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[Love The Drake]

Bourne is pretty excited

I don’t care what Bourne thinks he’s playing for a roster spot.
He’s not a automatic top 3 guy anymore.

 

[manxman2601]

I don’t care what Bourne thinks he’s playing for a roster spot.
He’s not a automatic top 3 guy anymore.

He knows the McDaniels system though.

 

[Toofy]

What free agent FBs are available?
Also can we trade Stevenson?
Maybe a third?

No way you can trade him... He is not even worth 3 million aav on current performance.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

I don’t care what Bourne thinks he’s playing for a roster spot.
He’s not a automatic top 3 guy anymore.

We’ll see. 2021 was a long time ago. But even with bob in 23 he was looking really good pre injury. Unless we do land multiple legit wr upgrades he could have a role here

 

[Love The Drake]

No way you can trade him... He is not even worth 3 million aav on current performance.

Some team will get a devastating injury to a running back In camp and he’s easily a fourth rounder.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s traded on draft day.
Same with Dugger, Wise, Godchaux

 

[bakes781]

Just resharing this.

Good stuff.

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[signbabybrady]

He knows the McDaniels system though.

At a minimum that gives him a lot of value in camp and certainly a little bit of a head start on that last roster spot or 2.

 

[bakes781]

Geez u have fast fingers lol

 

[Ross12]

He knows the McDaniels system though.

He had a pretty good year at the time also. Bourne isn’t quite what he used to be but this helps him.

Probably also a good change for Stevenson. Hunter Henry also has experience. Obviously David Andrews and Mike Onwenu are well-versed. So they have a number of starters who are trained in it and can help bring their peers along.

Makes me wonder if they should invest in someone like Jimmy G as a backup next year who has more experience in the system than Brissett.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

And on the defensive side:

 

[Lagaffe_07]

 

[Love The Drake]

And on the defensive side:

Let’s go.

 

[Ross12]

And on the defensive side:

McDaniels, Williams and Springer are a pretty solid trio of coordinators IMO

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

No joke, i was thinking this as i hit reply. Youre starting to scare me! ( tho you do seem like a highly intelligent individual )

 

[bakes781]

And on the defensive side:

Being right on 1 out of 2 ain't bad lol

 

[bakes781]

No joke, i was thinking this as i hit reply. Youre starting to scare me! ( tho you do seem like a highly intelligent individual )

And yet I'm wasting it here lol

 

[Lagaffe_07]

 

[manxman2601]

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[Toofy]

Who is the Oline coach. Not many good coaches out there ?

 

[upstater1]

The WRs did just fine in 2021. Guys like Jacobi Meyers and Kendrick Bourne did just fine. WRs not being able to develop is more of a Brady thing than a McDaniels thing. Brady had no patience for dumb mistakes, which will happen with young WRs.

While all this might be true about Brady, I will note that no rookie who Brady despised ended up going to another team and making anything of himself. Not Bethel, not Chad Jackson, not Dobson, not Boyce, not Harry, not even Tate who had a cup of tea with the Texans.

Yet, Givens, Branch and Mitchell co-existed just fine with Brady.

So, even if it's true that Brady was too exacting with rookies, an equally strong case could be made that Brady meshed well with the rookies who actually could play WR in the NFL.