mmohican29
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Definitely wishful thinking. All 3 will make the team.My Guess is just Lee. Crawford has young guns at his heels and Witten will re-retire. Maybe it’s wishful thinking.
Definitely wishful thinking. All 3 will make the team.My Guess is just Lee. Crawford has young guns at his heels and Witten will re-retire. Maybe it’s wishful thinking.
All 3 will be on the final rosterMy Guess is just Lee. Crawford has young guns at his heels and Witten will re-retire. Maybe it’s wishful thinking.
My Guess is just Lee. Crawford has young guns at his heels and Witten will re-retire. Maybe it’s wishful thinking.
There is no chance Witten retires before the season. He's way too selfish for that.
There's also little chance his snap count is really going to be limited. He's going to play nearly as much as he ever did.
This saddens me...
Makes me happy as A hippy in a hooch factoryThis saddens me...
That's why you would wait until after camp to cut him to see what you have first...
If we are talking Witten's 2017 blocking then it won't improve anything, and our run blocking by the tight ends was weak then also. And if he can't help with either of those things then the $4.25M CAP hit would best be used elsewhere.
I'm not having a $4.25M TE that has no room for growth sitting on the sidelines. If he doesnt perform they should have the guts to cut him like I said.
I have trouble understanding why you think that current Witten is so much better than what we have under him. Agreed, Witten has to prove he is worth $4.25M on the field.
Lee today isn't lee of yesterday, but should still have an upside.
Oh gotcha.
So you'd take player A who is 37 years old with no room to grow, a free agent at the end of the season, and hurts the CAP for next year since you have $4.25M less to carry over
Over Player B who is 23 years old with plenty of room to grow and showed promise at the end of last season, is under cheap team control for three more years, costs next to nothing and might be a hair worse than player A?
Yeah that's dumb.
I simply disregard anything anyone says when they think the money, CAP, contract, etc of a player doesnt effect the team.
I'd rather see someone prove that they should receive more snaps than him. Last year, our run blocking by the tight ends was weak and our sacks surrendered increased dramatically partially because Prescott was holding the ball too long. If Witten can help both of those things improve, then he should be on the field. If not, then the coaches should have the guts to pull him off the field and stick one of the other tight ends out there.
I have trouble understanding why fans want to get rid of players before it's shown that we have anyone better than them. Prove it on the field.
All three should and will make the team.
My Guess is just Lee. Crawford has young guns at his heels and Witten will re-retire. Maybe it’s wishful thinking.
If you are waiting on Witten to block well you could be waiting for a while.
That is a damn fine post!Lee is playing for $3.5 million base salary this year. We'd owe him $3M if he retired, and it would cost us at least $500K to sign a JAG to replace his roster spot. Long story short, he is effectively playing for free. If he has anything left in the tank, he should be able to beat out Covington and JML for a job.
Witt is probably better than Dalton Schultz right now and definitely better than Rico, so his roster spot is secure.
Crawford is a survivor. Dude has been on the chopping block almost every season since he got his big contract, but his durability and versatility just keep him coming back. I am not betting against him.