Has postseason play changed your perspective on the draft?

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

The post-season hasn't done anything that Rice's emergence didn't do starting around week 10.

WR is still our top need, IMO - but no longer a DIRE need. It's an area where WR should win ties if there are some tightly grouped guys when our pick comes up, but that was the case before the post-season.

If the best player is a DT - take him. If the best player is an OT - take him. Hell, if the best player is a CB, I'd take him. Or a TE.

Which is where I was around mid-November.

Agree with this so much. I would add a G. If Thuney really has a torn pec then we might have to hit the eject button there. We would pay $10 million in dead money but save $16 million.

That's just a devastating injury for a guy turning 32 next year. He hasn't even had surgery yet. He wouldn't be able to lift on that side of his body for 4-5 months. Then what?

[Chargem]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Agree with this so much. I would add a G. If Thuney really has a torn pec then we might have to hit the eject button there. We would pay $10 million in dead money but save $16 million.

That's just a devastating injury for a guy turning 32 next year. He hasn't even had surgery yet. He wouldn't be able to lift on that side of his body for 4-5 months. Then what?

I thought it had been confirmed it was just a strain, not a tear

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Agree with this so much. I would add a G. If Thuney really has a torn pec then we might have to hit the eject button there. We would pay $10 million in dead money but save $16 million.

That's just a devastating injury for a guy turning 32 next year. He hasn't even had surgery yet. He wouldn't be able to lift on that side of his body for 4-5 months. Then what?

I don't think that's right.

He has almost $21 million in pro-rated base and restructure bonuses from what I can see. We won't have to pay him his $15.5 million base salary next year, but we'd carry a roughly $22 million dead cap charge in the process.

I think we'd save about $5 million this year (and about $10 million off the 2025 cap by accelerating that pro-rated 2025 money).

I don't think this is a career altering injury for him. His base salaries are reasonable and the signing/restructure bonuses are already baked into the cake. I think he's here for the duration of this contract.