I mean honestly, these guys ages are one of the reasons we likely shouldn't be trading away our 1st round picks. How are we going to replace them, in particular Stafford? Not likely with 4th-7th round prospects. Personally, I'm not wanting to go back to 90s horrendous-ness when these guys leave. If I'm the FO, I'm not touching our future 1st and 2nds. We need young cheap talent at some point.
It was a nice gesture on our part, however - A) It wasn't a smart FO move, we could have gotten more for him assuredly. B) Did we really do him any favors? Titans pass game is anemic at best and he's having a very sub par year.
You can't replace them. But picks right now doesn't mean you won't have picks by 2024 or 25 when this is all said and done.
It was a terrible trade. The only thing about it that made sense was that they made the trade prior to the bonus payout, which at the time appeared to have saved them cap space. When they ended up paying it as well it became laughable.
He had speed also, something this group of receivers doesn't have. Kupp 4.57, Robinson 4.62, Jefferson 4.48, Skow 4.71, Atwell 4.27, and McCutcheon 4.65.
Well Atwell has speed but can't block worth a shit
RB certainly seems like it will be the easiest hole to fill. I really like Rivers in space but they need a guy to see the holes and hit the holes fast. A burner would be nice but is not exactly necessary. Just another Michel or a little more would do.
Maybe so. Either way I am sure that 20 years from now one of Les' greatest regrets will be not getting Von done. Seems stupid to let Buffalo get him on guaranteed numbers in year three or whatever it was. When, as you said, they knew damn well their rush was poor before they got him.
I just think this defense would be better with Von than it is with Wagner.
It's not even a question how much better we'd be with Von. But that's not the only reason why the season got derailed. Sometimes the injury bug bites and there's not much you can do. We have the #32nd ranked rushing attack and have started more starting OL combinations than any other team in the NFL. Our offense doesn't stand a chance to be successful when you're that one dimensional and have a bad OL. Without running the ball, we cant be balanced, we cant stay in manageable downs and keep teams guessing. Plus its hard to keep your defense off the field. The root of our problem is the OL which is why trading for a WR is laughable and why I dont think this year is salvageable with any trade we make. Look at the SB teams we've had versus the 2019 and 2022 teams. It's easy to see the root cause of the issues.
Don't disagree with much of this.
Dont know how much speed he has left. Either way, my point wasnt whether or not he should have been traded, just that they got literally no value at all.
