Nurps
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Todd Monken Thread
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Thezone27
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I like him but we can't get Lamar back if we sign him
I wonder much input Lamar had in the Monken hire.
Thezone27
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it was "folded in" to the decision. No direct input, I don't think
SaltyDog
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I posted an article on this yesterday in another thread. Says that Lamar’s input was rolled up into the Monken pick. Whatever that means. Sounds like Lamar had input on some general selection criteria but no final say on who they select.sounds reasonable to me.
Old Bay
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Who is saying Tyler better than Lamar??! Haha
airconteka
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Good to see one of the major off seasons out of the way. Just need to sign Jackson. And Lamar too.
Thezone27
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So I was thinking about our cap space and we should do this...
sign Lamar to a 4 year, 180m fully guaranteed deal (pay cut for the guarantee)
First year cap hit = 15m, restructure Gus to 1m/year
so we now have 15m in cap
6m is for draft
so we have 9m left.
with that 9m: Sign DJ Chark
draft a CB
rmcjacket23
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So a couple things on this:
1. $15M cap hit for Lamar is too low. That'll mean it'll be like $60M in 2-3 years. Also don't think he would take that deal anyway.
2. The vet minimum is a little over $1M anyway, so you'd basically be asking Gus to take like a $3M paycut. He certainly won't do that without cutting him first. Plus, he has a $1.25M dead money hit this year regardless, so even if you re-signed him for the vet minimum, his cap hit for this year would still be around $2.5M. Lowest it can be.
3. You're not going to spend your entire FA budget on one player. That's poor roster construction. They have plenty of other needs they'll need to fill in FA, and can't use draft picks to do it all.
Clark getting cut/traded is still highly likely. I think Duvernay getting cut/traded is likely. Campbell needs to be back at a reduced amount.
Still need help on interior Oline, RB, probably Dline, and certainly at Corner. Ignoring the obvious, which is multiple receivers.
Also note that the "available cap space" is based on the offseason Rule of 51, meaning only the top 51 players count against the cap. Once the season starts, the entire roster counts against the cap, which includes the active roster (53 players) + anybody on IR + the practice squad. That's a couple million dollars right there. Plus the $3-5M need in-season for roster flexibility.
Basically the $9M "left" has been largely earmarked for spend elsewhere.
Hence why roster cuts, extensions and restructures will be coming.
Nurps
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Didnt the guy allude to the fact he lives in Philly?
Old Bay
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Ahhh, that would make sense. Those Philly people are crazy.
Another really nice film study of Todd Monken...
Monken adapts his offense to the personnel around him, which is how it should be done, instead of forcing an offense on the players. In all of his stops he hasn't used a full back. Wonder what this will mean with Ricard.
Monken adapts his offense to the personnel around him, which is how it should be done, instead of forcing an offense on the players. In all of his stops he hasn't used a full back. Wonder what this will mean with Ricard.
UPennChem
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Watched this whole video. Very, very encouraging imo
Thezone27
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Well if he adapts to the players around him, he will adapt to Ricard.
He does some very good film study
and a lot of delay of game penalties because of it
RaineV1
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And having to use up timeouts to avoid the delay of game.