Also...i say this alot but amazing how that 2017 draft basically saved this team. Watt, Juju, Sutton(getting better and better), and Conner. Especially since we lost Bell and Brown. I dont think we even trade up for Bush let alone trade for Fitz if not for that draft. Would have just went full rebuild.
And Mason in 2018 draft replacing Ben. Add Minkah to that class. With JW, Samuels, and Edmunds(really need him to develop...good news is hes smart enough to do it unlike some others i wont name). And the fact Bush is already playing this well. I can see Colbert deciding to add a WR for this year. If we lost last night then no...season was a wrap. But we are right in this. And the fact we have to release Moncrief to get our 3rd round comp pick back....makes it even more of an easy decision to trade for a rental.
Even if its a 2021 pick...so be it. Can worry about adding picks back later on. Like I said...with Ben...Hodges...and whatever other players we dont plan on keeping. I think Colbert got started on this train and hes gonna stay on it now. While Diontae Johnson is doing good for a rookie...hes a rookie. They are too inconsistent. Esespecially come playoff time(ive already mentioned a thousand times how unlucky we got having AB/Sanders as rookies in the SB against the Packers). I keep saying Emmanuel Sanders is the guy we willl trade for. Hes been here. He mentioned last year he would like to come back. And now we have a trade history with the Broncos(trading up for Bush) ...but they just won 2 in a row. Another Id love is Golden Tate. Who was traded at last year's deadline... But I cant see Giants moving him with the anount of injuries they have already and wanting Daniel Jones to develop. But give them a good offer and you never know.
Or give the Skins Tomlin for Terry McLaurin lol. I said i dont trust rookie WRs but id make an exception for him. And they wouldn't have to give us a first(Gruden landed Raiders 2 firsts and 2 2nds). Obviously Not happening. But they are a team to look at...WR Paul Richardson is legit.
Either way...they need to be looking at adding a vet WR who can move the chains. Not worried about one who can go deep...too much is made out of that. Juju can do that...DJ can. Washington can. They keep trying it with Johnny Holton for some reason. Maybe by week 17 he will catch one. Give me a WR who can pick up first downs...who knows where that line is and doesnt stop short of it on his routes. Someone who can get the tough catches over the middle...while also getting open over the middle. Giving our young QBs another WR they can spot quickly, so they dont hang onto it too long.
Juju, trade(E. Sanders, Golden Tate, Paul Richardson), DJ, and Washington. How much better does that sound? This bye week Colbert really needs to be busy....we need to add a WR. Juju only getting 1 catch on 4 targets proved that. Conner was a beast last night and the main reason our offense did enough to win it(with the help of our D ....Which we needed in the Seattle/SF/Ravens games)
Our window is now after trading up for Bush and then Fitz. And with us needing to re-sign 2017 class soon while our Oline and Dline are getting up there while making over 10mil(guys like DeCastro, Tuitt, Heyward, Pouncey all over 10 mil a year). Yeah we dont have many picks next year but you can just keep moving up and trading picks from the year after. f*** it. Thats what going all in is. Build your team all around your core and the players on their rookie deals. Once we have to reup guys like Watt, Juju, Conner, we won't be able to sign guys like Steven Nelson anymore. Or have our Oline/Dline making that much money. So with the situation we are in...id go for it all. Trade at this deadline and trade back into first round for 2020 draft by giving up the 2021 first. Pats constantly made moves to win theirs.
Brown counting 20mil dead cap this year prevented us from adding a top FA. Ben will count 20mil dead cap if we move on from him next year so im curious what they do there. It would have to be a situation where Mason is clear cut franchise QB and we receive a early enough draft pick/player on rookie deal to help us next season for example where cap wouldn't matter
An interesting few years coming up. Getting that win last night was huge..and want to see what Colbert does going forward. And if they do have the guts to trade Tomlin to Skins(if they are for real about that)