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[quote=Skinny Tee;532282]Well if they say they have Kool-Aid available at the offseason parade, just don't drink it. :)[/quote]

I drank a gallon of the blue stuff on Friday, was that a BAD idea???
:food-smil

Re: Room for disappointment in FA?
 

i think everyone should take a deep breath .. we got AH because we can afford it .. 90,000 seats - sold out - we have the money .. think back a month ago .. money aside, would you have not been happy with getting AH, Dockery , Hall .. have teh ability to make a strong draft happen with a OT or LB .. i mean we were close last year .. this team will be a force on the D .. depth ?? we have depth .. do teams have 8 DE's that are pro bowlers ?? i must have missed that .. more turnovers created by AH .. Hall WILL HAVE AT LEAST 8 picks ... Offense will have a short field .. JC will have a second year to build on the WCO .. RELAX !!!!!!!!! BE HAPPY WE HAVE MONEY !!!

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[quote=DCtoAZ;532284]i think everyone should take a deep breath .. we got AH because we can afford it .. 90,000 seats - sold out - we have the money .. think back a month ago .. money aside, would you have not been happy with getting AH, Dockery , Hall .. have teh ability to make a strong draft happen with a OT or LB .. i mean we were close last year .. this team will be a force on the D .. depth ?? we have depth .. do teams have 8 DE's that are pro bowlers ?? i must have missed that .. more turnovers created by AH .. Hall WILL HAVE AT LEAST 8 picks ... Offense will have a short field .. JC will have a second year to build on the WCO .. RELAX !!!!!!!!! BE HAPPY WE HAVE MONEY !!![/quote]
:laughing- [B]HAD [/B]money. Great post.

Re: Room for disappointment in FA?
 

[quote=DCtoAZ;532284]i think everyone should take a deep breath .. we got AH because we can afford it .. 90,000 seats - sold out - we have the money .. think back a month ago .. money aside, would you have not been happy with getting AH, Dockery , Hall .. have teh ability to make a strong draft happen with a OT or LB .. i mean we were close last year .. this team will be a force on the D .. depth ?? we have depth .. do teams have 8 DE's that are pro bowlers ?? i must have missed that .. more turnovers created by AH .. Hall WILL HAVE AT LEAST 8 picks ... Offense will have a short field .. JC will have a second year to build on the WCO .. RELAX !!!!!!!!! BE HAPPY WE HAVE MONEY !!![/quote]

You're drawing conclusions based on what AH did with Tennessee's personnel. How is that going to relate to the new players he's with on our team. Me, myself, I don't know how he's going to perform with our players but everyone else seems to have a special predicting crystal ball that I don't.

And since you're already making predictions can you also predict what this Tuesday's Mega Millions numbers are going to be?...I want to see if it's really true that boatloads of money will really impair someone's football judgement.

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[quote=Skinny Tee;532295]You're drawing conclusions based on what AH did with Tennessee's personnel. [B]How is that going to relate to the new players he's with on our team.[/B] Me, myself, I don't know how he's going to perform with our players but everyone else seems to have a special predicting crystal ball that I don't.

And since you're already making predictions can you also predict what this Tuesday's Mega Millions numbers are going to be?...I want to see if it's really true that boatloads of money will really impair someone's football judgement.[/quote]

22-34-6-47-12-8;) Maybe he'll be better with the Skins. Nobody really knows. But we are going to find out. I hope he works out.

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As far as big AL ,,, if he dominates the line of scrimmage like D. Gardener did for us a few years ago ,,, we will be better . I would like to see us find a DE that could start or atleast get some consistant pressure on the qb < Maybe J. Taylor has one more big year ? > . If we are lucky to find a DE and LB this draft ,,, we should be very stout .

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[B]Quote:
Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat View Post
I think we can bring washington back at close to the vet minimum and the stay put at 13 and draft the best OT available. in the 3rd round we can probably pick up a starting quality LB since this draft is ridiculously deep at LB. id then use our 5th and 6th round picks on a running back and offensive lineman.

Ok...Now you're just F****ing with me. [/B]

Hey 53. I actually had Marcus in mind when I started this thread. I tend to think the FO will want to really solidify the o-line this year w/ Samuels aging and suffering the injury last year and Jansen/Heyer as our only two other real NFL tackles. (I'm guessing we take any one of the top 4 OTs left @ 13) So LB will probably not be addressed until the 3rd round and we need someone who can step right into the system. Bringing Marcus back makes sense to me but who knows if either side would go for it.

... one thing i don't understand is why we continued to play Marcus @ SLB where he got stuck in coverage way more that Rocky it seemed and coverage is now his real downside w/ the hip/hamstrings. I think we'd see better success if the two had swapped and maybe Marcus would have been less prone to injury. Who knows...
but i would like to see him back.

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[quote=The Goat;532301][B]Quote:
Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat View Post
I think we can bring washington back at close to the vet minimum and the stay put at 13 and draft the best OT available. in the 3rd round we can probably pick up a starting quality LB since this draft is ridiculously deep at LB. id then use our 5th and 6th round picks on a running back and offensive lineman.

Ok...Now you're just F****ing with me. [/B]

Hey 53. I actually had Marcus in mind when I started this thread. I tend to think the FO will want to really solidify the o-line this year w/ Samuels aging and suffering the injury last year and Jansen/Heyer as our only two other real NFL tackles. (I'm guessing we take any one of the top 4 OTs left @ 13) So LB will probably not be addressed until the 3rd round and we need someone who can step right into the system. Bringing Marcus back makes sense to me but who knows if either side would go for it.

... one thing i don't understand is why we continued to play Marcus @ SLB where he got stuck in coverage way more that Rocky it seemed and coverage is now his real downside w/ the hip/hamstrings. I think we'd see better success if the two had swapped and maybe Marcus would have been less prone to injury. Who knows...
but i would like to see him back.[/quote]

I agree and think it would make sense. I don't know if he would come back or not. I have a feeling the Saints will be giving him a call.

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[quote=Skinny Tee;532203][B]I like this thread because it provides the counter point to the people who are head over heels with the Haynesworth signing.[/B] Although our free agent pickups were huge they were not many and we're still in the same thin depth position that we were last season.

If we suffer even minor injuries we go down hard like we did last season after going 6-2. People get so caught up in the celebration frenzy that they don't see the macro problems we'll face down the road because the fact is our depth is still terrible.

Haynesworth's contract could have yielded at least 3 or 4 above average players at needed positions. Depth was a major liability for us last year. Signing multiple players at our needed positions in addition to the draft would have improved that liability going into the approaching season.[/quote]

I don't think there's a fan who is completely head over heels about the Haynesworth signing. The price paid for him is really high and the team took a huge risk. But that's water over the bridge right now, and the team needs to work with what they have. I think the FO has not completely addressed the offensive line and I do hope that's their focus in the draft.

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I hate to harp on this but the Giants just got 3 excellent players for what we paid for one and could have filled 3 holes (sounds dirty :) with them)

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;532316]I hate to harp on this but the Giants just got 3 excellent players for what we paid for one and could have filled 3 holes (sounds dirty :) with them)[/quote]

I'm glad some sense is being restored to the board. :) I couldn't agree more.

We've gambled enough with our shallow depth in the past that Haynesworth had to be someone else's solitary gamble, not ours. We can't afford to sacrifice our depth, draft picks and multiple free agents, for a gamble on a sole player.


I know I have to suck it up because the trigger has been pulled but I'd still like to gripe so the record can reflect my dissension. :)

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Ok then, we'll lose those two games to the Giants, end of discussion.

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;532316]I hate to harp on this but the Giants just got 3 excellent players for what we paid for one and could have [B]filled 3 holes (sounds dirty :) with them)[/B][/quote]

:laughing-

Boley doesn't really scare me. I thought he might be someone we should look at but when I did some checking he's extremely light (about 220lb) for a LB. Portis or Betts will mop the f'ing turf w/ his jersey.

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[quote=Ruhskins;532324]Ok then, we'll lose those two games to the Giants, end of discussion.[/quote]

Dude that's not cool.

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[quote=The Goat;532327]Dude that's not cool.[/quote]

I know it is not, but all these people repeatedly keep talking about the Giants' defensive are going to destroy us, so I didn't know what else to say. I mean is not like we can give back Haynesworth, get our money back and sign an entire offensive line to counter the Giants.