WFT Free Agency

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

I voted B on our FA after 3 additions.
Because all the signings we made makes absolute perfect sense and the team is improved.
But the gaping hole at LB worries me, and I really don't see what was wrong with giving KPL 3.5M/yr.

I see your concern. However, the same thing was being said after they let Darby walk and didn't match the offer he got. Soon after that we have Jackson III.

Being former LBs, I'm sure they have Plans A - C for how to address the LB position before the 2021 season begins.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I love the Samuel signing as long as he is in the slot.

Yep. Still need an outside WR opposite McLaurin. Maybe that will be Gandy-Golden, Sims, or Harmon...

This would be nice:

Rashod Bateman - 4.39
Curtis Samuel - 4.31
Terry McLaurin - 4.35

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I love the Samuel signing as long as he is in the slot.

He'll be everywhere. He is one of the more versatile players in the league.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I see your concern. However, the same thing was being said after they let Darby walk and didn't match the offer he got. Soon after that we have Jackson III.

Being former LBs, I'm sure they have Plans A - C for how to address the LB position before the 2021 season begins.

That's a quite fair point. But I the past few seasons proved us it might not be that easy to find 2 quality LBs, we only have one currently on the roster.

Not saying I don't think they'll find a solution. Just saying as of now our FA is not an A without a start of solution at the weakest position on our roster.

[SunnySide]

https://www.profootballrumors.com/20...hard-higgins-2

Rashard Higgins back to Cleveland. That was one guy I liked as fall back if we didnt land Samuels.

No Jayon Brown, no Rashard Higgins ... oh well.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I love the Samuel signing as long as he is in the slot.

He’s play outside and slot...him in motion to get single match ups, flooding zones or carrying the ball on sweeps is his best use.

Speed and his versatility is what got him here

[Number44]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

I voted B on our FA after 3 additions.
Because all the signings we made makes absolute perfect sense and the team is improved.
But the gaping hole at LB worries me, and I really don't see what was wrong with giving KPL 3.5M/yr.

Understood, but the poll reads "so far" and to me, that makes it an A. Hard to expect a better start to FA than they've achieved, IMO. I'm confident that they have a plan for LB.


*Edit - I see Chief already made pretty much the same comment. Sorry, didn't read page 13 before responding.

[Schneed10]

Samuel will move all over the place. Backfield, slot, outside, he'll be motioned all over. We're not going to snap the ball in too many formations where we have two WRs flanked out wide. They may start there, but the ball won't be snapped in that formation.

I'd have my eye on Cam and Kelvin Harmon to battle it out for the #3 role, playing mostly on the outside in 3WR sets. I like Harmon's chances, good player who may still develop some more, so long as that knee allows.

Or the #3 may come by way of the draft. Pretty deep class. But Steven Sims can GTFO.

[MTK]

Steve Sims who?

He was such a disappointment last year.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Samuel will move all over the place. Backfield, slot, outside, he'll be motioned all over. We're not going to snap the ball in too many formations where we have two WRs flanked out wide. They may start there, but the ball won't be snapped in that formation.

I'd have my eye on Cam and Kelvin Harmon to battle it out for the #3 role, playing mostly on the outside in 3WR sets. I like Harmon's chances, good player who may still develop some more, so long as that knee allows.

Or the #3 may come by way of the draft. Pretty deep class. But Steven Sims can GTFO.

YEP!

He's shown flashes, but overall he's been a disappointment. I cringe every time he's back returning punts, and he seems to have acquired a case of the dropsies on offense too. With Samuel in the fold, it's hard to imagine a place for Sims Jr on the roster.

[Number44]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

https://www.profootballrumors.com/20...hard-higgins-2

Rashard Higgins back to Cleveland. That was one guy I liked as fall back if we didnt land Samuels.

No Jayon Brown, no Rashard Higgins ... oh well.

Brown's resigning with the Titans surprised me. Teams in the NFL must be really worried that he may not get back to what he was pre-injury. He got much less than I thought he would.

[SunnySide]

Originally Posted by Number44

Brown's resigning with the Titans surprised me. Teams in the NFL must be really worried that he may not get back to what he was pre-injury. He got much less than I thought he would.

Article after article had him really liking the Titans organization and teammates .. plus that injury probably reduced his market a bit, he was given a full medical clearance ..

This way he gets about 5m, can ball out for 1 year and hit FA next year > FA this year anyway

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by MTK

Steve Sims who?

He was such a disappointment last year.

Yes, but he played very well in 2019. I thought he could make the next step up in 2020 but he seemed to lack the speed and explosion he had the previous season. At this point, I have no idea what to expect from him going forward.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

I voted B on our FA after 3 additions.
Because all the signings we made makes absolute perfect sense and the team is improved.
But the gaping hole at LB worries me, and I really don't see what was wrong with giving KPL 3.5M/yr.

Wrong way to think about it though. We know free agency isn't finished, not by a long shot. Dudes will keep signing for the next month. A week will go by and then we'll add somebody. Another week will go by and we'll add someone else.

So when you grade the moves so far, you have to do just that, grade the ones we've made so far. For the rest of the openings all you can do is give an incomplete - aka leave them out of your thinking.

When we get to June then you can grade it as a concluded thing, with omissions factored.

It's a definite A on the three guys they've added. Yeah we still need LBs but I assume that's coming in the next few weeks. Only if they fail to address it will I take umbrage.

[AnonEmouse]

Pie in the sky I know, but Philip Lindsay is an FA now. Can't help wondering what options having him and AG in the backfield would offer.