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  1. Bigwig

    Official Game Thread - Week 2 - Commanders @ Packers - TNF

    I could see it, not because Croskey-Merritt is better than Gibbs, but because Daniels is more dynamic than Goff, and Kingsbury's offence in general, with all the hurry-up and misdirection, will stress the defense differently. That said, like most teams, I assume that the Packers could limit the...
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    2025 Washington Commanders- All Things Offense

    [Moved from the Free Agency thread.] As an old guy who's still not too comfortable with all these newfangled interwebs, I appreciate your sharing the above chart, which illustrates: Samuel is not expected to run polished routes that juke the defenders (just one sharp cut beyond the LOS). He...
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    Covering the Commanders: Keim and Company Discussion

    Thanks for this. Among other things, I love how Daniels gently criticized JCM for not staying in bounds on the long run.
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    I’m also a big fan of Keim—and I appreciate how you keep us all informed about a variety of sources—but isn’t this is a little revisionist? In the free agency thread, you interpreted his hints as implying the team would go slightly above market rate. Which I suppose is arguably true for AAV but...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    Yes. It's also important for Peters to stay on the high road to minimize any damage to team cohesion.
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    Could be. On the other hand, I remember how despondent Daniels was after the NFCCG--the man wants to win. And he'll be a couple years older and presumably more independent when it's time to decide. The point is that, in the meantime, the team shouldn't undermine the possibility by...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    I don't understand the mindset of proposals for an overpay, however slight, for the right to keep a thirty-something WR, even if his negotiating tactics hadn't been so misguided and disagreeable. Wagner and Ertz are leaders too, and they're playing for peanuts. Instead, the holy grail should...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    Not necessarily—he might accept less, if it’s more than he could get from the Commanders.
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    Trading him would be a punishment, not a reward. :) Seriously, though, I wouldn't be too concerned about the precedent if they trade him. Not many players are valuable enough to even consider holding out in this way, and he is a holdover from the previous regime who is likely on the...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    Although I agree with this, I don’t think the threat of the tag is very credible. It wouldn’t save much, if anything, over his market value, and they should want to have it in reserve for other negotiations. I also don’t think they’ll want to prolong the acrimony. For this reason—and I seem to...
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    The 2025 Free Agency Thread

    I’m pretty sure Keim expressed some surprise about this a while back too. But as I said a couple times in the Terry thread, because of the Daniels effect, they are not likely to pay market price for any receiver. There will usually be decent ones available as cap casualties or ring chasers on...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    I don’t think a deal will get done. For 2026 and beyond, the team will be able to attract (or develop) replacements for McClaurin. Maybe not as good, but enough to get by, because Daniels is so dynamic. Ideally it will be an undervalued, up-and-coming veteran, the WR analogue of Luvu or...
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    The 2025 Draft Thread

    Well said. There's usually a narrative for why a draft pick "falls". For any defensive player, tackling concerns are not good, but at least the upside is high for Medrano, unlike, say, Bacarri Rambo back in the day. I much prefer the narratives for two other draftees: Lane is not big or...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    When people complain to me about automobile traffic, I like to tell them it's not that you're in traffic, it's that you are traffic. Anyway, I just voted "no" on the poll. I doubt that the team is willing to go much higher than the initial offer, and I doubt that McLaurin will be willing to...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    I agree it wasn’t smearing, but—to cite the Godfather doubly—more than a couple fans here reacted like Fredo is dead to me when it wasn’t personal, strictly business. I don’t see McLaurin much differently than before. He did hold out for his current contract too, we just didn’t get to see his...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    To get more than Peters is willing to pay? I agree it would be foolish for another team to trade for him without his buy-in. I don’t agree the chance is zero—look at Deebo Samuel. I don’t see why the line should be at a first rounder versus a second rounder, but of course Peters should get as...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    Piggybacking on this: Largely because of Daniels, the team is now going to be able to attract ring chasers, cap casualties, reclamations, and other free agent WRs on short term deals, not to mention trades for disgruntled, undervalued vets in bad situations. And there are proportionately quite...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    It might actually be helpful if McClaurin seeks permission for a trade, to bring him back to reality. And if a team actually is willing to pay him, my trade terms would be reasonable, something like the 2nd rounder Pittsburgh gave for Metcalf. That’s how I would honor the past service. Hurts...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    McClaurin’s public statements were counterproductive, but I wouldn’t read so much into them. (And by the way, somewhere in there was a nod to the team’s point of view.) In addition to the undeniable history of professionalism, he’s also an emotional, passionate guy. That’s a big part of his...
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    The All Things Terry Thread

    I like how your analogy highlights the key point, that emotions can easily interfere in questions of worth/value. In McClaurin’s case, I don’t see much incentive for the agent to deliberately inflate his expectations. Perhaps you meant that the agent badly misread the market? It’s also possible...
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