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He visited but after talking to the coaching brain trust here decided he was “good”.

 

What's a full back

 

Rooney prob lowballed him to

 

The 49ers overpaid for him a 34 year old FB 2 years 8 million.

 

I hope the media has the guts to challenge him on that the next time he speaks at a press conference. Losing out on every decent quarterback is bad enough. Missing out on free agents at other positions that would have made this team better because they are waiting on Aaron Rodgers is incompetence.

 

None of this is good. They have all this cap room and he was one of the few players left who could have really helped the Steelers and they didn't get it done. Khan is doing a terrible job this offseason. After his failure to secure a starting receiver last year, it is becoming clear his approach does not work. If the 2025 Steelers suck, it may be time to move on from Khan.

 

Yet, they gave $150 million, and burned a 2nd, on a WR who's barely cracked 1000 yards 2 of the last 4 years. That's a little shocking to me.

 

That is not overpaying. Also, the Steelers have a great deal of cap room left. It doesn't do them any good sitting there unspent. That offense is missing a fullback and he was a perfect fit because he is so versatile. I don't know what the hell they are doing, but it isn't good.

 

This is not the year for QB either through free agency or draft. When the top choice is Darnold, a guy who will be on his fifth team in eight years, it is wise not to make any knee jerk decisions. I think Mason can manage this team for a year and take us into the playoffs with the talents around him. Take a flyer of a guy like Howard in the draft this year. Next year draft will be better for QB

 

I don't fully agree with that, but it is fair. The problem is they tried and failed and it took so long that they missed out on players at other positions who would have helped. They could have added more on the defensive line. There were some quality guards available. The team is woefully thin on both lines right now. If they were going to settle for cheap options at quarterback, they needed to do more for the lines.

They could have done relatively cheap deals for guys like Juszczyk or Zeitler to help the offense. There were quite a few solid guards available, and most of them are gone. They have no depth at tackle, and they haven't addressed it. They are thinner on the defensive line, and they haven't addressed it. They still need a nickel cornerback and a running back. Oh yeah, they also still need a quarterback, even if it is someone like Winston to compete with Rudolph. All those needs aren't getting filled in the draft, especially with their second rounder gone. It's as if they made the one big splash with Metcalf, who was probably too expensive, and decided that was enough.

 

And CB. If they do take someone like Howard in the 3rd, they will have added ONE position player before the 4th round. I think they're going to grossly overpay Rodgers and TJ.

 

I don't think they are getting Rodgers. If they got Rodgers, at least some of this could have been defensible. Not getting a viable starter at quarterback or help elsewhere is inexcusable.

 

Oh, I agree they F'd up. I think signing Rodgers will become a big CYOA exercise and they'll have plenty of cap space to give him since all they've done is overpay for a WR.

 

Which begs the question... how much are they planning on giving Rodgers?

 

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Sources: The Falcons officially will be keeping QB Kirk Cousins on their roster past 4 PM eastern today, triggering a guarantee on a $10M roster bonus that is due in 2026, sources told ESPN’s Field Yates and me.

 

It would be overpaying because Arthur Smith would barely use him, and at 34 years old I doubt he would play special teams.

 

Atlanta trying to buy more time to find a trade partner for Cousins, if they do end up trading him they will probably have to eat part of his salary.

 

It was explained in one thread the amount of CAP you have to spend, and that which you can roll over. Understanding that it is the players money, their piece of the pie so to speak. What is hard to understand is finally having a very low dead cap, and not spending to fill holes that are on both O and D. Not even talking about high value signings, letting Herbig walk and not filling an already sparse Oline? The D line? Are they going to give TJ some enormous amount, probably. Is the draft to build, certainly, but you are not going to get what you need in this one draft, especially depth and rotational players. QB is the major miss, was Fields the answer long term, probably not, but Aaron is not either. Perhaps there is some genious long term vision, but damn make your move. If it's lets go all in for a huge payout for a year, then do it, if it's build a core and seek a future QB through draft(s), then make the moves necessary. This is very strange in the approach.

 

I guess you didn’t pay attention to Arthur Smith as an offensive coordinator. He prefers using a fullback. He just didn’t have one last season.

 

Becton to the Chargers for 2 years, $20 million. He would have been an excellent fit for a very thin offensive line, but the Steelers are sitting on their hands.

 

The same Smith that supposedly loves the TE yet doesn't use Washington more in the passing game especially in the redzone .

 

That’s because Washington isn’t a good receiver .