The 2026 Free Agency Thread

ExoDus84 said:
Man, Quinn watched film on that Dobbs 50 yard TD scramble, saw Will Harris bolt the complete opposite direction towards the Stadium exit, and decided that was enough to send him to the Shadow Realm.

Godspeed, Wrong Angle Will.
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I would have to think he did more than that to get cut. But really, that was a shitty signing to begin with. Another cheap/old guy that sucked or got hurt… Or in this case both. There were younger better players available for a few million more, money that we never ended up spending anyway. Hopefully I don’t have to keep complaining about this for much longer going forward.
 
Conn said:
I guess my question is, why would you search for reasons to give them the benefit of the doubt? As in, why would you assume they’re making the right choice, whether that’s to sit tight or add someone, or whatever. They haven’t earned that, right?

Sometimes they’re quietly cooking something up, sometimes their in-house plan pays off, and sometimes they’re just behind the 8-ball and eventually land on seeing the same problem everyone else has already been talking about after their initial stubborn plan didn’t work.

It’s hard to tell which is the case in the moment, but your whole vibe seems to imply that you trust them to get it right or at least to have an actionable plan, even if we aren’t aware of it. And I guess I have to ask…why?
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I'm HOPING they get it right, because I want the team to win. I'm going to hope they get it right forever. I am not one to assume failure any more than I assume success. I wait until something fails in order to determine it was a failure, but as a fan, I look at every move and try to find a way it makes sense. I look at it from the viewpoint as it's coming from a decision maker who believes it's the best option, and they're not doing it to lose, they're doing it to win.

As of now, we don't know if letting go of Biadasz and going with Allegretti was a failure. It's not trending in a direction that gives us the warm and fuzzies, but the outcome has not happened yet. It very well may blow up in their face, and i've openly said that it doesn't make sense to me, so I'm not wearing blinders... just letting things fail before i call them a failure.

I also enjoy the conversation, so when there is an overwhelming push in one direction, i tend to look at it and ask 'what if....' or 'could THIS be what they're doin?' Especially when it's overwhelmingly a push in a negative direction, because I want to have fun watching my team... I just don't want to be mad at everything they do... it takes the enjoyment away from the experience.

These guys are professionals. Professionals that are trying to do things that we've only got about 10% of the information about. The things that go into decisions that we have very little actual context to, so while I may not agree with a move, or lack thereof... i also understand that it may not have been as easy as 'they're choosing not to do.....'
 
Primus Porcus said:
I'm HOPING they get it right, because I want the team to win. I'm going to hope they get it right forever. I am not one to assume failure any more than I assume success. I wait until something fails in order to determine it was a failure, but as a fan, I look at every move and try to find a way it makes sense. I look at it from the viewpoint as it's coming from a decision maker who believes it's the best option, and they're not doing it to lose, they're doing it to win.

As of now, we don't know if letting go of Biadasz and going with Allegretti was a failure. It's not trending in a direction that gives us the warm and fuzzies, but the outcome has not happened yet. It very well may blow up in their face, and i've openly said that it doesn't make sense to me, so I'm not wearing blinders... just letting things fail before i call them a failure.

I also enjoy the conversation, so when there is an overwhelming push in one direction, i tend to look at it and ask 'what if....' or 'could THIS be what they're doin?' Especially when it's overwhelmingly a push in a negative direction, because I want to have fun watching my team... I just don't want to be mad at everything they do... it takes the enjoyment away from the experience.

These guys are professionals. Professionals that are trying to do things that we've only got about 10% of the information about. The things that go into decisions that we have very little actual context to, so while I may not agree with a move, or lack thereof... i also understand that it may not have been as easy as 'they're choosing not to do.....'
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This is a fair response, and I appreciate the thoughtful answer.

I think I fundamentally disagree with the idea of being reluctant to criticize (or praise) a process before the outcome is known. I think bad plans can succeed and good plans can fail, and identifying which is which before the outcome is part of the fun for me as a fan. I like to root for good processes, believing that more often than not, good results follow good processes. I dream of rooting for a team that on the whole has unimpeachable processes, because then I can’t get upset with the results, even when bad things happen.

I get more upset when bad results follow obviously bad processes, because it’s like shooting yourself in the foot and damages the hope I have for the season before it ever begins. I don’t like relying on miracles and low percentage chance outcomes and unlikely winning streaks to enjoy the season. Bad luck, injuries, bad reffing, bad outcomes…none of it actually bothers me that much when the decision-making that led to it was sound, because that’s life and you can’t control beyond what you can control. I tend to veer towards rooting for how our franchise tries to control those variables ahead of time, that’s where the majority of my energy goes as a fan.

But I also understand that’s a preference (and maybe a weird one), and we all share a rooting interest for the team while differing in HOW we do the actual rooting. That’s probably why most of my posting about the team is focused around how and why we make the decisions we do, rather than just about the outcomes.

This exchange I think helped me understand myself as a fan a little better, so thanks for that.
 
Conn said:
This is a fair response, and I appreciate the thoughtful answer.

I think I fundamentally disagree with the idea of being reluctant to criticize (or praise) a process before the outcome is known. I think bad plans can succeed and good plans can fail, and identifying which is which before the outcome is part of the fun for me as a fan. I like to root for good processes, believing that more often than not, good results follow good processes. I dream of rooting for a team that on the whole has unimpeachable processes, because then I can’t get upset with the results, even when bad things happen.

I get more upset when bad results follow obviously bad processes, because it’s like shooting yourself in the foot and damages the hope I have for the season before it ever begins. I don’t like relying on miracles and low percentage chance outcomes and unlikely winning streaks to enjoy the season. Bad luck, injuries, bad reffing, bad outcomes…none of it actually bothers me that much when the decision-making that led to it was sound, because that’s life and you can’t control beyond what you can control. I tend to veer towards rooting for how our franchise tries to control those variables ahead of time, that’s where the majority of my energy goes as a fan.

But I also understand that’s a preference (and maybe a weird one), and we all share a rooting interest for the team while differing in HOW we do the actual rooting. That’s probably why most of my posting about the team is focused around how and why we make the decisions we do, rather than just about the outcomes.

This exchange I think helped me understand myself as a fan a little better, so thanks for that.
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I'll never tell anyone how to fan. If we all looked at things the same way, and agreed on everything, well it would render what we do around her as pretty useless. We could start a thread and we'd have 30 pages of every member simply responding with the word 'yep' til another topic came up that we could all agree upon.

I do agree largely with you on the process, and I guess that's part of my 'hope'.... that I'm not part of that process, so I can't be totally 'sure' of anything within what's actually happening.
 
This is so incredibly cheap…I still think we should’ve done some version of this, cut a depth guy or two, and still signed Diggs. In whatever order made it work. Re-sign him to a modest deal and he’s already better on the outside than anyone we have not named Terry (and possibly Diggs but this pushes Diggs inside where his ideal spot is, with Williams developing).
 
Discobob said:
We NEED the Cheeseman back ASAP
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I feel the need...the need for Cheese!
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SkinsGuru said:
just logged into to look . . . he was pretty decent when healthy, but has not been healthy much the last few years. don't think he plays center though. plan to move coleman to guard/center?
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No I think hes Colemans replacement at swing tackle and center is yet to be addressed.

One of my gripes has been that when somebody went down they seemed to exercise the next man up motto but never replaced the next man with anybody worth a crap so if he went down we were beyond screwed.

Nice to see them at least replace Coleman with somebody fairly competent.
 
Yeah competent yet not expensive. They are still probably looking at backup Centers and possibly a corner
 
heisenberg said:
No I think hes Colemans replacement at swing tackle and center is yet to be addressed.

One of my gripes has been that when somebody went down they seemed to exercise the next man up motto but never replaced the next man with anybody worth a crap so if he went down we were beyond screwed.

Nice to see them at least replace Coleman with somebody fairly competent.
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Did you mean Wylie? Cause Coleman is the starting LT.

Replacing Wylie as Swing OT let's them move Wylie inside to LG to fight with Paul for the job. This signing could help alleviate 1 of our 2 big OL issues.
 
Always Commander Never Captain said:
Did you mean Wylie? Cause Coleman is the starting LT.

Replacing Wylie as Swing OT let's them move Wylie inside to LG to fight with Paul for the job. This signing could help alleviate 1 of our 2 big OL issues.
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Wylie is another that can play anywhere but center and a nice piece to have and it was him and Coleman that were our swing tackle/guards but what i meant is that, yes Coleman is now the starting left tackle and we still have two reasonably adequate backup tackles in case Coleman or connerly go down.

When we replaced biadasz with alligretti our plan for backup was wholly inadequate and its biting using the ass right now.
 
This is the kind of trade I've been talking about (albeit with players) in the trade bait thread. Obviously, the Giants wouldn't have been a likely trade partner for us, but it's the kind of thing I'd like to see us do.
 
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