10-05-2024, 11:31 AM
(10-04-2024, 08:23 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Not disagreeing Ike. They drafted Carter to be a pass rushing 3-tech like Geno, but he sucked. It is what it is.
Rankins is our only true 3-tech right now and I sure hope he starts to earn his money as he wasn't good in his snaps either.
Jenkins is a great run stopper even if he isn't big like McKinnley Jackson. I think Jenkins can do both like Hill though, hence
calling him a bit of a hybrid. Expecting McKinnley to be primarily a run stopping NT.
Agree 100%. Swapping Rankins in for Reader was mega stupid.
Rankins has a $12 mil cap hit, Reader's is $5.3 mil. We should have kept DJ, and used that extra $7 mil to bolster the team elsewhere.
We are $9 mil under. Take a chunk of that, the $5 mil we paid Sample, and all of a sudden we are in the $20 mil range for a prime DT. Wilkins' cap hit in LA is $10 mil, FFS. Madibuike's in Balt is $7 mil. Jones in KC is $7.3 mil.
Our FO does a terrible job with structuring/restructuring contracts.
And, in the above scenario, we have Reader + a prime DT FA, and no need to burn 2 of our top 4 picks on DT. At least 1 could have gone elewhere, if not both. S, TE, OG, OT, DE, CB, etc.
