(02-04-2023, 11:12 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(02-04-2023, 10:33 AM)IKhan't Wrote: There is no way I re-sign Josh Allen next year. We drafted him thinking he was gonna be an elite pass rusher and although he's been good, he's certainly not been the player we thought he'd be. Ever since his rookie year, he's been a letdown. No doubt he's gonna command a very big contract, because edge rushers always get over-inflated deals. I don't want to commit big money to a player who has 1 or 2 big games each year and then disappears for the next 4-5 games at a time. It's time for us to admit, we were wrong about this guy (me included) and move on. That money could be used on better players. I'm hoping we find a stud edge rusher for the foreseeable future in this draft. There are some pretty good ones out there. We just need to finally identify the right one.

He’s playing on his 5th year option. If he produces and has a year where those pressures lead to more sacks, I’ll give him the contract. 

In this league, you need 2 (or really 3-4) really good pass rushers to win. It SHOULD be Walker and Allen.

Agreed. Goes back to what Caldwell and Co. decide to do defensively. Should they go to a more traditional 4 - 3 base or continue to ride out this odd, 3 - 4 front thing they had going on all year with Walker doing 2 point stance stuff. 

I really think they [BLEEP] up evaluations last year on defense. Still pisses me off what they did with Walker, Lloyd and Williams. At this point it really feels like it should have been:

Allen - Walker - Fatukasi - Key in a 4 - 3 set full time. With Lloyd at weakside, Oluokon at mike and Muma at strongside. Just aggravating that we mismanaged this personnel IMHO. Williams was obviously the better option on the outside all along as well. Hope they get this [BLEEP] figured out moving forward before free agency even starts next month.

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