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depends on the contract situation. you saw the Higgins situation with Cincinnati, sometimes it comes down to the cap. now of course Pierce is nowhere near that level yet, but theoretically, that's where people want our 2 to be, at about a higgins level. so if he does get there, it could come down to a numbers game my philosophy is if you know you can't resign a player, get the trade value you can, unless their on-field value makes more sense at the time, like maybe for a playoff push if trading hurts you but sometimes taking BPA it comes down to adding value to the player and trading them out. like later QBs are a good example of this, Howell being the most recent. We spent a 2nd rounder on Pierce, so you're most likely correct in that the best chance we have at getting a ROI is to let him play, and hope he can be a good outside WR to match with our slot guy, and our WR1 in pittman

you're not wrong. if we are gonna trade pierce it should be after he has better stats we cannot afford jefferson, realistically. the only way we could maybe do it is by trading pittman, plus another B range player, and probably still a first rounder included

on film,. pierce gets open. it'll be interesting to see what a more accurate deep passer will do for pierce and his numbers

yes, i agree, because that middle third safety should always be over top giving them the corner the ability to shade to give us the advantage. there were quite a few plays where opposing offenses abused the technique our corners played in to throw inside the grain of whichever direction they shaded. this also goes hand in hand with the pressure rate vs blitz that I think people don't necessarily take to mind. the pressure rate is low because we send 4, so the sack percentage and pressure rate aren't positively correlated due to our sacks just being successful pressures that converted to sacks. But when we don't get the pressure, our corners and their shade get exposed. The technique the corners play within this system is predictable. So you need sound, responsible, disciplined players in this system. You almost have to play mistake-free and you are essentially waiting for the offensive mistake.

its just odd how quick he fell off. doesn't seem like his responsibilities changed much, I mean they had him in deep middle third. football 101 says be the deepst man on the field when playing middle third. I just don't know why he fell off so bad. He has the physical traits, and should have a good mind on him.

hopefully ballard doesn't make the same mistake with Jones. also, a 7th rounder

yeah i haven't watched close enough to try and pickup on what changed, I think his poor tackling was the first red flag. then he seemed to blow assignments in the red zone when things became more compressed. From then on it just seemed like he went down hill.. closer to the expectation for a 7th rounder rather than the solid play we got for the first 5-7 games or whatever it was.

its odd because Thomas didn't start out horrendous.

i actually have faith in shane to give us some decent football, so I haven't been too upset this offseason. I do think we need a safety, and corner. But we still have the draft and stuff yes, for justin jefferson I make you a very serious offer. Pierce Tony Brown and Mckenzie's paper note they passed back and forth to argue and.... a goodwill gift card signed by BBB himself

most people think of the better business bureau when they hear BBB I think of Bargain Bin Ballard.

can you explain more 8818 pls

I 100 percent agree

I'm fully expecting them to resign him. Which is gonna be a big waste of time for all the teams sitting here waiting on the Sneed resolution

ive got your name in my little black book chennai

im back to jump into conversations that I know nothing about, and to drop controversial statements

Houston's Dline is gonna be pretty good

yeah he sure will be an improvement over Johnson II lol

so here's my question, if we were almost last in points allowed last season... and our defense is staying pretty much the same... and we have the same defensive coach.. what's gonna be the changing factor to take us from almost last to at least improved?

Does anyone else randomly think about how Pittman jumps on fumbled balls?

i like Howell

DTs have been providing good value into their 30s. Hargrave and Cox come to mind most recent

I could see that. I also think Ballard really truly does have his routine down pat. He likes his guys, and he signs them. I read on here someone else saying he's at year 7, might as well keep doing what he's been doing. If he's gonna get fired let it be for his true self, not some altered state of affairs in this warm-seat period. but man he was smart the way he put off getting a QB. he knew what he was doing. he said it time and time again in those pressrers that once you take a guy, and they miss., he's gonna lose his head to the media, and fan base. AR gets injured, giving him yet another year. this is basically ARs rookie season, so even if we do bad, he's likely here again, ballard ain't no dummy

nothing wrong with goodwill at all! im gonna start drafting my next fire ballard thread.

i shop at walmart, brand new good value, free agent clothing. his biggest ? mark is availability imo