A dark horse emerges: The #Jaguars are closing in on a deal to add a huge presence to their defense, as they are set to sign former #49ers DT Arik Armstead, sources say. pic.twitter.com/YsnBllY6NJ

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 14, 2024

(03-14-2024, 05:25 PM)pally Wrote: I'm assuming the Reader deal came down, as usual, to guaranteed money. As a 30-year DT, Reader wants to protect himself.  The Bengals see a 30-year-old DT, while extremely productive when he plays, missed playing for what amounts to 1/3rd of his contract.  He is coming off a serious leg injury.  They didn't want a lot of dead money if he got hurt again or couldn't play at the same level

I love DJ, but in this case I can easily see both sides

(03-14-2024, 05:29 PM)Bengalfan4life27c Wrote: Are we bringing in Trent Brown of the Pats for visit he is be OT left

(03-14-2024, 05:20 PM)pally Wrote:

A dark horse emerges: The #Jaguars are closing in on a deal to add a huge presence to their defense, as they are set to sign former #49ers DT Arik Armstead, sources say. pic.twitter.com/YsnBllY6NJ

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 14, 2024

(03-14-2024, 05:00 PM)Ell Prez Wrote: I’d like to hear from the posters who have been saying, guys just wait, FA just started, just wait. Our run D will suck, again. Our corners will suck, again. Our O line will suck, again. What’s the purpose of keeping tee 1 year? We’re not winning a chip with this team. I don’t care what the draft produces.

(03-14-2024, 05:30 PM)jj22 Wrote: Reports are they are closing in on a deal with Becton who doesn't want to play RT to play RT. Should be finalized tonight. 

(03-14-2024, 05:22 PM)Joelist Wrote: We'll be fine. Tart is a NT and Rankins addresses a gap at 3T we've suffered with for 2 years. People need to relax and stop freaking. We improved so far in a lot of key areas. Stone and Bell directly speak to the alignment, dumb play and communication issues that caused the VAST majority of the defensive problems. Rankins gives us interior pass rush which we haven't had since Ogunjobi. Tart is a NT and will be just fine in his role. Moss directly addresses Mixon's drawbacks of being way too easy to tackle and poor pass protection and even Gesicki adds a mismatch dimension at slot.

(03-14-2024, 05:30 PM)jj22 Wrote: Reports are they are closing in on a deal with Becton who doesn't want to play RT to play RT. Should be finalized tonight. 

(03-14-2024, 05:54 PM)Stewy Wrote: This is just dumb.  If we're signing him to play RT, then he knows he's playing RT and must be fine with it.  He, his agent and our O aren't going to go through this process without asking the key question "Are you ok with playing RT here when you weren't fine with it in New York?"

Really it seems some of you think our FO just bounces of walls and only sign guys when they get dizzy and trip over them.

(03-14-2024, 06:00 PM)jj22 Wrote: So yall just going to ignore his own words about playing RT? And act like folks made that up. Ok.

Obviously he'll take a job to get paid, but most know that doesn't really change your position or passion. It just means you are working a job and getting paid (so that's good) at a job you don't want. And we all know those kind of coworkers.

Wondering how this FA is going. Just look no further than the calls to sign Becton and Tart....

Overall tho the FA has been OK. But it hasn't really moved the needle any for people. Not like you'd think it would have for a team with 70m in cap space. The final year with that kind of wiggle room.

None of our signings were even worthy more than 2 year deal. No long term pieces.

(03-14-2024, 05:54 PM)Stewy Wrote: This is just dumb.  If we're signing him to play RT, then he knows he's playing RT and must be fine with it.  He, his agent and our O aren't going to go through this process without asking the key question "Are you ok with playing RT here when you weren't fine with it in New York?"

Really it seems some of you think our FO just bounces of walls and only sign guys when they get dizzy and trip over them.