(09-01-2021, 07:19 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(09-01-2021, 07:07 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Is anyone else concerned about there only being one waiver wire claim by the team thus far.

Yes.  My thought exactly.  Does this mean he was the only claim we made?  If so, that's disappointing.

As far as I can tell, this is the only claim we made.

It would be disappointing, because there are some guys out there who could help us immediately.

I am still stuck on Tyrell Crosby.

He played under Bevell the past two years in Detroit.  Bevell saw his progression from year one to year two.  He is a starting caliber RT.  If we signed him, he'd automatically upgrade RT.  He is familiar with some of the protections Bevell had.  His signing here would enable Little to stay at LT if the team wanted him to be the long term starter there.  Now I heard he was waived/injured.  But the Lions observers I've seen don't seem to think he's injured particularly seriously, and one suggested the team could have put him on the short term IR and bring hm back later.

Aside from that, UM is high on his LBs, but Pernell McPhee and Bernardrick Mckinney would be assets in our 3-4 scheme.  Both are older, but both would upgrade their positions.

We also knoe TE is a huge need, and there are some decent guys available.

We also didn't sign many UDFA after the draft.

I could understand turning up our noses at the waiver wire if this were already a contending team with a top tier roster.  But this is a team coming off of a 1-15 record.  You can't convince me only one guy cut/waived can help this team.

It doesn't make much sense to me.

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