I guess we are about to test again his inside info soon as to whether they chase Likely. He's also hinted maybe Okonkwo. He had some FA stuff last year that he nailed including Von Miller.
Literally everybody has them chasing Likely and Okonkwo. If they do, that doesn't mean he knew anything. If they don't, it means he was dead wrong.
As far as Von Miller, everybody connected the Commanders to Miller when they didn't land anybody and it was clear they needed a pass rusher for pass rushing downs.
Your point is Peters doesn't talk so no way he can know. Well, someone talks sometimes. Whether its the agent, Peters' dog, someway somehow. Clearly not about everything but something.
It's agents and people outside the building. If Peters has the dog equivalent of Mr. Ed, he knows better than to talk to anybody.
I still maintain, most of it is drawing connections from things everybody else knows. As I put in the post above, I think he does a really good job interpreting the information available, more than gathering the information.
His other points are broad: aggressive, younger players, edge, WR, CB.
Peters literally said this out loud, so it's not exactly a hot take.
He seems to be hinting Chris Paul probably is not back. Ditto Deebo.
Again, Quinn and Peters basically said this out loud, at the very least, neither said either one was a priority when asked about both of them. Again, not a hot take.
Wagner depends on if he takes a lesser role.
Bram also said this. So did Standig. I think this might be somewhere between good guess and wishful thinking.
TE they are willing to walk away if the price gets too high in FA.
That makes sense based on what they have done. But he doesn't know this, he said he doesn't know this. He's speculating on this point. Also, he doesn't know what "too high" is.
WR they are determined to find a #2.
Quinn and Peters both address weapons.
I like Keim. I don't think he's some soothsayer though. I don't think he gets inside scoop from the team. I think he has the same conversations everybody has.
As I said, I think his outside the team network is really solid. Agents, other GMs, other people in and around the NFL. And I'm sure he gets some information from players here and there.
He's good. But I think he's partly correct so much because he takes the safe bets a lot. And the safe bets are confirmed by those he talks to outside the organization, not inside the organization.
That said, it doesn't much matter as long as he's getting it right more often than not. But so far this off-season, I haven't heard anything from him in terms of what they might do which isn't just "duh of course."
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