Commanders 2024 NFL Draft Thread

[mooby]

I think you guys are focusing on the wrong thing with Newton. If Payne and Allen play 80% of the snaps again like they did last year it minimizes their effectiveness. The best d-lines rotate guys in and out on the regular to keep them fresh. So he's in the rotation this first year. Then in 2025 both Allen/Payne are creeping closer to 30 and become bigger injury risks with large cap hits. So if one of them goes down we keep rolling because we have a young stud on a rookie contract.

And I hate to say it but we need to follow the Bill B school of roster management - when a longtime vet starts getting injured or his play drops in his 30's, they gotta go. Even if they're a stud team leader like Jonathan Allen.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mooby

I think you guys are focusing on the wrong thing with Newton. If Payne and Allen play 80% of the snaps again like they did last year it minimizes their effectiveness. The best d-lines rotate guys in and out on the regular to keep them fresh. So he's in the rotation this first year. Then in 2025 both Allen/Payne are creeping closer to 30 and become bigger injury risks with large cap hits. So if one of them goes down we keep rolling because we have a young stud on a rookie contract.

And I hate to say it but we need to follow the Bill B school of roster management - when a longtime vet starts getting injured or his play drops in his 30's, they gotta go. Even if they're a stud team leader like Jonathan Allen.

Yeah they've both been playing a ton of snaps last few years, eventually that is going to catch up to them.

In the end Newton was just too good to pass up regardless of need.