Joey007
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Paycut hopefully.Hightower might have to go.
Still not bad player. Just not what he once was.
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Yea I'd definitely welcome him back at a reduced cost.Paycut hopefully.
Still not bad player. Just not what he once was.
Hightower might have to go.
Especially in this offense.If he’s gone, then we need to sign a vet TE as well. Rookie TE’s almost never produce immediately.
Cutting Hightower is still a $5 million dollar cap hit, saves us $2m
I think upgrading the D line is imperative. Maybe even double dip in the draft. Chung looks like he may be slowing down some. I’d love to see speed in the LB core but that doesn’t seem to be BB’s priority and I’m not going to question him.
On O, the offensive line is solid. The RBs are young. It’s the WR and TE that need to be addressed and infused.
Defense: Van Noy, Flowers, Claiborne, Gilmore, McCourty (the good one), Hightower. That right now is the core.
Offense: Brady until the wheels completely fall off. Edelman, Gordon, White, Michel, Berkead.
Gronk's done imo. You know when a guy just has that killer instinct to win at all costs. He looked utterly defeated. He's done.
He’s pretty bad. He’s eating off of one good game against Chaz Green, last season.Clayborn is an overpaid, underperforming stiff. I can’t imagine he is a part of the future, even if he somehow manages to avoid being cut before opening day in September. He’s been absolutely awful and has a 6M cap hit next year. He has got to go.
Do we think Obi has the ability to grow into Chungs role or do we look to the draft?
Agree completely on offense
He pulled a Steve Martin during the game today losing contain and just jogged after Samuels. They showed a close up of this on a replay. I would be shocked if he's not cut during the off season.Clayborn is an overpaid, underperforming stiff. I can’t imagine he is a part of the future, even if he somehow manages to avoid being cut before opening day in September. He’s been absolutely awful and has a 6M cap hit next year. He has got to go.
With Gronk I’d say basically ask him to either take a big pay cut or he will be cut. Would love to have him around if he did take a cut.
Like which young players are the ones we need to build around? Which ones are not?
Seems to be very few blue chip players on this team.
Gilmore, Flowers, Mason definitely. Maybe Gordon, maybe Wise, maybe Michel. There are others that are serviceable but not building blocks. There are probably others who will turn into good players and I may be forgetting people, but hard to think of anyone else
Looking back to 2009, here were some of the players that were let go/left/not re-signed: Junior Seau, Benjamin Watson, Jarvis Green, Adalius Thomas, and Shawn Springs.
It actually wasn't the huge house cleaning that I thought it was, but who we added through the draft was more important than who we cut. So instead of my initial idea of blowing it up completely, I'll go with key players who should be cut, assuming that we can win with those who are left plus free agents, and a solid draft.
Offense: Hogan, Dorsett (since he's not being used much), Brown
Defense: Clayborn, Shelton, J. McCourty, E. Roberts, Brown
Restructure: Gronk, D. McCourty, Hightower
I'm on the fence about guys like Chung and Patterson, who contribute enough to be valuable. I'd only move on if there was an obvious option as a replacement out there.
Then again, I'm no GM, and I'm mostly talking out of my ass. That's just what my untrained eyes see.