On his softness, I'm pretty sure I know why. Otherwise you can't sign a CB that avoids tackling.
I thought the Dak threads were bad when we signed Andy Dalton.
This is how we find ourselves paying more for our guys by waiting. Either sign him or trade him but we know the deal. They are not gonna let him go so just sign him and get it over with.
You’d use it on what lol? You guys blindly say this as if you can use it on a better player…..
That’s typically how it is around the league. You aren’t getting a guy under 25 to take a pay cut lol.
They can. Because before any of them have any meaningfully large cap hit, Tyron Smith and DLaw probably won't be on the team. For example, Parsons won't have a large cap hit until 2026. Maybe 2027.
It will likely add around $5M and perhaps as much as $6M this year. $25M SB split over 5 years is $5M in this year. Alexander's SB was $30M. These agents love to shoot for the top.
Yep, the problem isn't paying the top talent, it's trying to tie down the second tier ....if those players are motivated by money (and why shouldn't they be) they are the ones likely to hit FA (Steele, Biadasz).
It's possibly a fear of once bitten twice shy, the way: DLaw, Zeke and even Tyron were paid top dollar and failed to live up to the contracts (granted injuries can't be accounted for).
Even with the injuries Tyron lived up to his contract and then some. He signed an 8 year deal before the 2014 season. During the life of that contract he had 4 All Pro seasons (two 1st team and two 2nd team), 7 pro bowl seasons and was selected to the all decade team. We can only hope the Diggs deal will be as horrible as that one...
We tagged Tank for 2 years in a row before he got that contract.
I agree to most of the post, but I would add that it shouldn't necessarily just be between Diggs and another top corner. What other impact piece can you get for the money you would have paid Diggs?
Totally agree. If it were up to me I'm definitely signing Diggs but if he were currently a free agent and this were the first week of free agency and we could get a top 3 tech or some other player we think could help the team more I wouldn't have a problem with that. My issue is more when we are giving older guys that are starting the downturn in their career that 2nd big contract not the 1st big one. I'm of the mind set that there is always a player out there to spend your money on. But Diggs is only 24 and already shown to be great at times. He has flaws that give you some pause but IMO the good is so good that it makes me ok with the negative. The ironic thing to me is that Diggs was better in run support last year than ever before. He stepped up on the corner and threw himself into ball carries along the sideline much better than the fist two years but there were of course some glaring exceptions to this. Ideally you want a CB that isn't a liability in run defense, but you'd also be fine with a great WR who can't block for crap. Not everyone WR is going to be Hines Ward and not every CB is going to be a young Ronnie Lott. As long as Diggs can make some game changing plays he will be worth his contract and I don't expect him to stop making impact plays at this age.
Yeah....I, too, find myself smdh at some of the posts in here!!I can’t believe I just read a post that said they would rather go with Bland and Scott as the outside cornerbacks next season then sign Diggs.
Remember the let’s trade Parsons thread for draft picks last season.
