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09-28-2021, 04:01 PM | #196 |
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DK was also coming off neck surgery.
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09-28-2021, 04:28 PM | #197 | |
In Search of a Life
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Those guys look like poor investments today. Sure they hold us back a little today. We could have had more money and first rounders to plug in. But they were worth it. So we went all in on a super bowl including soaking our cap and losing best picks. Mission accomplished. Yet, we still have a great team and a few pieces away from being dominant. And we have a way bigger window to stay good than most predicted. Id say veach has done a very good job, even if a lot of this doesn't look sexy today. |
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09-28-2021, 04:47 PM | #198 |
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Wait, why are we not counting Watkins as WR2 for the three years he was here? He was injury prone and overpaid but the guy played some damn good football in both the 2018 and 2019 playoffs.
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09-28-2021, 05:11 PM | #199 |
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Veach’s worst pick was absolutely Speaks. There were no redeeming qualities about him.
Hardman had speed and was a dangerous weapon at times in college. Clyde was too. Speaks just had nothing. He was a pudgy, lazy bitch who acted tough but it was all a show. That was all tunnel vision and the definition of a “need pick” |
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09-28-2021, 05:15 PM | #200 | |
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09-28-2021, 05:41 PM | #201 | |
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09-28-2021, 05:43 PM | #202 |
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09-28-2021, 05:54 PM | #203 |
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That first draft was horrible by Veach.
In his favor is the drafts seem to have improved since then. |
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09-28-2021, 06:04 PM | #204 |
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09-28-2021, 06:22 PM | #205 |
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This might be an excuse, but i still wonder if veach tried to find guys who can play either 3-4 or 4-3. Knowing he didn't plan to keep Sutton for very long or maybe was pressuring him into a scheme change. Or maybe that was Suttons grand plan. Speaks, Hitchens and odaniel kind of fit that mold.
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09-28-2021, 08:26 PM | #206 |
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For me the thing with Clark is that he was good when we traded for him and he was instrumental in us getting to and winning the SB. I don't think anyone could have predicted he would fall off the map this quickly, but even then Veach was able to do his contract in a way that we could get out of it after this year with minimal cap impact. He planned for Clark to be a superstar and also it appears like he planned for this very scenario.
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09-28-2021, 08:34 PM | #207 | |
Why so serious?
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That Frank Clark was just a different player. Who knows whether it's physical, mental, or simple motivation. But Veach was giddy about the guy and he did bring the swag to help us win that SB. No way we're stopping Derrick Henry without the attitude Clark showed in that post-game interview. |
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09-28-2021, 08:49 PM | #208 |
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I truly think that Clark's body is just done, and more than likely when you go to two straight Super Bowls you don't quite have the fire in your belly when your body is fighting you as you try to gear up to get to a third.
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09-28-2021, 09:07 PM | #209 | |
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09-28-2021, 09:10 PM | #210 |
Choco Favre
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Having 50 million in the bank doesn’t help
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