Stafford in WFT Plans? He’s Available

You trade DL ALL DAY for a QB., Not even close

Fine, but no Sweat or Young. We'd still have Matty I if we shipped off Payne or Allen.

AR would never come here. SF is where he would go. He has always wanted to be a 49er.

I hear what youre saying .. as fans we think "were close" based on a scintilla of positive news, see going 7-9 in a historically bad NFCE.

But .. I think you need to define "close". Close to what? Challenging the Chiefs as an NFL perennial powerhouse? no we arent that, not even close.

Challenging for the NFCE the next 3 years? Yes, I think we are close to that given the current state of affairs around the NFCE. My belief is you need to make the playoffs to win the playoffs. The more times were in the playoffs, the chances we make a run increases.

if we can make the playoffs 3 out of the next 5 years, that is worth spending draft capital. This team has a 5 year window to perennially win the NFCE. Weve been "waiting" and saving cap money and draft picks .. at some point you have to go all in.

The time is now.
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OK -- lol just saw your A-Aron post. we can dream.

You make a very good point about winning our weak division giving us a chance to make a playoff run. I'll have to chew on that thought for a while.

I'd rather draft a QB. But at 19, I don't see us getting 1 of the big 4. I go back and forth on Mac Jones and he might be gone too. Will probably take just as much capital or more to trade up than to get Stafford. Risky game to wait to the draft to fix the QB issue.

Agreed. Another thing people forget is that if you have a Watson/Stafford/Dak at QB, you don't need to have a defense that carries your team.

Not saying you are advocating this approach, but this is a terrible idea.

Even Mahomes needed a competent defense to win a title last year.

Neglecting any area of the team in favor of the "stud qb wins titles" approach would be a bad idea.

Defense won for Tampa Bay yesterday...They bailed out Brady’s turnovers and TB pass rush was a monster.

Defense won for Tampa Bay yesterday...They bailed out Brady’s turnovers and TB pass rush was a monster.

Yeah first half was Brady and 2nd half was his Defense for sure.

Tampa can beat KC because they have the speed for it

We're not going to be able to retain the entire DL down the road. So if you can trade one now (anyone not named Young) for a stud QB go for it.

That Tampa defense is no bullshit...super physical. Devin White and JPP and Shaw Barrett...JFC. That interior with Suh. They aren’t there to fuck around. That pressured Rodgers...especially in the second half

We're not going to be able to retain the entire DL down the road. So if you can trade one now (anyone not named Young) for a stud QB go for it.

Settle has played well enough to replace one of the interior guys.