buybuydandavis
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I’m not a guy who favors intentional tanking. I think that injects a cultural cancer that’s hard to root out. We already have enough issues with this culture. Play hard every game., every play.
But...Seriously, we aren’t winning the NFC Least this year. So why not try to win every game while also seeing what you have in some of these guys?
Here are the guys IMO we don’t need to see anymore because they steal reps from young guys that could develop:
- Bradlee Anae
- Reggie Robinson
- Eli Ankou- worth a 7th round pick, let’s see a lot of him right now.
- Neville Gallimore
- All three backup QBs- The Nooch, Gilbert and Rush (in that order) Are any of the three a backup worth keeping? Or developing for a trade?
- Joe Thomas- not a rookie but still worth more reps. (Instead of Sean Lee)
- Some of the guys from the practice squad. Too many to mention
- Fortunately, we’re already getting good reps for Diggs, and Lamb.
- Get more reps for Cedric Wilson and Noah Brown. They seem to be developing. Maybe one or both could develop to be a future starter here or to make a trade for a future pick, which would be a long shot.
To me, playing the youngsters to see what can be developed or not, is what can make the rest of this dumpster fire of a season more fun. Please no more guys that aren’t the future.
- Ty Crawford- he’s pathetic. He’s getting road graded weekly. Cut him or bench him.
- Sean Lee- hate to say, because I have great respect for him, but he’s the past, not the future.
- Andy Dalton- Since we aren’t in a realistic playoff hunt anymore, why waste reps on a guy that won’t be here next year and doesn’t help us get better? He’s a decent backup. Which would be great for a contender. We’re not a contender anymore.
Put guys on the field to play for the future, but have everyone play to win.
Keep enough vets on the field so that we can be competitive. Players don't develop if the whole squad is just being crushed.
Crawford is done and has no future here or elsewhere. Just cut him and play young guys.
Dalton is one of those vets to play to let the unit function so everyone can improve.
Playing him can boost the comp pick we get for him. That's the other reason to play a vet.
Dalton is a QB. If he can look like a starter, we're talking high salary translating into a good comp pick. That's a significant benefit over getting experience for some PS level player.
The biggest plus of Lee may be getting Jaylon off the field so his injury guarantees for the next two years don't kick in. That would be the worst.
Lee should help get the defense functional.
Possible we get some kind of comp pick out of him? I doubt Lee could attract much attention in free agency for a decent comp pick.
It's tough, but we probably should play someone younger if we can find them. 35 next year. Good chance he just retires.