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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 7, 2024 17:53:11 GMT -5
Robert Kraft explained why in detail. Did he say something new recently? I'm January he said, "So, in the short-term, we’re looking for collaboration. Our team has a tremendous opportunity to position itself right, given our salary cap space, and we’ve never drafted, in my 30 years of ownership, we’ve never been drafting as low as we’re drafting. “So we’re counting on our internal people, whom we’re still learning and evaluating. So we’re going to let that evolve and develop, and before the key decisions have to be made, we will appoint someone.” Which is fine, but if at the very end of the same exact off-season you decide to go in another direction then what was the point of letting an interim make the most important draft pick in decades and run the off-season? At that time it sounded like they already decided on Wolf, or should have. I don't believe you can have a serious interview process after the off-season. No one will want to come in after the off-season and completely inherent someone else's work unless they themselves are a rookie executive looking for a break or a guy fighting for a last chance. They've had multiple declines already. But again, all of this is likely moot after they announce Wolf. I just wish they did it at the beginning that way either they just do the minimum and announce him as their guy because they liked him or they go through the full process where more people would be genuinely interested and you say he's the best of the bunch. This just comes off as, "we like him and a number of execs we wanted to talk to said no after we just let him make franchise altering decisions". Not rhetorical, when was the last time a GM was hired after the off-season? Per reports people are still interested. Like Kraft said focus on free agency, the draft and evaluate the people they have. You don't hire Wolf in the beginning because it takes time away from free agency and the draft, which is the reason Kraft said they didn't do it. Now I will agree if they hire a GM not named Wolf, this is criminal by Kraft. I do not expect that, so I have zero issues with it. Actually I think it was very smart. He had his GM, didn't want to waste a few weeks on a GM search just to name Wolf GM. We'll see if Kraft was right long-term, but he clearly had his post Bill plan in place.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 7, 2024 17:43:11 GMT -5
Blowing smoke before the draft about certain players is something he should be doing. I have zero issues with that. As I said it's his comments after the draft. If you remember the smoke never came directly from him, it was sources say this, sources say that. Not telling the truth directly from our GM mouth isn't something he should be doing and certainly not for buzz. We just drafted Maye and the summer is filled with OTA and rookie camps. It's funny because I think this all proves the McCarthy crap was just blowing smoke. If he thought his value was top 3 like reports said, why wouldn't he trade down? The only thing I don't get is what was the point of blowing smoke over JJ? Unless that report was truly BS. Like I said I believe the report was BS.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 7, 2024 14:06:29 GMT -5
Why? I mean he could have said we got our guy but liked the other two QBs. Instead he went out of his way to say they liked all 3 and would take all 3 at pick #3. He did what you’re saying career killer for his second and third round picks. I don't know maybe you're right but his wording was very exact and he could have said something much different and still been politically correct. Unless he was just blowing smoke about Daniels and was more open to make the Vikings trade or a smidgen more than what was offered, but was also fine taking the player. I think the interest in JJ was real but my guess is that hinged on Maye being gone and getting a very nice package of picks from the Vikings. Or maybe they just wanted to keep fans talking and keep buzz on the team during a slow off-season. If we knew they were taking Maye/Daniels this thread alone would probably have half the comments. Blowing smoke before the draft about certain players is something he should be doing. I have zero issues with that. As I said it's his comments after the draft. If you remember the smoke never came directly from him, it was sources say this, sources say that. Not telling the truth directly from our GM mouth isn't something he should be doing and certainly not for buzz. We just drafted Maye and the summer is filled with OTA and rookie camps. It's funny because I think this all proves the McCarthy crap was just blowing smoke. If he thought his value was top 3 like reports said, why wouldn't he trade down?
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 7, 2024 13:56:51 GMT -5
They are going to do the full process, not just the minimum to meet the NFL requirements. So they'll interview a full list of people and then name a GM, which most likely will be Wolf. I guess it's splitting hairs because I think they end up with Wolf, but I don't get why they wouldn't just announce Wolf or do a real interview process at the beginning of the off-season like every other team who hired a GM. It makes me a bit nervous that Wolf isn't their guy which then circles back to, why did you then let this guy make all your draft picks and run your off-season as well as make personnel decisions? It just seems so backwards either way. I would also suspect if Wolf doesn't get the job then he's not going to be here beyond the year. But I do suspect he'll get the job. It's just weird it seems like they're taking it seriously at this point. Robert Kraft explained why in detail.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 7, 2024 12:08:09 GMT -5
Wolf also said he had known who would go in the top two for weeks. So according to Wolf it wasn't if Maye wasn't there. That's why I find this so interesting. He also said the team rated the top 3 QBs as all worth the #3 pick, which is scary. Especially given he took Milton over Pratt and Leary. Add in the vague reports about trading up and his comments about the first 3 rounds went 100% according to plan. I'd add that if Wold needed other GMs opinions on Maye, that scares the heck out of me! To be fair, I think his comment on the 3 QBs was a political one, he can’t just say they got the best one, that’s a career killer waiting to happen. Why? I mean he could have said we got our guy but liked the other two QBs. Instead he went out of his way to say they liked all 3 and would take all 3 at pick #3. He did what you’re saying career killer for his second and third round picks. I don't know maybe you're right but his wording was very exact and he could have said something much different and still been politically correct.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 7, 2024 12:03:07 GMT -5
It’s a fake process to comply with league rules But according to the article, they've already done that. At least in terms of the Rooney Rule. They are going to do the full process, not just the minimum to meet the NFL requirements. So they'll interview a full list of people and then name a GM, which most likely will be Wolf.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 7, 2024 10:32:50 GMT -5
Minny size is a bigger issue for Denver who runs its offense off a low post scorer. Denver was one of the teams I looked at wanting Tillman ready to help against. You see the advantage of two bigs against then.
Celtics don't run their offense through a low post scorer and space the floor as much as any team in Basketball. Get those bigs in space and the Celtics should be able to exploit them, especially Gobert.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 7, 2024 10:23:53 GMT -5
Wolf also said he had known who would go in the top two for weeks. So according to Wolf it wasn't if Maye wasn't there. That's why I find this so interesting. He also said the team rated the top 3 QBs as all worth the #3 pick, which is scary. Especially given he took Milton over Pratt and Leary. Add in the vague reports about trading up and his comments about the first 3 rounds went 100% according to plan. I'd add that if Wold needed other GMs opinions on Maye, that scares the heck out of me! You could easily be over thinking it. Go back to your original post, he probably just would have needed something absurd. Supposedly, Ditka offered the Bengals his entire 1999 draft plus 2 more future firsts and a future second to move up to number 3 from 12 to draft Ricky Williams. They turned it down to draft Akili Smith. That sounds absurd but if you devalue future first like most people do, that's basically equal to the Vikings offer of two firsts this year and a first next year, if not less. That's why I want to know what he really wanted because it's a trade value that has never happened before. So all this trade talk was basically for nothing.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 7, 2024 10:12:23 GMT -5
Wolf also said he had known who would go in the top two for weeks. So according to Wolf it wasn't if Maye wasn't there. That's why I find this so interesting. He also said the team rated the top 3 QBs as all worth the #3 pick, which is scary. Especially given he took Milton over Pratt and Leary. Add in the vague reports about trading up and his comments about the first 3 rounds went 100% according to plan. I'd add that if Wold needed other GMs opinions on Maye, that scares the heck out of me! I suppose you have to be prepared in the event Washington got cold feet on Daniels. I'm going by what Wolf said and that's not what he's saying. That's what I find so interesting. He went out of his way to say he liked all 3 QBs. He's literally saying I'd taking any of the top 3 QBs at #3 or make a trade if I got the bag he wanted.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 6, 2024 17:06:33 GMT -5
Wolf also said he had known who would go in the top two for weeks. So according to Wolf it wasn't if Maye wasn't there. That's why I find this so interesting. He also said the team rated the top 3 QBs as all worth the #3 pick, which is scary. Especially given he took Milton over Pratt and Leary.
Add in the vague reports about trading up and his comments about the first 3 rounds went 100% according to plan.
I'd add that if Wold needed other GMs opinions on Maye, that scares the heck out of me!
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 6, 2024 12:47:03 GMT -5
What I would like to know is what did the Patriots consider the bag for pick #3? When Giants offered 6th and a future 1st, Vikings two firsts this year and a first next year, with a few mid round choices going to Vikings. That's much better than the 49ers offer moving from 12 to 3.
Not saying I would have traded #3, I wouldn't have. I just find it interesting they would have for the right price and I'm just interested in what that price actually was. I mean if it was 4 firsts and Addison from Vikings or something like that, they were never trading that pick! They put us through hell for nothing!
It was legit, Wolf talked about seeing if that offer came in on draft day.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 5, 2024 12:56:28 GMT -5
I find it interesting that not even mid way through 2nd quarter of game 7, both teams have played ten players. That's not your normal playoff rotations.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 4, 2024 11:32:25 GMT -5
Logic probably says Cavs being the more experienced team. I'd say the Magic though, better defensive team and frankly they remind me of the 2018 Celtics run where Tatum, Brown and Rozier showed the NBA what they could do. It's feels kinda crazy writing that about the Magic, been a long time for that team.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 4, 2024 11:22:18 GMT -5
Patriots signed kicker Joey Slye after his release from Washington. Good solid move to raise the floor at kicker and give Ryland major competition. He seems to be a lot like Ryland with a huge leg, hitting FG of 58 and 61 yards the last two years. Not elite though and he misses way too many extra points for my liking, something even Ryland was good at.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 3, 2024 14:55:30 GMT -5
Since 4/18, he's traded for 4 players, signed one to major league contract and signed four minor league free agents. He made zero signings and trades before that since start of the season. If you look at are last two GM, who do these type of moves remind you of them? I mean, if you're narrowing the universe of things that one can be to a binary of Chaim Bloom and Dave Dombrowski, a lot of things are going to be "like" one of them that aren't. "Here's a car and a grape. Which of them is this sledgehammer more like?" I'm comparing our last two GMs and moves they made, you are talking about a car, a grape and a sledgehammer. Yeah that makes total sense. One made tons of little moves that cost almost nothing, the other went out and got the best players he could. You made me laugh, so I'll give you credit for that.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 3, 2024 14:51:15 GMT -5
Since 4/18, he's traded for 4 players, signed one to major league contract and signed four minor league free agents. He made zero signings and trades before that since start of the season. If you look at are last two GM, who do these type of moves remind you of them? They remind me of every single GM ever in the history of baseball, especially Dave Dombrowski. DD made one trade during the season acquiring a player for cash his entire time in Boston, so you are completely wrong.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 3, 2024 12:04:57 GMT -5
Kornet and Tillman are different players that do different things, in the way Holiday and Pritchard are different players. There's a reason our GM traded for Tillman. Now luckily two of the teams that would be a problem just got eliminated and the Knicks don't have Randle
Before last game Kornet had played in two of the playoff games for 8 minutes.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 3, 2024 11:56:04 GMT -5
He's acting like Bloom, but the results have been much better. Let's see if he can pull another rabbit out of a hat. This is kinda crazy. Rebuilding the roster one month into the season with cast-offs and guys he's buying for cash as you are playing above expectations. Maybe he does have a great eye for talent. 1) How is he "acting like Bloom" exactly? 2) I don't know that he's "rebuilding the roster," is he? They acquired 3 guys, none of which they probably bother with if Casas and Story don't suffer long-term injuries (maybe get get one to replace Dalbec, whose spot on the roster has always been tenuous). The other is a guy getting healthy. It's all about the injuries. Since 4/18, he's traded for 4 players, signed one to major league contract and signed four minor league free agents. He made zero signings and trades before that since start of the season. If you look at are last two GM, who do these type of moves remind you of them?
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 2, 2024 23:31:11 GMT -5
I think the Chiefs did. Obviously there's a bunch of guys I like, but I would have targeted guys to fill need areas and one binkie pick. Gabriel Murphy DE, Fabian Lovett DT, Emani Bailey RB, Carson Steele RB and my binkie Isaiah Williams WR. We need edge depth, can use a developmental run stuffing DT, RB depth and Williams is just a slot WR I absolutely love. I would have blown a few million landing those guys in two seconds. Chiefs got 3 of those guys and the Penn State LB. Charles Turner is a great signing, a guy some people had getting drafted. So it's good value, I love my centers coming from good programs in big conferences. Just not a huge need, especially when a bunch of people think Strange best position might be center. nevermind Jake Andrews.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 2, 2024 14:11:00 GMT -5
You played multiple end of the bench guys more minutes in a massive blowout. If he's not healthy enough to play more than 7 minutes. Then you should be playing Queta and getting him ready. We are one injury to Horford away from these guys playing huge minutes in a quest for a championship.
I loved the Tillman pickup for this very reason, he could literally play starter minutes in the playoffs and give you great D. Given this teams offensive firepower that's all we need. Nevermind he's a very good passer.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 2, 2024 14:01:55 GMT -5
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 2, 2024 12:58:47 GMT -5
He's acting like Bloom, but the results have been much better. Let's see if he can pull another rabbit out of a hat. This is kinda crazy. Rebuilding the roster one month into the season with cast-offs and guys he's buying for cash as you are playing above expectations. Maybe he does have a great eye for talent.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 2, 2024 12:46:34 GMT -5
It's obviously our coach doesn't like Tillman, he won't even give him a good amount of garbage minutes. I sure hope that doesn't come back to bite us. He's a tremendous defensive big.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 2, 2024 12:37:40 GMT -5
I sure hope Mayo words on QB battle in camp is just him saying the politically correct type thing. If you do a true QB competition, then Drake Maye will be starting week one and no one should want that! At minimum let him sit till everything on offense is settled, he 100% knows the play book and has formed chemistry with his weapons.
You are starting camp with 3 RTs and your major improvements on offense are two rookie WR and a rookie TE. Might also have a rookie OG starting.
He's not Payton Manning with four years starting experience or even Herbert who people compare him to, who also had four years starting. Yes he likely starts game this year, do not rush him!
He will be our most talented QB the minute camp starts, he can do things no other QB on our roster can. He's also only started two years in College. Yeah he's not as raw as some people think, extra time just helps him!
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 1, 2024 13:06:03 GMT -5
Why are they releasing guys like him before even mini camp? He's nothing great, but we still have guys like Lowe who were dreadful. Don't you want the new OL coaches to see these guys play in their system before making these moves? Unless they plan to bring in a veteran LT, like the former Packers great. He can at least help those guys get ready for LT. Maybe the Washington guy who's injured. Then I fully get it. I don’t disagree with you at all and i don’t know a lot about nuances of line play, so this is just a general question. Do you think it may have to do with them switching blocking schemes to a Zone scheme? Pretty sure that’s what van pelts system is. Isn't that what Matt Patricia ran two years ago that McDermott played in? Where he put up very good run blocking stats.
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