Oh, I misread your post. So you're indicating Keim has now changed his tune on free agency or gotten a more firm understanding of what the method was? Definitely possible I was simply mistaken on what Keim said months ago. I thought the whole thing with Pierce's price tag restricted further...
It's unclear, but that could have been the case. Basically everyone has reported that:
Plan A was Pierce
didn't happen so they immediately switched to Plan B
Plan B was Doubs
didn't happen so they immediately switched to Plan C
Plan C was Chig
We know it happened in that order, and the...
If memory serves they had Maye as the 5th best QB, so it was McCarthy + someone else above Maye. Which, I agree, is a terrifying knock on talent evaluation.
However!
One of the big strengths for Adam Peters is also a big weakness. He really wants to marry scheme and talent evaluation with the...
I feel good that I had 1st round grades on all 6 QB's of that draft class. They were just pretty different.
Personal grades in a vacuum (so who would be worth what in an average draft class)
1st Overall - Maye, Daniels (with Maye a hair above)
Top 5 - Williams
Top 20 - McCarthy, Penix (roughly...
So the NFL rules no suspension on 1 of his sexual assault cases, have they ruled on the other one? Doesn't he have a 3rd case (that might not be sexual assault) that needs to get settled?
Thats a lot riding on someone who tore their Achilles in, what...December (?) to come back to form. He's also 31 years old.
Old & injured. Sounds right up our alley.
I get the concerns with Allegretti and a rookie Day 3 Center. But chasing Pocic is not something I think we should do. I'd...
Disagree here.
We want the rookie to compete for the job. During OTAs I might be misremembering but I think they gave him some time with every unit. Although maybe it wasn't the 1st team?
If you sign a veteran you're cutting the rookie and hoping he doesn't get poached off the practice squad...
Next years draft is supposed to be stacked with talent, we don't want to give up any of those picks, but maybe that also means teams would be willing to trade away players they wouldn't normally.
Whats the highest pick we'd be willing to spend? 3rd? 2nd? 1st if we think they could become what...
Embarrassingly, I had more hope. I thought the defensive roster was going to be better than it was. Much better. And Sam Howell would show more development.
2023 was a bit of a surprise for me, obviously not the gut punch 2025 was, but I had some hope for 2023.
2013 was worse though. At least...
Complete tangent and off-topic from your post, but that sentence reminded me of what John Keim said about Minnesota's roster construction. Minny went into last season with only 4 corners (and instead 6 safeties).
Top 5 Corners
Mike Sainristil
Trey Amos
Rasul Douglas
Amik Robertson
Ahkello...
Keenan Allen, immediate upgrade. Similar role to Diggs now, but likely more versatile in alignment and probably able to win quicker than he can, especially against certain opponents.
Think of Allen as a smaller Ertz (who can't block) but far better as a receiving option. Same style of shake...
Pretty sure the new DC stated he would be outside. They also paid Amik Robertson to be their Nickel. Rumor from OTAs is that Quan Martin was exclusively lined up at Nickel instead of Safety too, so he's the backup Nickel.
I think that position question of yours has been settled. The further...
Sainristil, I suspect this defense is really playing to his strengths. Zone corner, vision on QB, and he'll know how the pressure defense will operate at a high level and what the QBs are likely to try and do to attack it.
If Coleman was at RT it might have been him too, but really need to see...
I think Hopkins is happy waiting, he did that last off-season too right (if I remember correctly). Same with Keenan Allen, he even did that with the Chargers despite having an open invite to join the team whenever. Brandin Cooks said he wants to be on a team before Training Camp starts, so at...
Honestly surprised Brandin Cook hasn't been mentioned once. Yeah he's not nearly the guy he used to be. But he did string together a good few games for Buffalo to end their season. He can actually play the Z.
Dyami, Van Jefferson, Burks, Cook...is there really that much a difference between any...
Feels like the Diva WR has drifted pretty far away from the days of Chad OchoCinco and Terrell Owens. Who loved the grind and clearly worked hard, didn't quit on their teams, and weren't nearly as crazy as the media portrayed them to be.
I get people calling Terry McLaurin last off-season a...