(10-26-2022, 09:52 AM)Caldrac Wrote: I would still be trying to shop Josh Allen out before the deadline. Would look to try and get a 2nd and 3rd RD pick for him. Maybe even just a first round pick if a team is willing to fork it over. Which I doubt. It's not like he's an unstoppable force off the edge. He might be more effective on a more stout or established defensive front.

I just think going into next year, this team is going to have a lot of positions to backfill. They still have to make several decisions involving Jawaan Taylor at RT, Walker Little in general, the current TE room, the WR position. Griffin at CB, etc. Tying up a big contract on Josh Allen, who, let's be honest, hasn't really show cased any level of elite pass rushing consistently since his rookie year, just isn't good business.

Ship him off. Get what you can. Maybe package some picks up in April of next year to go up and get you that WR that Lawrence needs on the outside to win the 50/50 contests or his new red zone target. Maybe land you a coveted pass catching threat at the TE position or another promising edge rusher or nose tackle. This team isn't "a few good players" away from being dominate.

They still need a lot of work done. That work has to be mostly done via the draft.

(10-26-2022, 10:52 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(10-26-2022, 10:29 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Why not? He had 10.5 sacks as a rookie and he's currently at 10.5 sacks over the last one and a half years of football. We just watched him have ZERO impact two weeks in a row against two beat up offensive lines. Why tie up any significant cap space on a guy that's now had four and half years of football to show you that his rookie year wasn't a fluke?

He's just not that good. I would rather them save, more than likely, probably what will amount to about 12% - 15% of your cap space going into next year and beyond when they could use that same amount of money to potentially double dip at other positions of need. Again, we're going to have a lot of holes to backfill next off season. 

Do you really want a significant amount of your cap space tied to a guy that's just played, well, like a guy? He's just been a guy man. He'll have one major game for you per year. That's his average. He's not consistent. He's a groundhog pass rusher. No thanks. It's time to move on and get the picks while you can with a young QB in need of more playmakers to tack onto your PPG.

Even with Allen, this defense sucks.

I think our lack of pass rush on the interior is one of the main reason our edge guys hasn't been able to do much.  Ive seen a lot of time where Walker and Allen pressure the QB and all he has to do is step up becuase there is zero push or pressure from the interior.  If we had a good DT that could put pressure up the middle it would help a ton.  That's our biggest need by far imo on either side of the ball