WFT's Off-Season Thread

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by MTK

I guess at this point you hope to get one more quality season out of him, and he walks next year going on age 31 having played his best 7 seasons here. For Brandon with the potential for a big bump in the cap next year he has little incentive to get a long term deal done now that he has $18M in his pocket.

This. I think this all but guarantees he never signs long term contract here. Just going to extract 1 more prime year out of him and let him walk hopefully.

[SunnySide]

What this random know nothing fan would have done

- offered him 4 yrs/62M/45 guar
- let him explore other offers, we leave the 4/62 on table for him and he gives us right to match any offer (or transition tag him)
- He realizes with shrinking cap and flood of good guards, our offer is best and he signs it
- He finds a better offer, we dont match, we sign a good FA guard for 5-8M, collect our 3rd R comp

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He didnt sign his tag until March 31 last year .. maybe we find a better option in FA on march 17th and pull the tag.

Not a fan of paying a guard 18 M plus, especially a guard who is just outside the top 5 guards

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

What this random know nothing fan would have done

- offered him 4 yrs/62M/45 guar
- let him explore other offers, we leave the 4/62 on table for him and he gives us right to match any offer (or transition tag him)
- He realizes with shrinking cap and flood of good guards, our offer is best and he signs it
- He finds a better offer, we dont match, we sign a good FA guard for 5-8M, collect our 3rd R comp

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He didnt sign his tag until March 31 last year .. maybe we find a better option in FA on march 17th and pull the tag.

Not a fan of paying a guard 18 M plus, especially a guard who is just outside the top 5 guards

He would be an I D I O T if he doesn't sign that thing when he first wakes up this morning, if he hasn't already signed it.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

What this random know nothing fan would have done

- offered him 4 yrs/62M/45 guar
- let him explore other offers, we leave the 4/62 on table for him and he gives us right to match any offer (or transition tag him)
- He realizes with shrinking cap and flood of good guards, our offer is best and he signs it
- He finds a better offer, we dont match, we sign a good FA guard for 5-8M, collect our 3rd R comp

---

He didnt sign his tag until March 31 last year .. maybe we find a better option in FA on march 17th and pull the tag.

Not a fan of paying a guard 18 M plus, especially a guard who is just outside the top 5 guards

That would've been the logical choice for me too. He's worthy of another 4 year stretch but any longer and I would've been hesitant.

[SunnySide]

isnt Trace Mcsorley from PSU with the ravens?

[MTK]

If trying to get a 3rd rounder next year is the strategy, it's a very bad one.

[SunnySide]

I imagine we add at least one significant FA that would offset any conditional pick if we let BS walk.

Just waiting for this tsunami of good players to be cut for cap reasons.

is there some spirit to not manipulating the cap like the BS we got tagged for? Bucs added 3 extra voidable years to Davids 2 year contract so his cap hit this year is only like 3.5M.

[AnonEmouse]

Interesting to note the tags NOT applied.

https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-nfl-fr...randon-scherff

I'd be going after Golladay, Henry and Smith from the get go. Maybe Griffin though I think we'll look to the draft for a CB. Fuller, Milano and Samuel too. Given the cap situation and other uncertainties its a bit of a buyers market, so we should be able to pick up at least 3-5 good FA's to boost us, plus some depth. What about Mike Hilton IF we don't re-sign Darby?

[nonniey]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

Interesting to note the tags NOT applied.

https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-nfl-fr...randon-scherff

I'd be going after Golladay, Henry and Smith from the get go. Maybe Griffin though I think we'll look to the draft for a CB. Fuller, Milano and Samuel too. Given the cap situation and other uncertainties its a bit of a buyers market, so we should be able to pick up at least 3-5 good FA's to boost us, plus some depth. What about Mike Hilton IF we don't re-sign Darby?

I think I prefer Corey Davis as a cheaper complement to McLaurin, but Golladay wouldn't bother me.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

Interesting to note the tags NOT applied.

https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-nfl-fr...randon-scherff

I'd be going after Golladay, Henry and Smith from the get go. Maybe Griffin though I think we'll look to the draft for a CB. Fuller, Milano and Samuel too. Given the cap situation and other uncertainties its a bit of a buyers market, so we should be able to pick up at least 3-5 good FA's to boost us, plus some depth. What about Mike Hilton IF we don't re-sign Darby?

Golladay and Fuller are going to be too expensive. I would rather them target C Davis, C Samuel, or M Jones, and then draft a WR too. It's a deep WR class.

[sdskinsfan2001]

1 week until we sign Kenny Golladay.

[MTK]

If Thuney becomes the top paid guard you can bet BS's camp will want to top it. Just how this works.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by MTK

If Thuney becomes the top paid guard you can bet BS's camp will want to top it. Just how this works.

Then he plays under the FT and that's the end. Draft his potential replacement and move on next year.

Thuney is the better player, and more durable. He hasn't missed a game in five years, with 7.5 sacks allowed in those 5 years.

Scherff is damn good, but his availability issues alone are enough for him not to warrant a contract that one up's Thuney's.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

Then he plays under the FT and that's the end. Draft his potential replacement and move on next year.

Thuney is the better player, and more durable. He hasn't missed a game in five years, with 7.5 sacks allowed in those 5 years.

Scherff is damn good, but his availability issues alone are enough for him not to warrant a contract that one up's Thuney's.

Doesn't matter who's better just matters who's time it is to get paid and reset the market. Scherff coming off an all pro season has more leverage than ever.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by MTK

Doesn't matter who's better just matters who's time it is to get paid and reset the market. Scherff coming off an all pro season has more leverage than ever.

I disagree with that. It matters a whole lot who is better, and injury history plays a role.

If that was the rule, Dak would have exceeded Mahomes in guarantees and average salary, because it was his turn. He didn't.