(01-11-2023, 07:50 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(01-11-2023, 11:07 AM)Bullseye Wrote: Not sure familiarity would necessarily be a positive in this case.  Kirk is also familiar with Hopkins, and more importantly being his teammate.  He finally broke out of Hopkins' shadow.  The locker room is good right now.  Would adding Hopkins to the mix cause any resentment in Kirk?  Note:  I have only heard of minor rumblings of Hopkins being a negative locker room presence, mostly under Bill O' Brien, which supposedly led to his trade from Houston in the first place, so I'm not impugning his character.  I'm also not sure the the Clemson connection would be much help.  Hopkins didn't play with Lawrence.  He may have played with Watson...but IIRC he was long gone by the time Trevor Lawrence got there.
He may well prefer the smaller town as as opposed to the huge city, and that may well work in our favor.

There are compelling arguments to having him here.  But we should proceed with caution.  Looking purely at talent, I'd take him.  The foursome you listed earlier is certainly and upgrade over our top four now.  But there are other considerations.

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I would take one Super Bowl winning year for 2-3 years of losing as opposed to never winning the Super Bowl and still not being able to avoind losing seasons.

I feel ya on that. I guess I'm always thinking about the long game.

Completely understood.  But from a certain perspective, winning the Super Bowl contributes to the long game.  It gives as a considerably higher profile as a franchise.  It gives us more fans, more exposure, higher merchandise sales, more ticket sales, more advertising revenue, etc.  We all want what's best for the team.  How to get there is the question.  Fortunately, the team has taken a HUGE step in that direction by drafting Trevor Lawrence, hiring Doug Pederson, and winning in the second half of the year.  Let's hope it continues.

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