News: PFT: Mike McCarthy: Trades of Amari Cooper, La'el Collins were difficult decisions

MarionBarberThe4th

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Hard to wrap your arms around a team when they do stuff like this.


I’m sure they sold t shirts in the shop last year featuring ceedee and amari like “dangerous duo” or something ya know.

dak, zeke, tyron might be off the roster in 2023.
 

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Worthless article from a worthless site.
Fans been talking this all along on here, which is probably where they got the idea from for the article.
How many times have we seen that before.

It was going to be Cooper or Gallup , and we all knew that 2 years ago. Some hoped to retain both, but that was a long shot. And Cooper's production has slipped along with his nagging injuries.
Fans even said the past 2 years how he disappears on road games. We will see if it was the right choice, as Gallup has had his injuries also.

Gregory, unfortunate the way it happened, however I still say that was a blessing in disguise. Fans are funny, many that have wanted him gone for years, then blame Jerry once again, for Gregory leaving. So do you want him or not? Funny stuff. I liked Gregory, but it was time to move on. I felt the 5 years at that price was too high for a player that never played a full season without a suspension or injury. I got tired of his stupid offsides and many at horrible timing at critical times.

Collins, I think there is more behind the scenes on this one. Something we may not hear about for a long time. He has not played a lot of games the past few years. This one is a head scratcher of sorts though. I know he cleared a lot of future cap space, but when you can't get even a mid rounder for him. Something else is going on, and no team has been quick to sign him.
I seen where they think it could be lingering issues from his hip.
So he and Cooper was more about clearing cap room and was simply time to move on.

All blessings in disguise? As it will force them to go in a different direction with players. Something many been wanting, but yet they blame Jerry for this. As I said, funny stuff.

Hello sunshine my old friend
Can I start pumping you again

:laugh:
 

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Difficult decisions that he had nothing to do with......
 

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Mike, you didn't need to make that decision though

Your only decision during that meeting was to decide what burger joint you were going to after work
 

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The worst part of what McCarthy said is that the philosophy is to be a run-first team.

We better be drafting more OL, a dynamic RB and phasing out Elliott if that is true. Simple as that. But they probably will not since they still believe Elliott can play.
 

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Mike is like a pig in the slaughter house chute. So clueless about how he's about to get his head knocked off. Smh. I hate this front office so much so that I think imma get arrested for punching Stephen Jones at training camp in oxnard this year.
I would like this but I am on the Homeland Security Watch List . . . And if you do it I will then be an accomplice
 

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Worthless article from a worthless site.
Fans been talking this all along on here, which is probably where they got the idea from for the article.
How many times have we seen that before.

It was going to be Cooper or Gallup , and we all knew that 2 years ago. Some hoped to retain both, but that was a long shot. And Cooper's production has slipped along with his nagging injuries.
Fans even said the past 2 years how he disappears on road games. We will see if it was the right choice, as Gallup has had his injuries also.

Gregory, unfortunate the way it happened, however I still say that was a blessing in disguise. Fans are funny, many that have wanted him gone for years, then blame Jerry once again, for Gregory leaving. So do you want him or not? Funny stuff. I liked Gregory, but it was time to move on. I felt the 5 years at that price was too high for a player that never played a full season without a suspension or injury. I got tired of his stupid offsides and many at horrible timing at critical times.

Collins, I think there is more behind the scenes on this one. Something we may not hear about for a long time. He has not played a lot of games the past few years. This one is a head scratcher of sorts though. I know he cleared a lot of future cap space, but when you can't get even a mid rounder for him. Something else is going on, and no team has been quick to sign him.
I seen where they think it could be lingering issues from his hip.
So he and Cooper was more about clearing cap room and was simply time to move on.

All blessings in disguise? As it will force them to go in a different direction with players. Something many been wanting, but yet they blame Jerry for this. As I said, funny stuff.

Ya I enjoyed watching Amari play but when you see these young WRs turning 12 yd slants into 72 yd touchdowns while breaking three tackles to the end zone it's hard to look at Amari and say you want to pay him $20+ mil. Amari had a whopping 270yds after the catch this year which is dead last among WRs with 800+ yds this year. .

Gregory is a blessing in disguise. He IMO was overrated and fans are still looking at him as if he's a senior from Nebraska about to enter the draft. He isn't great against the run and his sack production has been meh. Those bone headed penalties can go with him. Nothing personal against him and I'm glad he has been able to make some money out of this long road of personal struggles. Good for him really.

And Collins has had nothing but strange circumstances around him every step of the way. He can take those strange happenings elsewhere. The only reason to keep him is if he had been dominant which he hasn't.
 

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The more things I read, the more this whole thing looks like a golden parachute for McCarthy. He got the Joneses to hire him and give him a head start on retirement contract. No matter how this goes, he wins financially. But he’s been neutered.

It’s disgusting because I think Mike’s a good football coach. These dudes are clowns. Sitting in on coaches meetings etc….I keep saying this but I hope we win a SB and Mike and company get all the credit.
 

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The stupidity, or self-delusion, of a significant portion of this fan base. Who cares what McCarthy says? :rolleyes:

Stop expecting to win anything. It's not going to happen as long as Jerry plays fantasy football with his kids.
Probably won't change when his dimwitted son takes over as well.
 

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Dude needs to resign before the Joneses total his career. Jerry will always find a shinier object to hold over his coach’s head.
 

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..here's the low down with MM. As history will have it. Dallas will make playoffs this year, when a game, then lose.

MM will be offered 5 yr extension. Show the Jones some Snake Oil in the middle of nowhere, they are buying.
 

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The more things I read, the more this whole thing looks like a golden parachute for McCarthy. He got the Joneses to hire him and give him a head start on retirement contract. No matter how this goes, he wins financially. But he’s been neutered.
Just another puppet of a different feather.
 

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Mike starting to look like Wade in fan’s eyes. Sad.

Only Jimmy and Bill ever gave the impression that it was their team to run how they saw fit.
It was more than an impression...Johnson and Parcells put their stamp on this team during their tenures as head coach.
 

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I agree. He didn’t have the best year and made a bone head move and missed some games for failing to appear for drug testing. But I would have kept him. He is quality enough. What needs to be changed is the O-Line coach. They need to fire this guy.

And also I am sick of them picking on some of these players that fail a drug test. Collins failed a test a few years ago for weed. He has been tested 10 times a month for the last 18 months. Passed all of them. The tests he missed were because the team was sending players home with covid related situations.

Totally agree about replacing Philbin. Nate fingered him as hamstringing the oline with his scheme. Too much *healthy* talent on the oline not to get better results.

If you've got the numbers right, Collins' suspension was just ridiculous. Stuff happens. Maybe it's traffic. Maybe he overslept. Maybe he had something going on and just forgot. I don't even call that a "bonehead" mistake. That kind of testing regime is simply abusive, and requires that his entire life revolve around taking NFL drug tests. F that.
 
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