential franchise QB surrounded by young weapons they can grow with is a better situation IMO.

Now the opinion on Haskins varies greatly but this was my plan before the 2019 season.

Agreed completely on taking care of Yan well before now.

But now I can't stop thinking of all of the potential dominoes that fall.

If you don't draft Allen and keep Yan, do we still switch to a 3-4?

While Campbell and Dareus still carry large cap numbers and advancing age. if we signed Tannehill to a lower dollar contract than we gave Foles, then maybe the salary cap wouldn't have been in such bad shape (though perhaps had we re-signed Yan, that effect would have been lessened).  

Do you still trade Campbell or try to keep him?  What of Bouye?


Jeez.  This discussion reinforces the idea these decisions can't be taken in a vacuum.

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