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QuikSand · 12-24-2019, 08:52 AM

Cutdown to 60 notes:

I'm sloughing off TE Reish - he's a great leader for right now, but no fit with 6-7 QBs, and that's our lane of the future. Relative chaos at RB for now, but that could settle down later. Not sure I have a single player there whom I expect will be on the field in 3-5 years. FB Lusignan as a special teamer and chem uber-follower, but that's it. SOPh Harden has a nice bar profile and should get his chance this season, but with only 4 personality, he'll have to be a major asset to stay long term, especially since we're unlikely to land a superior leader for this group. Rooks Royals and Lindsey... we'll see, both are semi-promising. Looming in the background is FB-cum-TE Teddy Carr, who is up to a 7 in TE experience. IN theory, he could slide back to slot at FB, probably still play a lot at TE, and anchor the chemistry for that group as a 4/5 group with 70 Ldr, 85 Pers. Possible long term play there - but would push Harden to neutral. We'll see.

At TE, we have our all-set threesome, but an after-draft pickup OJ Welch is going to spring in preseason, and put himself into our plans. Chem might be a problem, though, he's a 6-7 guy with 82/93. Great follower, but a threat to wrest away the lead and mess things up.

WR, we are thin. Thinking this is the spot for the draft capital next year, almost no matter what's on the board. I ponied up for WR Victor Lester, who really looks, to me, like a WR2 you start outside while another guy does the really heavy lifting. Instead, we're paying and using, him like a WR1. Okay, then. I'm not paying WR Richmond $15m/yr, he's a weak WR3, and wants to be paid like a WR2, not happening. Undrafted rookie Vecchio will make the team and hopefully be a long term ST asset, but a WR4 at best on a TE-heavy team, meh. This area still needs work for sure.

OL is the illustration of our long term thinking. Best guys now are C Castillo, LG Dielman, and LT Woolford, all in the 6-7 group. But in 3 years they could all be gone, and our new leadership will have a group to work around. My longer term OL cadre looks like this: G Foreman+Darby, T Peterson+Dotson. As the vets phase out, these guys will show up with cohesion and deep chemistry, even if only Grade B-C talent. One or two additions around them should have this group working just fine, even 5 years out.

DL: Well, this probably revolves around rookie McCormick now. We are in good shape for this year and next, with solid talent. But long term assets here are rookie DEs McCormick and maybe Whiting, soph specialist Baither, NT Calhoun and Prescott. If McCormick can be an anchor pass rusher in time, then we have enough to build around, if not, then pass-rushing is a priority for us in the continuing build.

LB: We are built around a 7-8 leader, to a man in both segments of the D7, and we look okay at LB. Inside, young guys Dandron (5th), Rossini (2nd), Brotzman (R) should be good enough for a long, long time. Outside, Randolph (2nd) is a low-personality stud, and Jay James (4th) is good enough to start, but better as a 3rd OLB I think. Another group we can sprinkle in the occasional rookie or free agent into, and be all set.

CB: I re-signed Metzenbaum, he's a 6th year guy but should fit fine with our chem, and may well be around for 3-5 more years now. As noted extensively above, the chemistry core here will be CB Baskerville, CB Rumans, CB Wordehoff, and maybe CB Stapleton (signed last stage on a flier). I'll assume Keeler is a castoff at some point before we come together completely. Basically another solid group, where one free agent to slot in as CB1/2 would make us just fine.

S: Not sure rookie Austin is going to be the star I wanted, but he ought to be good enough, and a long term SS asset. McGee (2nd) is good enough to start at FS. We'll give S Thomas Thomas a look this year, he could be a chemistry asset long term, otherwise, he likely won't fit into our plans. Crane (6th) is here now, but not important.

Basically, the guys who excite me with this plan are the relatively relatively unexciting guys on the roster who should stick around for a long time and become triple-threat assets from the bench: chemistry, cohesion, and special teams/single skills:

FB Lusignan
DE Tyrone Baither
LB Al Rossini
CB DIego Wordehoff

This is pretty fun. A good way, for me, to run out the clock on FOF 8.

12-24-2019, 08:52 AM	#558
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Cutdown to 60 notes: I'm sloughing off TE Reish - he's a great leader for right now, but no fit with 6-7 QBs, and that's our lane of the future. Relative chaos at RB for now, but that could settle down later. Not sure I have a single player there whom I expect will be on the field in 3-5 years. FB Lusignan as a special teamer and chem uber-follower, but that's it. SOPh Harden has a nice bar profile and should get his chance this season, but with only 4 personality, he'll have to be a major asset to stay long term, especially since we're unlikely to land a superior leader for this group. Rooks Royals and Lindsey... we'll see, both are semi-promising. Looming in the background is FB-cum-TE Teddy Carr, who is up to a 7 in TE experience. IN theory, he could slide back to slot at FB, probably still play a lot at TE, and anchor the chemistry for that group as a 4/5 group with 70 Ldr, 85 Pers. Possible long term play there - but would push Harden to neutral. We'll see. At TE, we have our all-set threesome, but an after-draft pickup OJ Welch is going to spring in preseason, and put himself into our plans. Chem might be a problem, though, he's a 6-7 guy with 82/93. Great follower, but a threat to wrest away the lead and mess things up. WR, we are thin. Thinking this is the spot for the draft capital next year, almost no matter what's on the board. I ponied up for WR Victor Lester, who really looks, to me, like a WR2 you start outside while another guy does the really heavy lifting. Instead, we're paying and using, him like a WR1. Okay, then. I'm not paying WR Richmond $15m/yr, he's a weak WR3, and wants to be paid like a WR2, not happening. Undrafted rookie Vecchio will make the team and hopefully be a long term ST asset, but a WR4 at best on a TE-heavy team, meh. This area still needs work for sure. OL is the illustration of our long term thinking. Best guys now are C Castillo, LG Dielman, and LT Woolford, all in the 6-7 group. But in 3 years they could all be gone, and our new leadership will have a group to work around. My longer term OL cadre looks like this: G Foreman+Darby, T Peterson+Dotson. As the vets phase out, these guys will show up with cohesion and deep chemistry, even if only Grade B-C talent. One or two additions around them should have this group working just fine, even 5 years out. DL: Well, this probably revolves around rookie McCormick now. We are in good shape for this year and next, with solid talent. But long term assets here are rookie DEs McCormick and maybe Whiting, soph specialist Baither, NT Calhoun and Prescott. If McCormick can be an anchor pass rusher in time, then we have enough to build around, if not, then pass-rushing is a priority for us in the continuing build. LB: We are built around a 7-8 leader, to a man in both segments of the D7, and we look okay at LB. Inside, young guys Dandron (5th), Rossini (2nd), Brotzman (R) should be good enough for a long, long time. Outside, Randolph (2nd) is a low-personality stud, and Jay James (4th) is good enough to start, but better as a 3rd OLB I think. Another group we can sprinkle in the occasional rookie or free agent into, and be all set. CB: I re-signed Metzenbaum, he's a 6th year guy but should fit fine with our chem, and may well be around for 3-5 more years now. As noted extensively above, the chemistry core here will be CB Baskerville, CB Rumans, CB Wordehoff, and maybe CB Stapleton (signed last stage on a flier). I'll assume Keeler is a castoff at some point before we come together completely. Basically another solid group, where one free agent to slot in as CB1/2 would make us just fine. S: Not sure rookie Austin is going to be the star I wanted, but he ought to be good enough, and a long term SS asset. McGee (2nd) is good enough to start at FS. We'll give S Thomas Thomas a look this year, he could be a chemistry asset long term, otherwise, he likely won't fit into our plans. Crane (6th) is here now, but not important. Basically, the guys who excite me with this plan are the relatively relatively unexciting guys on the roster who should stick around for a long time and become triple-threat assets from the bench: chemistry, cohesion, and special teams/single skills: FB Lusignan DE Tyrone Baither LB Al Rossini CB DIego Wordehoff This is pretty fun. A good way, for me, to run out the clock on FOF 8.