Originally posted by genus49:I think...and hope that Kyle and John had 2019 circled on their calendars. Foster's crap and the injuries last year certainly hurt but I think this team has enough young talent, salary cap and draft capital with the high pick to make their move now.
I don't blame them for not going crazy last offseason and getting all these big names because there were still a lot of holes but now with this draft class and potentially free agency class playing into our biggest need at edge rusher. If we're aggressive and lucky we can make a quick worst to first jump.
Getting Earl Thomas would go a long way to settling our secondary. The guy is perfect for this scheme and makes it run. He and Sherman have chemistry, hopefully we throw enough money at him and he's got enough desire to stick it to Seattle to sign with us over Dallas.
Getting Nick Bosa would solidify the DL and finally give us someone who can shut things down if we have a lead. His addition will also allow Solomon Thomas a chance to save his career by moving inside consistently.
Getting Antonio Brown would certainly bring a whole new level to our offense.
I don't know if we'll end up making these moves but the fact that the opportunity to make those moves exists means with a little luck our team could add some impact players at the right time.
Cross your fingers that we make these moves and everyone plays great for us with no serious injuries since we've had our damn fill last few years.
No question Antonio Brown would be that #1 WR that we don't have ...but with baggage. Hopefully not a head case, but nobody truly knows what exactly happened, so at most we just need to file it away that there is definite potential for a problem. That said, there really isn't that big a choice out there and Odell sure seems immature and is a bigger risk, IMO. Talentwise, i prefer AB.
The problem is the trade hick. I posted elsewhere that no more than a 5th for AB because of his potential for being problematic. Talent is no issue at all. but being a problem child......that to me says don't spend more than a 5th. I realize that won't get AB here. So realistically it is a 2nd or 3rd if we want to get him. That raises the risk factor if we do that, so that just has to be kept in mind. The other problem is , if it happens to be a 2nd, that is where we would need to be for an OG starter...pick # 34.if a 3rd rd pick, ok, we just do without a 2nd starting DB, and 2nd starting LB, and hope to fix that in FA. But for OG, if we use a 2nd in trade for AB, there goes our OG starter.
FA has some OGs ...Saffold is really a great fit, and would help us whiile hurting Rams. Moreover, he is a really good OG. So when /if we trade for AB, we better have a plan for bagging an OG in fA also, or AB falls off the table. Saffold would be my preference but i bet he goes at $10 mil per.
