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The only logical conclusion is that LaGarrette Blount is a freaking stud!!The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary -- Vince Lombardi -
Honestly though, the 2013 Hawks did ride a workhorse and top D to an Owl. That seems to be the last time.The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary -- Vince LombardiComment
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They did. But the Seahawks gave up a 4th and 5th round pick to get Lynch, which is a far cry from what the Colts reportedly want for Taylor.Originally posted by bobblehead View PostI can't run no more
With that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places
Say their prayers out loud
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
A thundercloud
They're going to hear from me - Leonard CohenComment
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i would have demanded gutefuck be fired asap if he had done something this stupid
in todays NFL you DO NOT overpay for runningbacks, you don't need them to win
besides we already have a very good one who we don't give the ball to enough to begin with who IMO is already overpaid
and then we have a backup running back who is also already pretty good
this makes no sense to me at all, and reminds me of when ditka bet it all on ricky williams and it cost him his career
and where do we even have cap room to do this?
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Cap room is zero concern. After this year everything takes care of itself.Originally posted by red View PostFormerly known as JustinHarrell.Comment
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They don't have a lot of dead cap already sitting there for next year, that's true. Spotrac has them with about $20M of cap space in 2024, which isn't a lot but their situation is much better. Bakhtiari has a 40M cap hit, Aaron Jones is 17.7M and Preston Smith is 16.5M so you could get cap relief by cutting them outright or doing something else with those contracts. (To be clear, I'm not in favor of that.) Gary will be extended and if Jordan Love has a good year they might want to start working on a long-term contract for him as well. I don't think they will be big players in FA next year unless they do something with some of those big legacy contracts (Bakhtiari, Clark, Jaire, Jones, Smith, Devondre, Rasul) to get room. That's several months out and a lot can happen before next year's deadline so who knows...but at least they aren't staring at being OVER the cap.Originally posted by RashanGary View Post
I still don't think they would pull the trigger on a trade for Taylor. Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs will be UFAs if you want to overpay for a productive RB. AJ Dillon will be a UFA as well.
I could see them looking for a back along the lines of a Miles Sanders, who signed a 4 year, $25,400,000 contract with the Carolina Panthers. That's easier to manage on the books than $15M/year for a RB IMO. I like Taylor but he's not signing for Miles Sanders money, and GB should allocate their money elsewhere.
If a RB can get paid, I'm happy for them. They take a beating and get hurt a lot, so it doesn't make much sense to pay a lot for one IMO, especially if you can draft one in R3-7 that will do the job well enough. Shanahan offenses arguably are responsible for the shift to not paying RBs or drafting them high. They have done very well with castoffs, UDFAs, and late round picks (Terrell Davis, Olandis Gary, CJ Anderson, Philip Lindsay, Raheem Mostert, Elijah Mitchell, etc.).Comment
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Blake Corum from Michigan has great vision and cutback ability. He's a little on the light side, I think, but that dude is good. He'll be available next April . . ."The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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That's a third-fourth round back, Fritz. That's if he stays healthy in 2023. He's undersized, to say the least.
If he had the same movement skills with two more inches of height and 10-15 lbs of muscle, that's a first round back.Comment
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Pro Football Focus has Corum at #41 overall. Sports Illustrated has him at #44. They list him at 213 and 210 pounds, respectively. If those weights are accurate, he's short, not small.I can't run no more
With that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places
Say their prayers out loud
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
A thundercloud
They're going to hear from me - Leonard CohenComment
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Those weights are heavier than what I've been tracking about him. If his knee checks out, and he runs well at the combine, I could see him going in the second round.Comment
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I wasn’t suggesting he was necessarily first-round material. And he does seem a bit brittle. My point was that there are talented, much cheaper guys out there that can be had for less than a king’s ransom.Originally posted by smuggler View Post"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPackComment
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Agreed on that count. Taylor would be cool in a Packers uni, but it would be a punitive cost.Comment
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As much as I'd LOVE to have Taylor, this is not the type of move you make at this point in time considering all the dead money baggage we need to still shed this year and next year between AR and Bakh. If we were a true SB contender, then yeah, make this move and go "all-in" but they are asking more than this young team can afford to give up at this point.Comment
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I keep reminding people, they tried the "all in" thing last year - brought back all the guys Rodgers wanted, all the old-timers, his buddies, plus they had veteran help on defense in Jarran Reed. It didn't work out.
I wouldn't want an injured, holding-out-for-a-monster-cntract running back no matter what stage of building a team I was in, if I were a GM."The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPackComment
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Continue building a dominant OL then ride the likes of Emanual Wilson and Tyler Goodson to the promised land. Talented backs abound post college. Hell, in the right situation a guy like Latavius Murry can lead a team.The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary -- Vince LombardiComment
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