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What a wild off season. We have seen lots of player moves and record setting contracts.
While that in itself is nothing new, what is what Elite WRs are now getting paid. It used to be the priority in order was franchise QB, LT to protect him, pass rusher, and Shut Down Corner. But with what those Elite WRs got is the new trend.
Seeing star players traded is another new trend. Saw this with Elite WRs like Adams and the Cheetah traded from teams where the Franchise QBs command a big share of the cap pie to either teams with QB on a rookie deal or starting vet has a low cap number like Carr does.
Will be interesting to see moving ahead what and how Buffalo does after paying Diggs and Allen last year.
Another possible and disturbing trend is the Watson trade and signing to a NBA type contract w having a fully guaranteed contract money.
The other new possible NFL trend is what am calling the Rams model of trading away draft capital and going all in for a short 2-4 year run at getting to and winning the Super Bowl w veteran players for the short term and jeopardizing the long term of the franchise verses the draft and develop ways.
Imo I still believe the model that works is the one the Pats had during the Brady era. That is drafting and signing cheaper free agents or rolling the dice on players given a second chance.
Of course currently we have two things against us for that. One is Green Bay is a small city and can't change that. The second is while Rodgers is considered one of the best QBs, he hasn't got back to the Super Bowl and prove in Big Games he plays big and comes through, unlike Brady who is considered clutch in the games.
While that in itself is nothing new, what is what Elite WRs are now getting paid. It used to be the priority in order was franchise QB, LT to protect him, pass rusher, and Shut Down Corner. But with what those Elite WRs got is the new trend.
Seeing star players traded is another new trend. Saw this with Elite WRs like Adams and the Cheetah traded from teams where the Franchise QBs command a big share of the cap pie to either teams with QB on a rookie deal or starting vet has a low cap number like Carr does.
Will be interesting to see moving ahead what and how Buffalo does after paying Diggs and Allen last year.
Another possible and disturbing trend is the Watson trade and signing to a NBA type contract w having a fully guaranteed contract money.
The other new possible NFL trend is what am calling the Rams model of trading away draft capital and going all in for a short 2-4 year run at getting to and winning the Super Bowl w veteran players for the short term and jeopardizing the long term of the franchise verses the draft and develop ways.
Imo I still believe the model that works is the one the Pats had during the Brady era. That is drafting and signing cheaper free agents or rolling the dice on players given a second chance.
Of course currently we have two things against us for that. One is Green Bay is a small city and can't change that. The second is while Rodgers is considered one of the best QBs, he hasn't got back to the Super Bowl and prove in Big Games he plays big and comes through, unlike Brady who is considered clutch in the games.