Clearly there’s problems in Miami. Injuries, Tua, bad drafting, December, Hill drops, untimely penalties, the list goes on and on. We have major salary cap issues next year. How do you fix that? Who do you draft? Who do you keep?
Have to stay with the current core for at least one more year. This team clearly showed it is good enough to beat most teams in the NFL, but it's woefully deficient in beating the best. Still, McD got us to the playoffs twice in a row. Can't ignore that. We also have lots of key positions on the team "filled" so to say. So you give McD another year to prove he can win in the playoffs, and it's upon him to figure out how to fix this. That's the minimum threshold to cross or you start seriously thinking about changing something. Unlike previous cycles though, I don't think you need a complete rebuild no matter what happens. Too many good players on this team for that.
Youre gonna give tua a contract. A better option isnt feasible. Youre gonna give yourself outs in the contract like the giants did with jones. Youre gonna extend mcdaniel and line it up with the tua contract. Youre gonna cut ogbah and X. Youre gonna draft a seam mismatch TE, OL and ****ing LB depth. Thats it. Not a lot of options.
You can't. I would trade Tua for whatever you can get, and draft a high ceiling high bust type in the draft (because that's the only type you can reach for). If you want to still compete, repeat Tua type season, then get Jimmy G.
This is why i cant take this **** seriously. Trade leagues leading passer for garage and sign dude who lost his job to aiden o connell. Like, give me a legitimate plan to upgrade QB or HC. Ill listen. Thats not this.
Jimmy G? No way dude is worse than Tua. Kirk Cousins is a great QB and would be good on a two year deal but I doubt we can afford him. We really need to get Grier gone as the GM. He hasn't hit on much in free agency/trades and the draft record isn't much better. The way the team was all in this year doesn't leave any room to get better next year unless they absolutely hit on the 1st and 2nd round picks like the Lions did. I see a big regression next year and McDaniel and Grier gone a season too late. Hopefully Tua is gone this off season.
Yeah man. Keep holding up that title of "leagues leading passer" like it means something. How'd that work out when games mattered? There's no upgrade at QB. There's nothing easy there. You just have to suck the shi* and move on. If you want another Tua type season, then make a move for Jimmy G. I want more.
I'd love Cousins actually, but I don't see him aging well. He gets murdered every year. Highest QB hit rate in the league consistently. But he's another type you could get, and the offense wouldn't skip a beat with losing Tua.
Why is Kirk better than Tua? He's 35 and coming off an Achilles. 1-4 playoff record. Got beat by the Giants last year. And for everyone crying about Tyreek making Tua, I suggest looking at who Kirk is throwing to. He's also most likely going back to Minny. Operating from a frame of reality, Tua is the QB next year and as mentioned, signed to an extension. Part of getting better will be active - signing and drafting. Need to shore up the disaster that our Edge turned into. Im not counting on either Chubb or especially Phillips. AVG probably is a priority and then adding veteran depth. Adding veteran depth to CB. Goodbye Ogbah and X. Offensively, draft a WR. It's a priority. Cannot get what we got out of 3 on down. Cant happen in this offense. Solidify OL. Maybe a TE. The other part is annoying because it's passive. But ... It's letting young an/or new people grow. McDaniel is a second year coach and did a lot of young second year coach nonsense. Clean it up. Tua is still young, and yes finishing year 4. But, those Flores years were more negative than positive. Fangio ... The warning label with him was that his system takes a year to get installed and that he hates rookies. So we hope Smith takes an offseason jump in year two and that the defense starts to really take hold. Unless we go a new direction. I wouldn't hate either option. Lastly, fire Crossman and get some new voices in special teams. Look, the ending this year was an unmitigated disaster, but for 3/4 of the season we were balling. It's not unreasonable to think if our coaching learns and develops and cleans up that the players won't do so as well. Maybe not, but Im more willing to try that than some nonsense about late round rookies or mediocre vets. There is no Peyton or Brady walking through the door. There are no clear upgrades, and to paraphrase Lions GM Brad Holmes, it is MUCH easier to get worse than better. We have a right to be angry, ask questions and demand answers. But change for the sake of change isn't moving us forward.
Na. He had a 112.9 rating in 2022 playoffs. 80% completion. 273 yards. 2 TDs. 0 INTS. He wasn't the problem. That's not crumbling.
I'm not going to guess what Cousins is going to be coming off his injury and at his age, but 2023 Cousins was probably better than 70% of QBs in the league.
I mean, he was 3rd in passer rating this year, 4th last year, and 9th the year before that. He's pretty consistently good. He also consistently stays on the field, this year broke his streak of 15+ games started for 8 straight seasons.
I'm not saying he's going to lead you to a Superbowl. I'm saying, if you want to move on from Tua, draft a QB, and want to still compete, go get Cousins. Unless you have a better idea?
I dont know, I look at this roster and see more problems than solutions. If you want to take this current group and win now, Kirk Cousins isn't the option. As you said he's likely not winning you a SB any time soon. So, what's the point? So you either need to continue to have faith in Tua... And if I'm McDaniel I'm not sure I want to stake my career on it at this point with Griers love for reclamation projects. So... I really don't know. But what I do see here is the failure of Stephen Ross to yet again make a good decision on how to move this football team forward. You saddled what seems to be a good coach in McDaniel with a flawed QB, and a poor personnel man in Grier. Like it or not they're tied together at this point. So McDaniel will fall on the sword of Tua ultimately it seems. To me... that's a sad state of affairs. I dont want to be competitive. I want to win and be in contention for super bowls. Even if you take away the brutal stretch of injuries with this team, i still highly doubt were at that point when it comes to talent.
You just said passer rating doesn't mean anything with Tua. But it means something with Cousins? Can't have it both ways.
Ermmm. Where did I say it doesn't matter? I think it's important to note Tua's great passer rating occurred in a season where he faced the least winning teams in the sport. Against winning teams, his numbers are poor throughout his career. If you have a stat that shows similar with Cousins, please show it.
We limped to the playoffs.. surprisingly this season, Tua actually played all the games.. but when you start missing out on Chubb, Xavien, Phillips, AVG on your defense alone.. thats massive when guys like waddle, mostert and tyreek hill start having late season injuries.. and are limited in practice.. thats massive.. And the team doesnt have a conditioning issue.. i will say Waddle is the only one i would label as injury prone. We got to be healthier, somehow. now we head to an offseason where we are going to have phillips and chubb missing games or perhaps the 2024 season completely.. so we have to figure that out.. tua is getting the tag.. i dont think theyre ready to commit long term money on him yet but as of right now, with tyreek and waddle and devon mostert as our core we are in win now mode.. and there isnt a qb available through trade that will make it better and keep us in that mode..tua is the best option we got.. im not thrilled about it but no one can name me someone available that is better..
Same tier QB imo, good but probably not good enough to win it all (unless everything around them is „perfect“).
I have no clue what they will do but if they pay Tua any thought of a superbowl in next 5 years is all but done.
You draft better. Our drafts have provided little to no help. Somehow stay healthy while developing an identity (offensively and defensively). Identity partly comes from player production but if you're constantly needing to use 2nd-3rd string it's difficult to maintain. Given the injuries to Chubb and Phillips we're going to need pass rushers because they may not be ready in 2024. Linebackers who can hit and cover. OL, a center and guard, luckily guards can be found in the middle rounds or relatively cheaply in free agency. Extend McDaniel and create some organizational stability.
Don‘t know if we can quick fix it, we definitely need to draft better. We had a huge chance when we did the Tunsil trade, but the way things look we fumbled that badly. Not expecting improvement next season, rather the opposite.
You would lose that case sir. I didn't say it doesn't matter. I'm saying there's a lot more that surrounds stats. Context around them. How they are achieved. You ignored the rest of my post.
Getting back to the topic, I assume Ogbah and Wilson Jr are cap casualties. Has anyone seen much on the cap in regards to cutting/restructuring Armstead and Howard? Howard has had a hard time staying healthy and can’t really afford to pay someone who doesn’t play. Same with Armstead although he plays at a very high level when healthy, so that’s a little tougher. In the draft, you likely have to replace Hunt, possibly LT, you have needs at ILB, CB and WR/TE. You also have to make a tough decision around edge rusher. Will Chubb and Phillips miss significant time next year? Will they still be able to play at the same level? Hopefully you can kick the can down the road with Tua as cheaply as possible, then re-evaluate in a year or two.
I'd let Howard go. He's just not that good and being paid like he is. Cutting Howard, Ogbah, and Baker post June 1 would save 45m.
I think the problem with Tua is how much he's going to cost. To continue with Tua, he's got to get a new contract, it you tag him and pay him high year to year. So like, if you're moving on from him, you've got to just do it. I honestly don't think Tua would garner much in trade right now. We are not in a good situation.
This roster is built to win now. Ideally, you'd do what the Rams did when they traded Goff for Stafford. Unfortunately there's not a Stafford level QB available via trade this offseason. My expectation is Tua is extended and they try to improve the ancillary pieces on the roster. Grier is a Ross toadie so he's not going anywhere until Ross dies. X has a $25M cap hit next year. He's not worth a quarter of that given that he's injured all the time and gets cooked when he plays. His career has been on a downward trajectory for a few years now. Things are pretty bleak. I'm not sure this roster is fixable. Even if it was I have no faith in Grier fixing it.
Recency bias is definitely clouding some of the perspective here. We went 11-6, that's not a bad team. That's not a hopeless team. That's not a team with no future. A regression is certainly possible, but it's definitely not impossible to see improvement on multiple fronts here. Draft will be huge - we have to come away with multiple starters. Watch the Detroit and Rams game today and you see two teams that had A+ drafts with multiple rookies starting or contributing big. We have to find some cheaper vet talent - guys with some edge who can come in and play immediately and help bring some hunger. It's much easier to say than do of course, but it's not impossible. And again, the big things are that we need to see improvement from the coaching staff in pretty much all phases. Special teams needs a new voice. Fangio's scheme is widely considered elite but one that takes time and vets to implement, and usually ascends in year 2 vs immediately. Our secondary staff will get revamped - too many blown coverages and bad play from the unit that should have been a strength. Offensively, Frank Smith probably doesn't get a HC job after our swoon, so he and McDaniel need to figure out what the later season issues are and how to keep progressing the offense. We need a heavy focus and look at the run game - it was too good to have been so ineffective.
There's no immediate fix, but this team isn't going anywhere until it finds a Quarterback with the talent and moxy to win on any given Sunday. I think Tua gets one more year here, but we absolutely need to draft one of the top 8 quarterbacks in this upcoming draft. In fact, we need to keep drafting quarterbacks until we find the right one. Without a franchise quarterback, this team will go nowhere. No retreads, no Kirk Cousins, you have to draft one. Caleb Williams is the top pick this year. I would throw everything I could at Chicago for the top pick OR you look at the later round guys like Sanders from Colorado.
How would I fix it? I'd get rid of Tua. I'd sell the farm to get someone better, however I had to do it. Tua is a good QB but he's not good enough to take us to a championship and he never will be. That's not what they'll do, though. They'll do the wrong thing because that's their MO.
