10-31-2020, 07:18 PM
(10-31-2020, 12:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Geno is under contract in 2022. If you guys want to win in 2022 then we need to keep Geno. Creating a new hole just sets the team backwards in re-building.
Of course this is assuming Geno can return to last years Pro Bowl form. Right now that is a big question. But last year at this time a lot of fns were saying that Dunlap was washed up, but over the second half of the season he played as good as any DE in the league.
The people who think we can just fill all of the holes with middle round draft picks and cheap free agents don't know how it works. Most 3rd round picks are not good NFL players, and the numbers go down the farther down in the draft. And cheap free agents that are good starters are pretty rare also.
(F)red herring alert!
People? Plural? As in more than one person?
Literally, not one person believes that. People believe if you get something in return for an aging player near the end of their career instead of nothing you can use those extra picks to address team needs which frees other picks for other needs.
Or if you have 10 draft picks instead of 7 draft picks you can address more needs. You can also build a younger team for the future.
Lastly, you complain about 3rd round and later picks not being good. We know that, Fred. We also know Geno was a 4th round pick. So was Rudi Johnson. And Carl Lawson. And Marvin Jones was a 6th round pick. Not to mention the Bengals big FA acquisition was a former 5th round draft pick. Sam Hubbard was a 3rd round pick
