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yes but apparently, as team president, Ryan will make football decisions which makes their GM job not a step up for Cunningham in the sense that it would not garner the comp picks.

great idea!

Kmet has played well this year. I can see us keeping him. But I dont agree that he is a 1,000 yard receiver if Loveland wasnt here. Kmet is a good TE2 with better hands than you expect from a TE2, but he doesnt get separation, or run particularly nasty routes. He gets open against zone coverage, when other players take attention from the defense, but he isnt a man beater. He also blocks pretty well, but he isnt a league leader at that either. All in all hes a decent TE2, and we are paying him a little too much for that. Is it enough to move on from him? Probably not. I can see us keeping him, but i still dont think he plays up to his cap number. Last preseason i thought he was gone for sure, but I also said that he (or ANY player) can play themselves into a better situation, and while Kmet hasnt been a world beater, I think he has probably done that this year. Same with Swift. DJ Moore on the other hand has not. He also has a much bigger number to play up to, but his inconsistent effort is the biggest issue for me. If we are building a culture of accountability, and we are going to ride Odunze for his dropped balls (which we NEED to!) then you cant keep a jogger around or the message is lost.

That makes a lot of sense. We all saw Johnson himself did interviews in years where he returned to the Lions too.

I agree with this. Im very high on Calebs future, but i dont need to crap on other QBs to protect him or anything like that (not saying anyone else here is doing that!!!) I can see fairly that Maye had a great year. Maybe Maye and Caleb will both end up being long term franchise QBs. I dont see Jayden Daniels though. i always thought he was a fake. Bo Nix is looking good too.

I think they made things simpler for Maye with the offense. THey did something similar for Daniels last year. Its not usstainable and then you have to learn more of the offense before you can master it. Johnson seems to be feeding Caleb with a firehose. Hes giving him the whole thing. And that means completion percentages under 60%. But it also means as the lightbulb comes on, then youre at full functional. Not another level you have to rise again from. It takes incredible confidence to run your offense rather than simplify things to get more wins. In the long run, I believe it will play out to our advantage.

for sure, and as the Caleb and the Bears Offense improves, so will Doyle's stock. Captaining the decline of the Eagles Offense isnt gonna get him a head coaching job.

Maye had a good season, and I think we have to give some of the credit to Vrabel who is an excellent coach. Most teams would be happy to have either or both them, but honestly Im still sticking with Caleb and Johnson for the long term, given the choice. I know if the Pats win thats going to be a difficult position to defend, but i still believe in it.

I dunno about that, or the effect of the weather, but i feel like we could hang with any of those teams. And with a pass rush, for SURE.

Yeah no worries, he literally asked me why so i explained.

I think anything is possible for this defense. I bet it will be a little crazy for a minute.

Absolutely. With the addition of a real defense, we will be back there many times. i expect great things in our future.

its because you have a pattern of preferring the players already on the roster, even when its clear that they are terrible. This whole saga started with Charles Leno. I said he was terrible, and you said I was a hater with a psychological predelection to be negative. Even though Ive been on this board at least 20 years before that and no one thought that about me, or had any real problem with me. Then came Justin Fields, Matt Eberflus, Braxton Jones. All are terrible, and I think youre still even saying we should sign Braxton again rather than any number of other mid tier free agent LTs. Why? Anyway, I was the negative pessimist according to many many posts of yours. A lot of them were much more aggressive and nasty than you have been since our big blowup. Then suddenly I am saying Caleb is gonna be awesome, even when he was just learning and not complete or great yet. So then I dunno, was I a homer or an optimist? The point is, I watch the film, and base my opinions on that. You think i want to fight, but I promise I never change my opinion just so it will be the opposite of yours (or anyones!) it's just what I really think. And usually I am right too. Because its based on the film, and the salary cap, and nothing else. Im not so smart. I just watch the tape. And Im not the only one who thought Justin was bad or Caleb is good. So Im hardly claiming genius status here. To me all that was obvious stuff that anyone should see. Not special insight or whatever. So yes, you have every right to your opinion no one has ever said otherwise, but since you have characterized my opinions as being the result of emotions so many times, it must be fair for me to point out that youre a homer who wants to keep every player rather than improve the roster. You have actually said in the last month or so that Sweat, Dayo and Booker will be better next year and we should go with them! Dude! I get the loyalty, but dude! Also, for DJ it's not just one play. Its at least one play every game. Ive been looking at it and talking about it all season long. And Im not the only one who has been. Its real. I hope they move on from DJ Moore. He doesnt suck, but hes not a legit WR1, and we dont need him anymore, and hes doing more harm than good to our future plans. I hope that answers your question. I didnt use any language to try to be mean or hurt anyones feelings (how the hell do I have to even say that on a sports talk board?!) I was direct and told the truth of what I think. If your point of view on keeping players is homer-ish i dont think it is insulting to say so - its more like explaining than name calling. Anyway we are all grown men so i think a lot of this offense is theater. I got banned for a week for saying an IDEA was "stupid" - freaking kindergarden if you ask me. But whatever...

I agree, he would probably fetch a 3rd at best, likely a 4th. *IF* the plan is to move on from DJ, its like cutting him, and if you can get something for him, cool. Thats why all the arguments are about cap room, and not also about adding a player on D with the pick for example.

right on Grizz

Adam, thank you once again for all the stuff you post. I learn more from you and the stuff you share than most other place combined. Theres a lot of crap on this board, but your contributions make it so valuable. Thank you!

Amen and thank God Al Harris isnt the new Packers DC.

AMEN - we need accountability, not these soft emotional fan boys.

thats faulty logic since I saw him jogging every week. I saw it with my own eyes. TTNL saw it and commented on it too. Youre alleging that BJ didnt see it? I doubt that highly. He sees everything. You just want to protect DJ for some emotional reason.

because Odunze and Burden need more snaps, and you have to believe in your guys and go forward assuming they will grow. DJ takes snaps away from our core future players.

Signing a mid level free agent is fine, it doesnt have to be Braxton. There will be many other choices.

Every week on the TTNL game wrapup they showed film of DJ jogging routes. I saw it with my own eyes every week. Its just true.

I think I understand where you're coming from. I agree not every argument for keeping DJ is emotional. The one you presented here is well reasoned. I disagree and I'll say why, but there is nothing wrong with what youve said here in my opinion. So first off, I'm not really talking about just one play, but a real pattern of them across the whole year. I think that makes him a negative role model in terms of the veteran leadership point youre making. I also agree that we have the chance to be something really special on offense, I see that too. I just think Luther Burden is ready to step into DJs role, and I dont think DJ is really a WR1. Now both Odunze and Burden have a lot of growing up to do. I dont disagree with that at all. But I think when you have young players that you think have the ability to be special, and you have faith in your position coaches to coach them up, I think letting them play is the best way for them to grow and become the dominant players you think they can be. Right now it's a lot of mouths to feed, if you want to think of it that way, it limits the snaps of the other guys. For me, I dont see DJ getting any better. He's decent right now, but he doesnt have the upside that Odunze and Burden have. I think you could find another free agent WR to play the role Burden did this year, and let Burden step into DJs shoes. And also, yes I think DJs cap number should go to the defense.

its not a put down I MEANT it. I was saying the things that make you a good person dont necessarily apply to running a football team. Why is everyone so prickly right now? Geez.

The message is if you take plays off and jog your routes youre gone even IF youre highly paid. I LIKE that message. I like it a LOT.