Playing GM for a day

[Okeana]

(01-21-2016, 03:41 PM)3wt Wrote: Pacman's a hothead no question.   But I'd still keep him.  I love his heart, he's a great corner and he brings a good edge to the defensive game.

To me it's worth his escalations.   His emotional failure should not have cost us the game.   One of the worst officiated games I've ever seen.  Never should have come down to that call in the first place.  Bengals looked stupid to everyone, but upon further review the crux of the matter lay squarely with the refs' failure to control the game with better calls and keeping the Steeler staff off the field.

He's considered a dirty player - and I will say the Cooper play gives serious credence to that.  But his play is not dirty, he is just a hot head that can't control his temper.

I'd way take him over Harvin.   Harvin's a cancer.

Pacman played great this year and should get a contract.  It took us a long time to get him playing at this level and now people want to have another team reap those rewards ?  

As for the topic of this thread.  Here are some moves I would make

Keep:
Adam Jones, Iloka, Jones, Nelson, and Sanu(depending on his contract)

Free Agency:  

Nick Fairly - played well this year on a 1 year contract and we showed interest in him last year.  Right now he's signed to a  5 million dollar contract.  Give him 5.5 on a 3 year and plug him in next to Atkins.

Mark Barron - Another former ram.  Barron played much better at linebacker and it has given his career a second chance.  I like his natural ability and we could get him for the same price at rey or lamur with more upside.  He's a young guy and pair him with a drafted linebacker to help create depth at our weakest position.

honorable mentions:  There is a lot of studs in the draft this year, but i see us keeping at lot of our guys and not getting any of the big names.  I feel the weakest position in the draft is cornerback this year and i wouldn't mind going out and getting a jenkins or even a hated steeler like boykin to create depth.  We saw just how bad injuries plagued our secondary.

Draft:

Draft Needs: Center, OLB, WR, Safety, DT, DE

At this point its impossible to tell what kinds of moves we will make until we see how free agency pans out, but this draft just screams early line backer to me because of our need at the position.  Our team is truly blessed with a talented deep roster so it will be interesting to see how we build for the future.  I would like to see us take advantage of our depth and move up for key guys, but we will probably hold tight and take BPA at our picks.  One interesting Development would be if we can secure a trade for AJ McCarron and get some trade value out of him.