Inigo Montoya

Mims might not go as high as I originally thought. He’s a physical freak and his speed/agility at that size seems almost impossible. He’s also pretty raw with limited experience and he missed time with injuries, including a high ankle sprain that required surgery last year. There’s risk historically drafting a player with this kind of profile.

Exactly right. I guess repeating speculation enough times makes it true. Like George Constanza said, it’s not a lie if YOU believe it.

Reading today Stealers signed Patterson specifically to boost returns for new kickoff rules. Could be a sneaky good move.

You can thank the transfer portal for that. Anyone can play just about anywhere now and promising talent from the smaller conferences can be easily poached by the big names. You also see guys switching between top programs, which was much more rare previously.

The division is a concern. Lamar owns us (8-2 in his career). Pittsburgh continues to own us. Burrow hasn’t done well against Cleveland. They have to find a way to win more division games no doubt about it. I think improving the defense is the key, not only to the division but also overall. That side of the ball fell off a cliff last year.

I agree with this. Fields is a textbook example of how not to develop a QB. The organization failed him from the beginning by giving him no weapons and a coaching change between years 1-2. I don’t want him to succeed in Pittsburgh or anywhere in the AFC, but otherwise I hope he gets a chance.

Where we’re at is no different than the past 3 years. We still have a legitimate chance to win it all, but the division is the toughest in the league and the AFC is loaded. That’s reality, not an excuse. It may or may not end up how we want but there’s no games till September. The roster isn’t even close to being finished and it’s very reasonable to like what has happened to this point. Especially when guys like Mixon and Jonah are no longer here as many people wanted.

Why bother. Nuance would mean actually acknowledging the occasional thing the team does that you like. I know better than to think that will ever happen with you.

The games aren’t going to be played for months. Are you going to do nothing but be negative until then? They’ve done what you wanted. Jonah is gone and a veteran has been signed to replace him. We still have the draft to add more pieces. You should be happy but nope. I doubt anything, even winning a Super Bowl, would change it for you.

Yeah I’m not sure the league sees it that way. Browning played less than half a season and was above average overall. He was good in a few games (JAX, IND, MIN) and not so good in a few others (both PIT games, KC). Bengals fans didn’t expect much and he was a pleasant surprise. If anything, guys like Fields and Pickett are seen as more talented and that inflated their trade values, which ended up being late Day 3 picks.

That’s all hypothetical. What we do know is that all of the recent QB trades have been for very little return. I’m sure there will be more moves during or after the draft. Very unlikely Browning is moved or would get much in a trade. The market just isn’t there.

True they’re all former first rounders. The point is that there’s no market for QB trades right now. You’d be getting very little in return if there’s any interest at all. Browning has more value to us since he knows our offense and would be cheap to keep around for the next couple years.

No the market says otherwise. Fields, Pickett, and Mac Jones were all traded for peanuts. Nobody else is going to trade anything but a late round flyer, possibly in next year’s draft, for Browning.

Trent Brown would be an ideal signing. He has experience at both OT positions with 93 combined starts. New England has actually traded for him twice, first from SF then from the Raiders.

I doubt Browning would fetch much in a trade. Just look at how little Fields, Pickett, or Mac Jones were traded for. I’m on board with your idea but the market just doesn’t seem to be there, IMO.