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"really great positive contributors -in the immediate" I really do hope your health is good. Well, we will have Taylor for the whole season. I watched our season opener with Jaxs over the weekend. AR was 17-22 at one point and running a speeded up offense from the getgo. His head is going to be really straight in year 2. Downs was breaking their ankles and picking their zones apart. He had 67 catches last season. He is a stud. Ogeltree and Mallory were solid rookies, can't you believe in their 2nd year jump? Woods can still be really good. AR getting the ball downfield to Pierce. Cross was making plays down the stretch. We need a 2nd year bump from Juju. A little bump from Raimann. Definitely no more seive behind Grover. 2nd year of Steichen. I fully think we will be better.

If we are indeed in the final two in bidding for Sneed, that is Super Aggressive. Our negotiator knows more about Tennessee's limit than we do. Perhaps he knows already we have the best offer and Sneed will have to settle for it or KC finds a way to keep him. No doubt his preference. No since bidding against ourselves! With Sneed we are likely a 3rd place team and not in the playoffs. So the draft being very successful and another year of improvement from our youth is what's MOST important. Not so important is signing a S and CB from what's left in FA to hopefully finish 9-8. The waiting game serves us just fine. Nothing wrong with us rolling over $15M into next year's Cap when hopefully we only have 1-2 holes left to upgrade. Then we spend on a stud/studs to go after the Ring.

This is consistently true. It's how you prepare to manage your cap for future signings of your own players. A very wise man (me) has posted that you need a good number of good players, that have played together, in their years 4-7, to be a really good team. We have a pretty talented group in that bracket. The Ryan cap hits were a real setback. Pray that Pierce, Woods, Cross, and Juju prove their merit.

McCloud came here a few years ago to add depth. The more he played the better our D was. We absolutely need that for this year's D. Steichen has to order Bradley to have more timely blitz packages. To do that we must have one CB we can trust on an island. Like Gilmore did.

I can't imagine him wanting to play for us. Or if he must being interested in more than a 3 year and out contract.

He is our Capolgist. Per Ballard he also negotiates the contracts. He also does the actuarial for our multi-year plan.

Ballard gives a voice to his scouts and I am sure his coaches come making the final board. I would bet Reggie stood up for Pierce, and still is, and Ballard said he pounded the table in our Last draft for Downs. Yes that mattered. An excellent QB doesn't require all great receivers. I could see Steichen believing he has plenty of TE weapons with the 5 we have now. Stashing one on injury to start the season is easy. And finding a rookie WR this season in round 3-4 or later isn't a challenge. We have great options. Trust in Reggie.

Maybe you heard, buy you ain't listening. And you pulled "perfect" outta your *. The subject class was 7 years of drafting defense. You failed, just like Ballard. Maybe next year!

Thank you. For the sake of discussion please continue, even those that "should" have been Pro Bowlers. Franklin? There are some really good 3 down LB's. He fails at that. We're talking 7 years here. Name another of Ballard's defense draft picks that were here, are here now, that was a big loss, would be a big loss. I wish us a Lotta luck with our next couple drafts. And that Pierce, Woods, Cross, Juju all become SB caliber contributors. And of course Anthony must become superb.

Name a defensive player he has drafted that has made a Pro Bowl. So that is a boring question? Hardly, it's a slap against the heads of Irsay, Ballard, and Dodds. The answer to the question is that someone sucks at their job.

Oh it would be big alright 👍

If indeed we are the winning bidder with KC, that is proof enough that it's understood by our leadership that CB is a monumental issue. To win at least 2 playoff games and the SB you have to be able to compete against superb QB's and receivers. Today, we have nothing we can count on with our back four. That is why this financial commitment is plum goofy, if we are giving up pick 15. Take Q. Mitchell on the rookie pay scale and have at it.

Adams played deep and had 5 int. because bum QB's over threw their receivers and hit him right in the chest. This made him a pro-bowler. Blackmon had 3 of his four this way last season. Larry Brown got a SB MVP that way.

Poor Richard. I put him on ignore. Just to much drivel.

Would it be because its Wilson? You know, the old, stubby, rag armed dude not worth signing for beyond one season. I'd go with that. And Fields is good with more upside.

We are not on a one year build, how could this be more clear? We are still on a 2-3 year build to be a SB contender. It's possible Ballard signs Snead to a Big 4 year deal that would cover our future SB run. But you have to understand you would be paying him for two years of Big Fully guaranteed $$$ with little hope of seeing a AFC Championship game. By then we have a number of sizable new contracts to consider. This guy Fuller wouldn't likely be a difference maker over Ballards young CB's, in our weak defense. We have so many needs on defense, RG, WR, that we have to hit on our 1st 4 draft pics. Then next year fill that last couple big needs. There are only Four remaining F Agents that are worth upgrading our 2024 roster. 34 year old Kevin Zeitler at RG 33 year old Tyrone Smith at LT. Move Raimann to RT and Smith to RG. Best line in the NFL!! 33 year old Stephon Gilmore 30 year old Justin Simmons They are the best remaining at their positions. Sign bottom 3 for a more fun 2024. Wisdom says they will wait for the right team, a good team, with a Playoff likelihood. But No, Ballard will keep his powder dry for post draft opportunities. We are DONE with any meaningfull signing.

So having a corner you can leave on an island most of the game is a waste. Nuts! Stephen Gilmore anyone. How awful it would be to consistently have a safety that could roam much of the game. And all teams attempt to mix their coverages many times a game. Is that hybrid? Sherman did that how many years ago, and when CB's were allowed to be more physical? Sherman had an all-time great free safety that ran in the 4.3s to cover his you know what. Their defense was stacked with superior talent at all three levels. MAnd Sherman was a mental Giant. This is a nearly irrelevant example.

When the QB drops to pass our 4 man d-lines job is to get to the passer. Grover means we are rushing with 3. Now his backup is even worse, rather than at least somewhat better. Seems like buffoonery. Not complicated. Franklin should be out of the game in passing situations. Ditto. Ballard/Dodds secondary build looks hopeless today. Their big 4 year development project with Blackmon, he is decent, is a bust. Let him walk because he isn't the guy to build a really good D with. It's sad. Is Speed going to be better all-around than Franklin? You going to pay him $10M for our March to the SB? Ballard/Dodds have a vision for mediocrity. Our wheels are spinning in the mud. Kenny is good, but if he has to chase someone across the field he is toast like a rookie. We are not going anywhere anytime soon with our roster, so investing in players that bring a certain level of mediocrity so we can make another run at 9-8 doesn't bring real hope to the Ultimate mission. Nothing complicated about this.

In a nutshell, this is indeed why we have so many weak spots. If we win more than 7 games this season it will be because we win the turnover/penalty battles. And the coaching. Not because of talent. We have been poor at developing his and Dodds "winners". So unless someone else influences our draft selections, we are stuck with mediocrity.

So Taylor is out for the season with a training camp injury. Steichen and our GM put their heads together and choose a particular insurance plan so that we can have a good enough run game to protect our QB and keep us competitive. And you are pre-but hurt over the possibility of player and price.

If Ballard would supply corners that weren't scared to death of getting beat in the first 2.5 seconds, we could blitz "perhaps surprise" the QB 3 more times a game creating change of possession maybe even a fumble or int. Not this let the guy catch it and see how soon we can catch them and get them to the ground. I'm praying for a corner that runs in the 4.3's that can frequently be left on an island. We aren't competing till this happens.

If you sign a free agent he needs a season to adapt so you are not getting his best. Then you throw in the history of FA's most typically only lasting 2 years after they sign, perhaps then you can comprehend the problem. Ballard and other wise GM's that have rosters with as many holes as we have are most interested in young 25ish free agents that have a higher probability of being part of a SB run like in our case, and it's a wild * dream today, in 2-3 years. JMO that so many here really didn't know what they were seeing in the playoffs from the final 8 teams. We are a very well coached team with below .500 talent.

Maybe we give the Chargers a couple late round picks for Bosa that locks him into the last 2 years of his contract. There is no year 2 guaranteed $$!

The question is Always, is the timing right. If you are going to move the needle is the player young enough to be here for the fabled SB run. Paying $15M for a late 20's 30ish safety that can help you challenge for a big playoff run makes since, only if the Team is ready for it. We don't know if we have a QB, we are lacking at all levels of our D. So with a great draft, another year of experience playing together on D, next year could be the time to stretch the cap to make a multi-year run for a SB run.

You sound silly. Use of the word elite makes you a joke. And have to laugh that you state the line got shredded when our back seven, as a unit, was obviously so poor in coverage All Season. And the record setting season the year before btw.