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I think the picture is worse than this, because some of these 2025 cap hits like Tua's get a fair bit worse again in 2026. This is the consequence of going all in this year, and playing games to push money out into the future. When the forward look from 2025 to 2026 is challenging, this also limits what you can do in 2025, because you cannot hand out deals that give big money to players in 2026. So I think they are going to have to go after scraps again to fill holes, and try to find players on 1 year deals for $2mm-$3mm. I think the odds of getting more Calais Campbell's are slim, when doing this you are more likely to end up with Jordan Poyer's. Then the other issue is on top of this we might need to pay more than one should for a backup QB. Of course, the other sad thing is we went all in, got nothing but a big mess, and got Grier back. I think we got Grier back largely due to the fact that they knew nobody with a brain would be willing to walk into this situation, it would be career suicide as a GM. Please wake me up when the nightmare ends!

 
phinsforlife said:
I think the picture is worse than this, because some of these 2025 cap hits like Tua's get a fair bit worse again in 2026. This is the consequence of going all in this year, and playing games to push money out into the future. When the forward look from 2025 to 2026 is challenging, this also limits what you can do in 2025, because you cannot hand out deals that give big money to players in 2026. So I think they are going to have to go after scraps again to fill holes, and try to find players on 1 year deals for $2mm-$3mm. I think the odds of getting more Calais Campbell's are slim, when doing this you are more likely to end up with Jordan Poyer's. Then the other issue is on top of this we might need to pay more than one should for a backup QB. Of course, the other sad thing is we went all in, got nothing but a big mess, and got Grier back. I think we got Grier back largely due to the fact that they knew nobody with a brain would be willing to walk into this situation, it would be career suicide as a GM. Please wake me up when the nightmare ends!

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not necessarily a bad thing
 
This is exactly what I have been alluding to all season.

Next year's roster as of now:
QB-Tua, Thompson
RB-Achane, Mostert, Wright
FB-Ingold
WR-Hill, Waddle, OBJ, Washington, Washinton
TE-Smith, Smythe, Hill, Conner
T-Armstead, Jackson, Paul
C-Brewer, Meyer
G-None

DL-Sieler
LB/Edge-Phillips, Chubb, Chop, Kamara, Brooks, Tindall, Murphy, Bonner
CB-Ramsey, Fuller, Smith, Duck
S-McMorris (He may be more of a corner though)

If you were in Grier's position with your job on the line, what would you do?
 
BahamaFinFan78 said:
This is exactly what I have been alluding to all season.

Next year's roster as of now:
QB-Tua, Thompson
RB-Achane, Mostert, Wright
FB-Ingold
WR-Hill, Waddle, OBJ, Washington, Washinton
TE-Smith, Smythe, Hill, Conner
T-Armstead, Jackson, Paul
C-Brewer, Meyer
G-None

DL-Sieler
LB/Edge-Phillips, Chubb, Chop, Kamara, Brooks, Tindall, Murphy, Bonner
CB-Ramsey, Fuller, Smith, Duck
S-McMorris (He may be more of a corner though)

If you were in Grier's position with your job on the line, what would you do?
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I don't know, but I sure as hell wouldn't have Thompson as our backup QB!
 
phinsforlife said:
I think the picture is worse than this, because some of these 2025 cap hits like Tua's get a fair bit worse again in 2026. This is the consequence of going all in this year, and playing games to push money out into the future. When the forward look from 2025 to 2026 is challenging, this also limits what you can do in 2025, because you cannot hand out deals that give big money to players in 2026. So I think they are going to have to go after scraps again to fill holes, and try to find players on 1 year deals for $2mm-$3mm. I think the odds of getting more Calais Campbell's are slim, when doing this you are more likely to end up with Jordan Poyer's. Then the other issue is on top of this we might need to pay more than one should for a backup QB. Of course, the other sad thing is we went all in, got nothing but a big mess, and got Grier back. I think we got Grier back largely due to the fact that they knew nobody with a brain would be willing to walk into this situation, it would be career suicide as a GM. Please wake me up when the nightmare ends!

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2026 will be fine. Cap will be up another 40-50 million and currently scheduled to pay tyreek 51 and armstead 22 million. After dead cap hits due to armstead retiring and Hill’s cut/ trade they’ll be somewhere around 80-90 million under.
 
BahamaFinFan78 said:
This is exactly what I have been alluding to all season.

Next year's roster as of now:
QB-Tua, Thompson
RB-Achane, Mostert, Wright
FB-Ingold
WR-Hill, Waddle, OBJ, Washington, Washinton
TE-Smith, Smythe, Hill, Conner
T-Armstead, Jackson, Paul
C-Brewer, Meyer
G-None

DL-Sieler
LB/Edge-Phillips, Chubb, Chop, Kamara, Brooks, Tindall, Murphy, Bonner
CB-Ramsey, Fuller, Smith, Duck
S-McMorris (He may be more of a corner though)

If you were in Grier's position with your job on the line, what would you do?
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If I'm expected to win? Retire.
 
BahamaFinFan78 said:
This is exactly what I have been alluding to all season.

Next year's roster as of now:
QB-Tua, Thompson
RB-Achane, Mostert, Wright
FB-Ingold
WR-Hill, Waddle, OBJ, Washington, Washinton
TE-Smith, Smythe, Hill, Conner
T-Armstead, Jackson, Paul
C-Brewer, Meyer
G-None

DL-Sieler
LB/Edge-Phillips, Chubb, Chop, Kamara, Brooks, Tindall, Murphy, Bonner
CB-Ramsey, Fuller, Smith, Duck
S-McMorris (He may be more of a corner though)

If you were in Grier's position with your job on the line, what would you do?
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Trade back at least once. For example:

IMG_0154.jpegIMG_0155.jpeg

Obviously the trades have to be realistic but something similar to these images I mocked is what I propose.
 
Which is why I think it's very funny when Grier says he's going to focus on fixing the line.

Does he know he can't pay in Monopoly money?
 
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