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HA! How about Jimmy G to Tampa to back up Brady? I assume that SF would not eat enough salary to make it happen (and I assume they could eat part or all of the contract, but I have no usefuly salary cap skills beyond basic arithmetic)
Yeah, I mean - he clearly has value & Seattle currently has only Lock.
A lot of chatter, that they may have to give up a pick to deal Mayfield, because teams are 100% certain they'll never keep him, and would rather sign Mayfield to their own contract than pay 18 million. Could just be chatter though, it often is this time of year.
They don't save any money by cutting him, so they may as well keep him. That's why they have to trade him.
I wouldn't put that stupidity past the Browns.
Well those guys were available- Baker wasn’t at the time for Pittsburgh and the Falcons are likely drafting a QB so why trade for Baker?
No chance for Atlanta. They didn’t sign MM just to trade for Baker.
mariotta getting a second chance isn’t surprising. Especially in Atlanta. Otherwise Agreed. Seattle should be interested imo.
Huh. Hadn't thought about the Dorsey connection. Seems like if he took Mayfield first, he might still have confirmation bias towards him. Interesting. I thought, however, that the Mayfield decision was analytics-driven rather than typical scouting. His completion comps and other stats were through the roof, and Cleveland was using PFF-style statistics in their methodology of selecting players.
I think the way it plays out is the Browns eat a large portion of his contract to make it easy to take on his salary and get one mid/late pick this year with a conditional pick next year.
I'm not sure why an interview would carry so much weight. If I were in charge, I would use analytics and film study like Chris Simms does. A reminder about Simms' 2018 ratings:
It's hard to plan your draft a year in advance, but the 2023 QB class might be very good. Some teams might be better off taking BPA in 2022 and hoping to get a high draft selection in 2023.
That is the issue, isn't it?
Not really.
I don't think that anyone, in any situation, would argue against taking the BPA, though.
Its a Catch22 as far as taking BPA.
Indeed. If you improve too much and are looking toward the next year, you're still not in the running for a top QB.
I think you're right. Or at least a quick glance sort of gives one that impression.
I really hadn't thought about them. Glad you pointed it out upthread.
Goff and Baker seem to be basically the same QB - good enough to win with a good supporting cast, but not quite good enough to carry a team. Detroit isn't trading for Baker. They have their stop gap already and will look to find a franchise QB in this draft or the next.
Baker is a better QB by most measurements, but I concede your point. They probably do have their stop-gap guy.
That's debate-able (although I agree) but not really the point. There's no reason to pursue a slightly better option at the cost of (any) draft pick when you have basically the same guy already on your roster - especially when a team is rebuilding.
Don't know enough about Goff but Dorsey, the guy who took Baker number-one overall is in Detroit.
I might be delusional but think Baker still could be good enough to carry a team. Goff isn’t.
I like the way you break it down but let's unpack "not really" vs I will say "really"
No. Goodell isn't basing his suspension on the Browns situation if they indeed hold on to Mayfield as a QB. Let me get this straight: You're saying media and public pressure will lead Goodell to retract a suspension levied and then add time because of the optics of the Mayfield situation.
Chris Simms is smoking too many tweeds. Better arm talent doesn't make a better QB.
1. They only way the Browns can/will trade Mayfield is if they eat a large portion of his salary so the difference between his entire salary and what they will eat isn't that big.
The 'word' Seattle has been putting out is they are all-in on Lock which I find hard to believe so I agree Seattle is viable but Detroit seems 'the-best' fit to me.
I think Pete was saying "All in on Lock" is the new name of his garage band.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bugs-bunnys-no
And the worst would be?
$15 million? Jameis Winston just got $28 million with $21 million guaranteed. The market is what the market is and $15 is about half of what veteran starting NFL QBs make.
