Allen Bailey

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

DeVito was getting blown by the commentators in the preseason for "working hard to be a three down DE."

My guess is, as always, he will sell Dorsey on that fantasy because getting GMs to admit they were wrong on FAs is like pulling teeth.

Replacing DeVito with Bailey would be the 100% correct move, but it would involve active moves by the GM on both players, when the GM has his chips pushed in with the wrong one. If Dorsey does nothing (which I fear he will), we're going to get DeVito impotently slapping into OLs on passing downs instead of Bailey's uber-athletic finesse.

But, hey. At least we'd get a compensatory pick.

Dorsey wasn't wrong about DeVito. DeVito was what we signed him to be. He's a decent player. He just got injured. And now we have other needs. That shit happens all the ****ing time.

We have to spend money on ****ing somebody. And Houston isn't going to get a JJ Watt contract.

Maybe Bailey challenges the waters and gets a crazy ****ing pile of cash from some team. But it's outrageous to think that Dorsey has any allegiance to DeVito over Bailey just because he made the decision to acquire one guy over the other. Bailey is younger, more athletic, and all-around a better player, and ANY GM, even ****ing Scott Pioli, will attempt to re-sign a guy like that.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by SNR

Dorsey wasn't wrong about DeVito. DeVito was what we signed him to be. He's a decent player. He just got injured. And now we have other needs. That shit happens all the ****ing time.

We have to spend money on ****ing somebody. And Houston isn't going to get a JJ Watt contract.

Maybe Bailey challenges the waters and gets a crazy ****ing pile of cash from some team. But it's outrageous to think that Dorsey has any allegiance to DeVito over Bailey just because he made the decision to acquire one guy over the other. Bailey is younger, more athletic, and all-around a better player, and ANY GM, even ****ing Scott Pioli, will attempt to re-sign a guy like that.

Of course, I hope you're right.

Last offseason, however, has me wary.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Of course, I hope you're right.

Last offseason, however, has me wary.

If there's anything we learned about Dorsey, he overvalues players who fit his philosophy. Like the way he overvalued Ford because he believes explosion is the next big thing.

On that same note, Dorsey specifically said he made a mistake in year 1 by focusing too much on 2-gap. He said he specifically wanted DEs who can get push. For that reason, I'd be shocked if he kept Devito over Bailey even if Bailey is overpriced.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Of course, I hope you're right.

Last offseason, however, has me wary.

Because we didn't re-sign any of the sacks of shit that needed new contracts?

Branden Albert was the only worthy player of that bunch, and his fate was written the moment the Eric Fisher pick was made, sadly.

[Mother****erJones]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Of course, I hope you're right.

Last offseason, however, has me wary.

Why? because we didn't keep any of the piles of shit except for Albert?

Atlanta sure is benefiting from taking Asamoah and Jackson huh? Tennessee also for DMC?

This team is saving money for the important players. We'll have plenty of money to keep the important guys, add good draft picks hopefully and maybe add an impact FA or 2.