Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
It is. And I want to note that I dropped an “lol” in my original post hoping to soften my tone. As I mentioned, sometimes you’ve just gotta pay guys, positional value be damned, and figure the rest out as you go..
It’s just funny commentary on team building philosophy.
… and I won’t lie and say that I wouldn’t feel a lot more comfortable if our largest cap hits were going to LT, CB, etc. instead. After all, it is generally much easier to find a serviceable RG than a LT.
I’m also preemptively grieving this whole Trey Smith contract. I really hope I’m proven wrong but this is just not how I would have handled this thing.
As some have pointed out (fairly) -- we do seem to have our WR position pretty well locked down for the next couple years at discount rates. That allows us to reallocate a bit to positions of lesser importance. And even when those extensions kick in, you can push the money out a year fairly easily.
So you're looking at 3 years before our WR room costs any real money. By then, virtually all these deals can be excised.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Sherwood signed an almost identical deal to Bolton about 3 hours after Bolton signed.
So cross him off Denver's list as well.
And I think it establishes pretty loudly what Bolton's market was. If Sherwood is worth 3/$45, Bolton is as well. And Bolton's probably worth more.
I just think we're working pretty hard to ignore his value in the running game. He's an awfully critical component of our improvements there. And he's still only 25 years old -- there's every reason to believe that he can continue to improve in play recognition and iron out some wrinkles in coverage.
His ceiling isn't super high but his floor is obvious.
Random late night thought after reading this.
The league seems to value LB's that are great pass protectors in a pass heavy league. Same with OT if you're a pass heavy team. Yet we're currently the opposite. Run-centric LB and a strong IOL when we're a pass heavy team. We've been zagging a lot recently, and yet we're still successful. Is that just because Mahomes and Andy are THAT magical that we can get away with it, or is there more proof in the pudding?
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