He's been very careful not to lose the 3rd round comp for Collins. He is also signing a few of our own FAs but watching several others leave, likely bringing us a few late round comp picks as well (7th rounders?).
Although late 7th rounders aren't a big deal, they're a lot better than signing JAGs and losing such picks. I'm hoping that we're starting a tradition in which we have extra picks each year, like the Pats and Philly.
Initially the comp picks we get won't primarily be high ones, but if we improve as a team and keep getting extra picks, the odds are that we will be able to replace some higher priced players with draft picks, and let replaceable FAs go for big contracts in order to gain higher comp picks. Eventually that can become self-perpetuating if you draft well enough.
Here's hoping that we do.
How come? I mean yeah he's a bit redundant to the type of WR that Shepard is, but still he is a solid WR, and tough player. I really don't see a downside to having him on the squad, personally.
2. invest bulk of available cap resources in the trenches (Golden, Zeitler)
3. try to compete and protect the high value rookies with veterans like Eli & Tate (Barkley & future QB specifically)
The draft (all in all) is a gamble - The more picks, the better the odds.
Exactly. I suspect that we'll see that this year.
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or so projected for next year as well...
With the recent signings this has dropped to $86M for 2020. I would expect it to drop more when they sign all the draft picks.
You also carry over cap space left over from this year not to mention possible cuts. We can very easily be over 100 mil in cap space come next season
Expect Collins to someone come in at a 4th or 5th, even though he was a 2nd round pick and signed for 16m a season.
Something about Day 3 picks locking you into contracts, and getting good UDFAs gives you more flexibility.
Schraeder or Kalil fall into that category as well. I have no idea about their ability only that they wont affect the comp pick.
But:
2. The 5th round may yield our offensive line starter (center? Depth guards, even RT?) by bunching 3 OL picks looking for the one home run. Getts type OL picks, heavy, not too tall, sound fundamentals, not too shabby get up
3rd and 4th round free safeties and maybe an ILB if you missed that abive or see a PD type.
5th round. All offensive line picks looking mostly at heavy prospects for center who may be guard depth
6-7 tight ends and fullbacks, depth RB.
I think the Tate Signing was more about changing the Culture of the WR group. The key players in the locker room and especially with that group are very young. I think they wanted to bring in a veteran to lead by example. Shurmur and Gettleman have complimented several of the new additions for their professionalism in several interviews.
I am not enamored with all the DG moves the last 2 years.....the only one I like is OV for Zeitler.....we traded for a stud at RG, that solves a problem in the OL, by giving up a good edge rusher, who just couldn't stay healthy...
As for the OBj trade, we gave up a playmaker and a guy who the opposing teams had to account for....what I don't know is, and BBI doesn't either, did OBj lose a step? Did he disrespect the coaching staff? Did he decide that he shouldn't play in the last 4 games, when he possibly could have? Did he put himself ahead of the team? Were there two cooks in the same kitchen? If yes, then that was the reason for trading him.....Not this crap DG is spewing that a team made an offer they couldn't refuse.....that was an offer he could have refused......DG is now responsible for creating 75M in dead money these last two seasons....and this team will probably have another losing season....
We will never know the ramifications of this trade for maybe two or three years.....the performance of Peppers.....what we get for that 1st and 3rd round pick.....those two picks have to be hit out of the park.....
However, if OBj is another Antonio Brown, or if OBj can't stay on the field, or if his play falls off a cliff, it becomes a great trade....Obviously, OBj wants to have a big year this season.....it's what he does in those seasons after that, when the honeymoon is over, that will determine his value to this trade....
His free agent signings have been poor, especially Omemeh and Stew (a signing that never made sense). Also, he cut all of Reese’s and in many cases replaced them with guys who were worse, such as the notorious Curtis Reilly.
He has also piled up huge amounts of dead money. A team cannot win with 35-60 million in dead money. Yet, DG has kept ELI, which only makes sense if you want to win now. Yet, he can’t win now because he has traded all the best players on defense and some on offense.
So, to me he is working at cross purposes: keeping Eli is win NOW but everything else he has done is lose NOW and rebuild.
Obviously if you see tackles and guards who are sound fundamentally and can play low, not too light, those may be center prospects.
Your pool of center prospects just grew by a multiple of 4.
It's definitely worth a pile of 5th rounders if you get one legit missing OL piece.
Look for heft though. Short. Short arms, slow 40...all that. But must be an actual football player in the Getts way.
3rd and 4th round free safeties and maybe an ILB if you missed that abive or see a PD type.
5th round. All offensive line picks looking mostly at heavy prospects for center who may be guard depth
6-7 tight ends and fullbacks, depth RB.
I felt this way until I started playing with the fanspeak draft simulator, and discovered that the better O-linemen are usually grabbed in the first 3-4 rounds. I got my best results this way:
6. ER or DL (BPA)
17. The best OT available
38. ER or DL, (whichever position wasn’t taken at 6)
I think a 1st round RT is best way to fix our biggest need.
Whereas your best OT at 17 may be such as 24th best overall prospect
I agree with your first sentence, the rest I disagree with. Reese had no idea how to draft OL or LB. Everything else was hit or miss. The bottom half of the roster was not good. DG seems to build from the Lines out, has a better draft record, and in my eyes is better at filling out the bottom part of the roster. The guy inherited a mess, he has to make a lot of moves and he is not going to hit on every one. So far I am on board with what he is doing, especially if he has a draft like he did last year. We shall see. But make no mistake, Reese/Ross wasted the best years of our franchise QBs career on horrible drafting and team building.
Last year we were 2nd for a while. Browns ahead of us had a roster with a chock full of young draft picks and I think only took 1 or 2 players we wanted off the wire.
Tougher at 6 especially with Arizona in the lead - they need help!
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I don't really get the Tate signing, but other than that I think he's playing it well.
I think the Tate Signing was more about changing the Culture of the WR group. The key players in the locker room and especially with that group are very young. I think they wanted to bring in a veteran to lead by example. Shurmur and Gettleman have complimented several of the new additions for their professionalism in several interviews.
It gives us solid options going forward at the position when we don't give him that contract. I expect to see a few WR drafted in the mid rounds this year and next, which I believe is the right position. WR is position where it is better to have a deep group than elite talent.
His free agent signings have been poor, especially Omemeh and Stew (a signing that never made sense). Also, he cut all of Reese’s and in many cases replaced them with guys who were worse, such as the notorious Curtis Reilly.
He has also piled up huge amounts of dead money. A team cannot win with 35-60 million in dead money. Yet, DG has kept ELI, which only makes sense if you want to win now. Yet, he can’t win now because he has traded all the best players on defense and some on offense.
So, to me he is working at cross purposes: keeping Eli is win NOW but everything else he has done is lose NOW and rebuild.
Nobody wants the dead cap hits but sometimes especially when you have been this bad you just have to do it good thing about it is after this season it’s gone.
I totally disagree with you keeping Eli doesn’t mean win now. He’s in his final year of his contract big deal. Extending him a few years is win now. We don’t currently have his successor on the roster and if we draft one it allows the kid to learn and whether anyone likes it or not gives us the best chance to compete.
Whereas your best OT at 17 may be such as 24th best overall prospect
That's true, and a terrific scenario...i'll root for this