Yep this is good crow.
They weren’t even making an attempt to resign him until the Gregory contract fell through. Up till then he’d received zero interest in the 1st wave and not much of any in the 2nd. And boy howdy did they get criticized here when he resigned!
Yup...very glad to be wrong about Cooper Rush myself haha
I think the bigger problem was they stopped using him in wide gaps. In 8 and 9 gaps, most NFL RT's struggled with his athleticism. We moved away from that. He can rush well from a 7 and 6 gap on the right side, but he doesnt finish as well as he does wide. Funny thing is, I think if they played in the left side he would have a couple more double digit sack years playing in the blind side. You really have to smoke your man on the right side to put the QB down
sacks are streaky so you never know especially with our DL rotations. Basham comes back in the mix soon.. DQ has a huge rotation for our players, keeps them fresh and the quality of OL we may face going forward also is a factor. Just like last years TOs this year not there yet but soon they could come in bunches,,
solid group , the DL is one of the FEW groups in football that can be a successful BY Committe effort. the rotations and packages are helping them all including Basham etc
Lol, ok! And yet they didn’t make any overtures toward Armstrong until “the Gregory contract fell through”! It was also only a 2 year contract, so it’s obvious they didn’t look at it as anything more than a stop gap. Oh and Basham was on a 2 year contract. This is the 2nd year of that contract!did NOT fall through,
you do realize that clause was in there very purposefully, they also could have removed it once they saw it was going to ruin the negotiations, they did not.
It shows me they were fine moving on from RG...those are facts. The FO had a choice they made it easy for RG to walk and they didn't chase him or cave for good Reason. RG is A player you want that clause in there for.
sorry but DA has been on this team and the coaches have always had faith in him, you so not know he wouldn't have resigned maybe Basham doesn't get resigned, maybe fowlers not picked up etc etc those decisions were not hinging on RG but if RG did stay, DA might still have got his deal going off last year's stats, i say he was in their plans.. Heck Tank nearly got cut if he doesn't agree to the restructure he was gone..so im betting DA was always in the plans.
please don't respond saying im wrong
You have zero idea whose opinion is correct. that one thing i do know the FO is more loyal to home grown talent, so odds are Basham or fowlers do not get on this final roster if RG stays and DA does.
or does we like our guys not fit when you are trying to win a debate LOL
and why would they have??
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Not obvious you do one at a time..no bone saw the FO list of priorities. You are guessing. The offseason is all the way up to the trade deadline. There was no rush to make DA first or last. every move the FO made the last 2 offseason has worked out.I'm so glad to have Armstrong back and see him making an impact. However, it's clear the front office prioritized the Gregory contract and Armstrong was part of the fall back plan. Sometimes the fall back plan works better than the original plan
