Originally Posted by BakoSaint (Post 993927)

If Loomis completely changed virtually all of the philosophies that have dictated his decisions for the past decade or so that would also satisfy me. Occasionally I see glimmers of hope, like when you posted that Cam Jordan's restructure was much smaller than expected, which turned out to be a typo and you were equally supportive of the decision when it turned out to be another max restructure.

It's nothing personal with me and Loomis. I just disagree with 95% of his decisions and don't enjoy what I see as my team being led in absolutely the wrong direction, squandering the finals years of Brees career, driving away Sean Payton, and settling into mediocrity without Brees and Payton while assembling the oldest team in the league with the least cap space, youth, and draft picks to have upside to improve. Imagine if you had very clear thoughts on what decisions you thought the Saints should make and they did the opposite 95% of the time. I imagine you might express displeasure with the person making those decisions, if you had any independent mind of your own.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 993904)

Speaking of negativity ... I definitely see Carr as better than Russell Wilson, as well.

https://twitter.com/RosvoglouReport/...99349598425482

Originally Posted by rezburna (Post 993933)

I don’t agree with Carr being better. If anything they’re even, but Russ has better mobility and graded out better than Carr last year.

Originally Posted by BakoSaint (Post 993920)

If the options are:

A. Derek Carr

B. Russell Wilson

C. DeShaun Watson

Then much like Hepatitis, I would rather have A than B or C.

But to use this analogy I had to look up which Hepatitis is the least bad, and I would really rather have none of the above.

Unfortunately while Hepatitis A is the most transmissible according to my google search, Carr's contract makes him untradable unless we kick in a 1st round pick.

It is what it is with Carr. His contract is guaranteed so we have to see what we have. But I am not impressed with a season where he boosted his numbers against weak competition and the best opposing QBs he could beat were Mayfield, Tannehill, Minshew, and Young. But I think we need to approach the 2025 salary cap with the goal of having an offramp after Year 2 of the contract, just like the Broncos did with Wilson, and like the Browns wish they could with Watson.

I hope the Falcons end up with Russ Wilson, Mac Jones, Justin Fields, or perhaps Baker Mayfield, ie someone I dont think has much upside. But I don't think Carr has much upside either, I think he is what he is, I hope he proves me wrong but I am not will to go 'all in' to bet on him, I want the option of an offramp.

Originally Posted by rezburna (Post 993933)

I don’t agree with Carr being better. If anything they’re even, but Russ has better mobility and graded out better than Carr last year.

Originally Posted by BakoSaint (Post 993934)

Per PFF:

Derek Carr
2023: 77.2
2022:66.6
Average 22-23: 71.9

Russell Wilson
2023: 77.5
2022: 66.2
Average 22-23: 71.85

So over the past two years on average Carr has been 0.07% better.

Originally Posted by rezburna (Post 993933)

I don’t agree with Carr being better. If anything they’re even, but Russ has better mobility and graded out better than Carr last year.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 993939)

Consider the play calling last year. ;)

Carr had Carmichael. Russ had Payton.

I honestly think that Pete could make Tom Brady look more like Marsha Brady.

https://media0.giphy.com/media/H5x6O...=200w.gif&ct=g https://i.gifer.com/5kmQ.gif

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 993939)

Consider the play calling last year. ;)

Carr had Carmichael. Russ had Payton.

I honestly think that Pete could make Tom Brady look more like Marsha Brady.

https://media0.giphy.com/media/H5x6O...=200w.gif&ct=g https://i.gifer.com/5kmQ.gif

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 993012)

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 993919)

This is so true. The talent pool in the NFL is getting shallower by the year at certain positions.

https://twitter.com/greggrosenthal/s...21411184832915

Originally Posted by BakoSaint (Post 993930)

As evidenced by Derek Carr, Russell Wilson, and DeShaun Watson. Teams created cap space but did not find a quality player. They found a player another team discarded for non-financial reasons.

But it is easier to retain your own quality players such as Hendrickson, Williams, Elliss, Johnson, and Armstead if you have cap space.

In general I am not a big fan of high dollar free agents. It's best to retain your own when they are young, healthy, and productive but be able to move on when they are old, beat up, and declining.

It's best to replace aging/injured players internally which means needing a lot of draft picks, which means trading down more than trading up, trading current year picks at a premium more than trading future picks as a discount, and trading aging veterans for draft picks not draft picks for aging veterans. There can be times it makes sense to poach another teams player coming off their rookie contract at a good value in free agency, like Keenan Lewis who did not have a spot to start much on his first team or Demario Davis who was not the best fit on his first team. But in general the draft is the answer not free agency. And to build and retain through the draft you need more draft picks not less.