(02-04-2023, 10:50 AM)jessepeck1213 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.

Good teams don't let really good, really young players at premium positions walk. That's bad business. Re-sign the man.

He's not really good. He's good. He's also extremely inconsistent. That's been our problem for a long time on many areas within the defense, inconsistency. It's time to change that. I wouldn't waste cap money on inconsistent players. It's time to start "swinging for the fences" and looking for players we can center this defense around.

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(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.

Should it though? Walker is a 3-4 DE/4-3 DT playing out of position at 3-4 OLB/4-3 DE. Maybe if we actually move him to where he should be playing, we could maximize his potential.

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(02-04-2023, 12:45 PM)RicoTx Wrote:

(02-04-2023, 10:22 AM)navyjagfan Wrote: It wouldn't make sense to re-sign Taylor.  Walker Little is perfectly fine at either LT or RT.  

Arden Key was a part-time rotational player and will command too much in the open market.  

Engram is the only "must-sign" pending free agent, but using the franchise tag would be perfectly acceptable. Next year, there are several home-grown players like Josh Allen, Davon Hamilton, Ben Bartch, etc. that should be priority signings.  


Time to be frugal and get some compensatory picks.

Little was NOT fine at RT.

Which is why I would use 2-3 picks in this draft on O-Linemen. Create competition.

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