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09-24-2018, 10:29 AM | #61 | |
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Y'know - chasing old veterans to fill holes; that sorta thing. You're wanting to try the same formula at a different position. This is Marty in the late 90s kind of thinking. Marty got desperate and pushed all in for that last season or 2 and everything fell to shit. Even the Seahawks never pushed all-in. They won their championship from left field and then for the next 2 years kept trying to double down on it. Things got worse and worse and worse because they never focused on the long-term with their young QB. And now they're going to ruin at least 5 years of his prime. Again - their title had nothing to do with any attempts to win now. That wasn't the mode they found themselves in. But the hellscape that franchise has now become absolutely IS because of those win-now efforts. You absolutely cannot be reckless with this franchise now. You can't thin this roster out to where we have a 5 year period of wandering the wilderness despite having one of the 3 most valuable commodities in the game on our roster (I mean, what 1-1 trades would you make with the kid?).
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09-24-2018, 10:30 AM | #62 | |
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If you're giving money AND picks, you've locked yourself into this roster around Thomas for the foreseeable future. And frankly, it probably gets worse because again - money and picks have gone to securing Thomas. And Thomas is going to be a punk once he gets paid.
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09-24-2018, 10:33 AM | #63 | |
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Seattle won a championship. That's the bottom line. I really don't care about anything beyond that. Do I care that the Royals are awful again? Nope, I don't even pay attention day to day. They won a World Series, my fandom is pretty much complete. |
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09-24-2018, 10:34 AM | #64 | |
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Seattle didn't win a championship because of any 'win now' moves they made. They won a championship because they had the QB. The situations aren't even remotely analogous. Seattle's 'dynasty' absolutely fell to shit because of win now moves that...didn't....though. Seattles a perfect cautionary tale. It's a model of what you DON'T do.
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09-24-2018, 10:35 AM | #65 |
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How hungry is Thomas? At this point the guy is in it for the money. He has his ring. Is he really going to come in and be Ed Reed in his prime, or is he going to coast? He's actively trying to get Dallas to grab him and it doesn't look like Dallas is going anywhere this year. Is winning a title his priority? Doesn't seem like it.
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LDE: Ford/Speaks DT: Jones DT: Nnadi RDE : Houston/Kpass ROLB: Hitchens MLB: Ragland LOLB: Nieman LCB: Nelson RCB: Fuller SS: Berry FS: Parker When you go to nickel, you take Ragland off, bring Scandrick in, and move Fuller to the slot. All of this, obviously, changes after half these guys are replaced in the offseason. Last edited by saphojunkie; 09-24-2018 at 10:50 AM.. |
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09-24-2018, 10:36 AM | #67 | |
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Exactly the kind of guy we want to add to the mix here...
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You want to scrap the entire defense and rely solely on draft picks early in their career?
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09-24-2018, 10:38 AM | #69 | |
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THAT makes zero sense... |
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What would you be willing to give for Peterson? I'm assuming at least a 1st.
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Nah. If they don't develop, you cut them too. You don't keep underperformance around just because there's nothing to replace them with. Houston is overpaid and underperforming - get rid of him. And if the guys behind him aren't up to the task, get rid of them too.
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