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One man's delusion is another's clear thinking.

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I had a dream about the Ricky Williams trade last night ! 🥺

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OK, I'm surprised you are surprised people are doubtful. Winston was drafted #1 over all then cast aside by a coach deemed the QB whisperer after just one season, after all those yards, and all those TD's. After being run out of town the best deal he got was a one year, 1 million $ deal with us. We did not sign him immediately this year so the rest of the league had their chances to make him a substantially bigger/longer deal than our 1 YEAR deal that we signed him on, but no one stepped up and did it. Not a lot of confidence by NFL execs, why should normal fans do as well?
Look, after initially hating his signing I myself find myself hopeful and optimistic Sean can work his magic, but I get the concern, and I can understand the doubt.

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Another way people might want to think of this is that next years first round pick is our insurance policy. Brees is gone, and guys like Winston and Hill are high risk high reward. We have major questions at CB, WR, TE, and we have some significant losses at LB, DL. Our oline has some key players with checkered injury histories. If we trade up for the next Maholmes then fine. But if we trade up for a rookie corner or online when we are not just one piece away, that one player cannot fix all our question marks, and with all those question marks, nobody knows what 2021 brings. With all our losses and salary cap issues, anyone who thinks that subtracting Brees, Sanders, Jenkins, Alexander, Hendrickson, etc gets us a Super Bowl this season if we add Surtain or Sewell is very very optimistic. On the other hand this could easily prove to be a rebuilding years. Winston could throw 30 INTs. Goodell could come down hard on Lattimore and opposing QBs average 300 yards against us. This is why its so important to keep our 2022 1st round pick. Anyone who is realistic knows 2021 is going to be unpredictable. Selling our insurance policy this year, of all years, to add anyone but a franchise QB, is dumb.

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Bruce Ariens foisted off the worst career years on the likes of Peyton Manning, Carson Palmer, Ben Rothlisburger, and even Brady until the last quarter of last season. The maturity that Winston has shown in taking a year to learn under Brees and to bet on himself with the Saints shows growth. It's clear that CSP deliberately kept Winston under wraps last year giving minimal new tape to evaluate with for the rest of the league. At the same time he got to see the dude in practice every day for a year.

My understanding is that the Bears offered him more money and years and he declined the offer. So, it's not like there was no interest.

It's OK to be skeptical. This is a new QB coming into a system that has run like clockwork for 15 years. But that's not what's happening here. It's a dismissive refusal to acknowledge that Winston could be a productive capable franchise QB in CSP's system. QBs on bad franchises always seem to get a bad rap. Look at Tannehill in Miami as an example. Put in a better system became a much more productive QB.

CSP, Loomis, and Ireland have built a consistent winning franchise. I'd rather trust their judgement on the draft and the QB situation than random internet dudes who seem to have an axe to grind.

SFIAH

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We’ve traded up 19 times since 2006, back once. Wouldn’t get my hopes up. I think If a corner they like falls they will do whatever they can to get him.

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Trading back isn't logical.

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