Or maybe he is a cult leader, and we are all under his spell but don't realize it.
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Speculation is Vikings will package 2 1st round picks to move up in 1st round to draft a QB.Quote:
Dianna Russini
@DMRussini
TRADE!
The Minnesota Vikings are moving up in the draft. They will trade with the Houstons Texans. Minnesota will get the 23rd and 232nd pick….Houston will get the 42nd, 188th and 2nd in 2025
No Frozen, it's not that I'm smarter than all of them (although I wouldn't rule that out hahahaha). It's that the GMs who do things the smart way tend to be winners, while those who do things the dumb way (ya'all's way) tend to be losers. Clearly, the Packers are in the former category - pushing the cap to the limit and realizing that we're better off that way. I recall a few years ago, people were talking about cap hell for the Niners, and they're doing all right. And the Cowboys certainly do what needs to be done cap-wise. I suppose others too. Then you have teams like the Chargers almost giving away an all pro WR cuz their panicking over the cap or the Giants over most of the past few decades or a few others who make stupid moves in the name of cap problems. Dumbasses talk consequences? Having consistently losing teams is the worst consequence of all, and that's the consequence of ya'll's dumbassery.
Aaron Donald retiring. Devondrre Cambell signs with SF.
DET signed DJ Reader, who is a pretty good DL.
The MIN trade for another R1 is interesting - my first thought was it felt like MIN got the better of the deal vs. HOU, although most trade charts show it's a fair deal that may favor HOU. MIN packaging both picks to move up gets them to about 4 or 5.
CHI is a head scratcher. Getting Keenan Allen for a R4 seems like a good deal, until you realize he's about to turn 32 and this is his last year on his contract. Also note the CHI paid 24M for D'Andre Swift and $15M for an aging Kevin Byard. CHI could have tried to sign McKinney or Jacobs. They're making signings like they are a few players away, when they are likely restarting at QB and still have issues on the OL.
Aaron Donald retiring at just age 32? I don't recall much history of injuries either. Good news for the rest of the league.
Good points about the Bears. They don't still suck for no reason hahahaha.
Just heard Kenny Pickett traded to the Eagles.
Are the Justin Fields to the Steelers rumors now coming back?
Retiring at 32 isn't that early for NFL, until recently 35 was incredibly old in the NFL.
Some DL can last a long time in the league but Donald is undersized and constantly doubled. There was talk last year and possibly the year before that about him retiring. I'm not that surprised.
Pickett had to know he was on thin ice after his performance last year. He was going to be a backup in PIT or PHI, I guess it's PHI. They didn't get much for him.
With that in mind, if the Bears think they are getting much for Justin Fields in a trade they are delusional.
As I said in one of these threads, the Bears say they are sticking with Fields as their QB1 - a surprisingly smart decision by the team famous for suckage.
If the Bears keep Fields, I assume they are trading out of the top spot for a king's ransom. That would be worrisome to me, since all the picks they would get for trading out would net them a number of talented players.
I think they take Caleb Williams. If they don't trade down and end up taking Marvin Jr. I will be surprised, and WAS and NE will be very, very happy. With WAS trading Sam Howell to SEA it's pretty clear they are taking a QB.
The Steeler org has never been known to do packages of picks.
League scuttlebutt is that the best offer for Fields has been a two.
Dunno if they play after getting Russ.
Surprised that they dealt Pickett, guess he moaned about the Wilson deal.
I kinda feel dirty strategizing for the Bears, not quite as much as for the even worse enemy in Minnesota, but here goes:
They might trade down if you believe the idea that several QBs are the most valuable commodities in the draft. I don't believe that. Caleb Williams in particular is overrated and a bust on the way to happening IMO. Maye? Penix? Nix? pretty much ditto. Meh at best for any of them. So what should the Bears do with the several high picks they might end up with? Load up on D, maybe; I've heard they're not very good in the O Line also. And even with Keenan Allen and Swift, they probably could use WR and RB help. The bottom line, though, is that whatever they do, the Bears will still suck - because they're the Bears. But with Fields and a big influx of new talent, it might be a little harder for their coaches to screw things up haahhaha.
Bringing in a bunch of old guys like Byard and Allen tells me that the coaches and GM need to win desperately to keep their jobs. After 4 years of playing, Justin Fields is not a good NFL QB. It's extremely unlikely that will change, even with more talent around him.
If they trade Fields and draft Caleb Williams, they basically have a QB coming into a coaching regime that is likely on its way out the door...bad for QB development. CHI is also bad at developing QBs period. As long as they don't solve their QB problem, they will suck.
Caleb Williams and Drake Maye are easily better prospects than anyone who was drafted last year. Way too early to call them busts when they haven't even been drafted yet lol. Trouble is, CHI and WAS are at the top of the board as of today, and those organizations are train wrecks, so they will likely ruin those players. I think Jayden Daniels is a scary prospect - very boom or bust. Never liked Nix, although he improved as he aged into an old man at Oregon. I actually like Penix but he's old too and has an injury history. McCarthy is another interesting prospect but I wonder about the mental makeup. All these guys are better prospects than Kenny Pickett. I'd bet at least half of the top 6 QBs this year would have been taken ahead of Levis, Young or Stroud last year.Quote:
They might trade down if you believe the idea that several QBs are the most valuable commodities in the draft. I don't believe that.
It's a good QB class. I'm not the only one who thinks this. The consensus draft board agrees.