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Let's not turn Blount into Peterson, please. I would have liked for us to add him but he's not AP, the Steelers can't even run block. Without an elite O-Line he's not gonna look any better than in Tampa in his last few years were he was barely averaging 4 yards per carry. I don't even think he's an upgrade over Bell who's more shifty and just as tough running inside. Bell averaged an awful 3.5 yards per carry last season and he couldn't get anything going, so again calm down. I wouldn't worry about either of them, I'm more worried about shutting Big Ben down. The Steelers can't run the ball, no matter who they have back there. He'll have a subpar season because everybody expects him to put up the same numbers he put up in NE later in the season and that's not gonna happen in Pittsburgh. Good back, but useless if you can't runblock.

 

I have full faith in Ray & Pierce.

Doesn't really fit that typical "AFC North / Smashmouth" mold but the coaching staff must like what they've seen from him skillwise. He can play guard too, that's always a plus.

Blount is the type of RB that fits in here perfectly, especially in the AFC North. It would suck for Pierce because he deserves a shot but Blount is a proven back who can get the job done. He'd be a good addition I think and we'd have a great 1 2 punch with him and Rice. We'll see if this gets done, but I'd be up for it. As for Sanchez, unless he's accepting the veteran minimum or something close to that I have no interest in him. Joe is about as reliable a QB as there is in football. No need to spend 5 mil. on a backup QB that won't see the field.

Webbs 'bad' year was overblown so much. We were expecting a pro-bowl year but that wont happen comming off an injury. I believe PFF had him at 12 or so*. With Jimmy at 36 *

 

 

* = Not exact, approximate. 

 

 

Of course PFF isn't the end all be all but either is any statistic.

 

That's because Jimmy struggled badly early on, so those rankings (I find those PFF rankings garbage anyway considering that none of those guys have ever played football at a higher level, or any football at all) are useless. Jimmy was arguably one of our best players overall last season and in the 2nd half he played at an All Pro level. Webb was solid overall, he struggled at times but he also played some really good ball later on.

Shockingly, Verner only got like $6.6 million

 

Wow. Damn. I thought it was around 10 mil. but there's still Talib unfortunately.

you wont get that many. They only give 32, it may even be capped to four per team

 

You're right but I was just trying to sort of rank these guys to see what we might get for them. There's still so much that can affect how many picks we'll get, depending on who we are going to pick up as free agents and so on.

 

Anyone else thinks he looks good in purple?  Quick photoshop job.

 

(I could only find an old Reebok jersey from the Mark Clayton days)

 

God I hate that number. Travis Taylor, Mark Clayton. Ugh. Hope once and if Steve rocks it he'll help me forget about the past.

if art has a year better then last then even a 3rd is not out of the question

It is unfortunately. The picks are largely based on contract size and what somebody averages annually. Guys like Verner or Talib that got 10+ mil. per year will be in the 3rd round range. But Jones is definitely a 4th. Ihedigbo might be a 5th if everything goes well. Oher signed a hefty deal, he might net us a 4th but I doubt it. Cody probably a 7th. Graham probably a 5th and Dickson maybe a 6th or 7th. Just my guesses but it's gonna be in the ballpark.

It's doubtful that the departures of Art Jones, Graham, or Oher will yield us comp picks higher than the 5th-round, though, right?

 

Art signed a big contract, he should have a good season and the Colts will definitely make the playoffs again. He'll net us a 4th rounder, without a doubt.

Ozzie getting stuff done. As always.

Agree 100%. This contract wasn't that bad, but it should've been less since you can't rely on Coby to be anything more than a kick returner/situational deep threat.

Dude 14 mil. for 4 years is nothing. You act like we're paying him 10 mil. per year to mow the lawn. He has made so many bigplays for us, he's one of the key reasons we won the SB, he is a game changer who can score a TD week in week out and make bigplays happen. And you're complaining about paying him 14 mil. for 4 years? Punters make more than that! This is a bargain.

Not too bad, but still a little too much imo...

 

You're crazy. He's arguably the best kick and punt returner / deep threat in the league.

14 mil. for 4 years, that's a great deal for us. Good job Ozzie.

Good news. Still hoping we can land Steve Smith to play opposite Torrey, don't want to go into the season with the same receivers we had last year, that clearly wasn't good enough. Even with a healthy Pitta.

Yeah I pictured him in the slot. DRC is another option, the talent and value is there but I would question his commitment. 

 

DRC is probably looking for Talib type money. And combined with his dumb comments about retiring I'd stay away from him. Hm. Tarrell Brown maybe? I don't really see us going after a starting corner to play slot.

Munny is looking for a starting job and a decent payday, he's not gonna settle for a backup job after the year he had. I don't like him as a starter, he's too short and more of a product of CAR's defense/system, just like Mike Mitchell. He'd be a really good slot corner though but I doubt that's gonna happen.

Sounds awesome if that's true. And if that's true that means Ozzie/Eric are trying to bring in some more high profile players to count against the cap this season. They're not gonna backload Monroe's deal like that just for the sake of having a lot of cap room this year...that'd be a waste. And we'd be in trouble for no reason in the next few years.

Who here is still pulling for Alex Mack? The Raven will still have around $18 million after the Monroe signing, so plenty of cap left for Mack. I'm getting giddy at that thought

 

So the number went down just 3 mil. after the Monroe signing? No idea what the numbers look like but I find that hard to believe. But if that's the case we should be able to go after Mack and Byrd. But I really doubt that.

Edelman is a product of their system and we don't run what they run.  That'd be a bad signing.

 

Did you even watch him play? He did profit off having a QB like Brady but the guy is one of the toughest receivers in the league, he makes the toughest catches, he's a guy you can count on, he catches virtually everything thrown his way. Plus he's one of the elite return men in the game, maybe even the best. To make it sound like anybody could have done what he did last season because of Brady is silly. The guy worked for his 100+ catches and his 1000+ yards. I'd love to have him here. Jacoby would never even be able to sniff close to 100 catches in NE with the same "supporting cast" (they all pretty much suck except for Brady).

There you go, glass. 

 

Steve Smith for the right price would be intriguing, but our team isn't exactly stat friendly for receivers and he could become a distraction.

 

He caught 100+ balls for over 1000 yards last season in 16 games. Made a ton of tough catches in traffic over the middle. Wouldn't call him "glass".

Edelman would be a huge upgrade over Jones. He's just as good a returner and a way better receiver.

Rapoport just said that we might go after Alex Mack (C, Browns) if we don't get a deal done with Monroe. Not sure how this makes sense in any way. Especially since we're about to re-sign Monroe.

I saw $9 million as the starting price, but I saw that got dropped to $8 million. I'll find the tweet if I can figure out how to post it in the blue box.

Oh, you mean the same Dolphins who massively overpaid for Mike Wallace, Philip Wheeler, and let Dansby go for Ellerbe? Oh, okay

 

What does one have to do with the other? They didn't have any receivers or linebackers, of course they had to overpay to get somebody. Has nothing to do with Clemons and their safety position. They already have a Pro Bowl type safety who they had trouble re-signing with and who they gave a huge contract to. Whatever, let's move on from this.

Let's hope so.

Byrd is dropping his asking price to $8 million, so not sure where you got your figure.

Clemons isn't someone I've heard a peep about and I'd imagine he'd go for not much more than Delmas, but he's a damn sure coverage safety. Not a play maker, but really good in coverage.

Delmas at $3.5 is a lot. He hasn't proven durable or as solid in coverage as Clemons. Pay for a proven product at a slightly higher price or pay for an injury prone safety who played in a putrid secondary?

 

What are you talking about "not sure where you got your figure"? Did you talk to Byrd yesterday or how do you know he is dropping his asking price? The latest news out there is that he is looking for more than 8 mil. per year, that's what Breer posted on Twitter.

 

 

Word is that Jairus Byrd's asking price has scared some teams off. He's looking for more than $8 million per year, and may well get it.

 

And again, the Dolphins already tied up a loads of money on one of their safeties. Why would you question this move anyway? Don't you think they know what Clemons is worth to them and how he played? They obviously wanted to move on because he's looking for more than they're willing to pay him. And they should know if he's worth that money, shouldn't they?