(02-17-2023, 09:46 PM)Eric1 Wrote:

(02-17-2023, 04:28 PM)ATLjag Wrote: Pondered the "just for fun" Josh Allen for Detroit's 1-18 pick, and I think I'd do it. 

Save $10.9m in this year's cap, and likely $15m+ each year if he is re-signed long term, for a player that has flashed at spots, but been mostly mediocre.  This team needs a 'closer' to get sacks on the opposing QB and get the opposing DC to have to game plan on him  and get the opposing QB anxious in 3rd and long, and Josh is just not that guy.  A rookie contract Travon Walker can give us the big edge 'stop the run' guy that Josh is today.  I would miss his leadership and his departure would leave a hole to fill.  With the 18th pick, for me, it would be a toss-up between the best CB or edge rusher on the board.

Sweet then we can draft another bust like Chaisson because the grass is always greener right?

You don't replace somebody until you already have a better replacement on the roster. Hoping that a rookie drafted in the back half of the 1st round is going to come in and be better than your 5th year vet (who's still only 25) is foolish and usually always bites you in the [BLEEP]. Especially when it's an Edge rusher and those guys take time to develop. All we'd be doing is making a weak group even weaker.

The drought of competent pass rush we experienced between Tony Brackens and the "Sacksonville" squad clearly was not educational for many fans. 
Pass rushers don't grow on trees. 

Josh Allen is a bird in hand that you hold on to - even if lots of fans have the misperception that he was "bad" in 2022. 

There are 64 guys in the league that try to affect the passer from DE or OLB getting the majority of snaps on their teams. 

Josh Allen's cumulative stats rank him around 17-23 on that list of 64 depending on whose analysis you like better. 

Why would you look to offload that??

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