oldno82

Yep...I have a real dislike for Cincy and their overinflated egos. But I'll watch the SB. Should be an entertaining game if KC gets some receivers back.

Yep. That's important too. I like what I've seen from Monkton but there's so many candidates and teams in the hunt I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much.

I agree a bit fat NO to Richardson. I wonder if the Colts would be interested in a Lamar trade if it comes to that. A lot of the other picks were interesting though I really want to see us go receiver as much as possible instead of a cornerback for the first round. Peters has frequently looked out of control on the sidelines. We're lucky he didn't draw some penalties and that Harbs was patient with him.

He would be great but what if nobody competent wants to come here because of the uncertainty at QB1?

They're not going to drop JK or Bowser unless they know Bowser spread the leaflets across the floor and we don't have any idea who did it. I have seen many times over the past few years where Marcus Peters was in Harbaugh's face on the sideline and not only was he still with the team last season, he got an extension a couple of years before that. Plus Harbaugh's not the only vote that counts. We do have a GM and an owner.

They won't draft a RB in the 1st round and I think they would agree with you and me on the reasoning.

Now there's a scary thought!

Or, they could bring Cam Cameron or Matt Cavanaugh.

I really hope they don't pick someone internal.

Yeah, I'd say OC but have no idea who.

Maybe this link will give us some more ideas: https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/rumor-mill-ravens-offensive-coordinator-search

I can't see Bieniemy coming here either unless he gets a leg up when Harbs leaves. But as you said before why do that when Andy Reid could be retiring near the same time. Not thrilled with Leftwich either. As for Martin and Urban I agree...why pick up Roman's assistants? Frank Reich, meh...maybe. I pretty flummoxed about it right now.

But who's to say he'll be 100% cutting with speed and it's not like he was all that great to begin with. I think we need a step up from him. He's at best an average player. With Bateman coming back from a Lisfranc, which normally take a couple seasons to get back to normal, we need more from our WRs. And I'm not talking breaking the bank to do it.

He's got a broken bone in his foot.

We have potentially one good wide receiver in Bateman who has screws in his ankle now and nobody else. BTW, I believe Marquise Brown was out for several games this season with an injury.

Rashod Bateman's coming back from a Lisfranc injury. I've never seen a WR come back from that and have a good year his first year back. Duvernay has a broken foot to come back from and again it make take two seasons before his really healthy. Yes we had some replacements this year but mostly they came off the street or belong there. We only have 5 draft picks and no number 2. So who is available that we could afford in free agency? I am disturbed over our WR availability. Hell, maybe we could contract out to the Steelers and let them pick for us. They always seem to have depth at WR and it's always come via the draft. I wonder how the hell they do it.

I could see him with the type of deal Eric had as GM in waiting with Ozzie.

Ya know, this must not be easy for Lamar either. He gambled his value on having a super season and it didn't pan out that way. Maybe he's feeling let down by both himself and the front office. I don't know and I don't want to speculate but he may have ambivalent feelings about the organization at the moment and hence the cryptic tweets. But I've come to the conclusion that I want to see this process pan out through March 7. If they can't strike a deal in 2 months then I'll lean more to the tag and trade process. But I'm going to give the negotiations some time here to see it play out. Meanwhile what good OC candidates are there? We can speculate about who we'd want. I think Harbs has a couple years left on his contract. Maybe Eric Bieniemy the KC OC would come here with the understanding he'd be in the running for HC here when Harbaugh retires.

Somehow I can't see either the Steelers or Browns being interested in Roman. Not with the quarterbacks they have. Did they dump their OC's too?

Tsyl said it right when he posted that Eric played it correctly. You don't want to rule out Lamar playing here yet, nor do you want to bad mouth him if you think it's going to come down to a trade. You'd just diminish his trade value. The other thing is... because it's all private so far between Lamar and Eric, anything else they would say here would be inappropriate.

Are you talking about Lamar? We'd never trade him to a division opponent IMHO. I have a feeling Lamar is going to mostly involved in getting a new contract with plenty of guaranteed money. But if they can sign him to a cap/guaranteed friendly deal, it might be interesting to see him with a new OC here. But what I really believe is that we need a different style quarterback to go with the 'new style' offense. I'm trying hard to keep an open mind.

So far as Head Coach is concerned, I really think Harbs is lacking in X's and O's knowledge. He is an outstanding team leader and knows what buttons to push so far as motivation is concerned but he doesn't seem to know as much about play calling and for sure time management. But I believe he's here until his contract runs out.

That's what happens when you gear your whole philosophy towards the run game.

Apparently Roman's contract is up but the club does hold an option to extend him for 2023. If they exercise that option I'll be sick. To me they should take the easy way out and just tell the guy NOW that they're not exercising the option. Still having doubts that Lamar can ever be the quarterback that's needed to go deep into the playoffs. Either the team's ability to develop him is piss poor or he just doesn't have the tools to be anything more than he is now. I'm afraid the answer is yes to both of those options.

I can agree with this. I'm just saying that you can't run the ball as much as we do without having a much better complementary passing game. Papa see my reply above. I'm not advocating ditching the running game totally just saying we need a more balanced offense that has an intelligent passing component. And I think one where the medium to long passing play moves the defenses we face back from stacking the box. That way the running attack an the passing attack go hand in hand.