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[whatever_gong82]

Ugh, a record that we set that we don't want:

[froot loops]

Not going to worry about cap space and draft picks for a while. This was a grueling ride as a fan, unfortunately this was the easiest path. Being an upstart always is

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[Sanders Fan]

[dsred]

Nonsense. If Dan Campbell went for it once and was successful and you were silent, you have no right to complain.

Pffft!

[Sanders Fan]

All of that was true. But so was this: In the biggest game of his coaching life, Campbell treated the NFC Championship game like a breezy Week 7 game with the Cardinals. There is a time for boldness and there is a time for wisdom, a time to push the envelope and a time to play close to the vest. And three times Campbell made decisions that helped sabotage his team.

[DanO]

."All of that was true. But so was this: In the biggest game of his coaching life, Campbell treated the NFC Championship game like a breezy Week 7 game with the Cardinals. There is a time for boldness and there is a time for wisdom, a time to push the envelope and a time to play close to the vest. And three times Campbell made decisions that helped sabotage his team.
------------------------------------------------Agreed. He should have taken the FG's but he's a rookie too. He's still a GREAT coach and this is still a GREAT team.

[Sanders Fan]

[ghandi]

Most of those guys are replaceable, a couple are going to be expensive and may not be brought back (CJGJ, JJ)....Holmes has done a good job of getting guys on one year deals, so he may do that with a few of them.

[Mainevent]

LOL - some people just waiting on a chance to go back to the kneecaps quote and use the fourth downs to justify their original meathead takes. When in reality the meatheads are the ones not going for it or are running it 3 times and punting it away.

My advice to you is buckle up because DC is not going to stop being aggressive. Or as DC says, put your diaper on.

[chemiclord]

I'd like to see Jackson back... but the price he's going to command isn't worth someone who can't stay on the field. He's missed close to about 25% of his possible starts or something to that effect.

Gardner-Johnson wouldn't bother me if he came back (his taunting and mouth are overplayed by people who don't like to see "bad" sportsmanship), but at the end of the day... he really wasn't particularly an upgrade from what was already on the roster. Branch outplayed him for the nickel spot, and Iffy honestly was outplaying him at safety. I really don't see him being willing to be a part of a rotation like he was at the end of the year, and would quickly become a toxic element if asked to.

I'd love to see Glasgow back, and I think we will. He and Jackson will probably be people Holmes really wants to re-sign and will make a priority.

JRM and Reynolds are (or should be) great depth pieces that probably shouldn't be every day starters. They'll probably be back and probably won't ask for much.

The rest are JAGs that can come or go, it'll all depend on the price and what else is available.

[froot loops]

What I like about the aggressiveness of Campbell is he is willing to take the criticism of making those decisions. Most of the risk averse coaches will do the conservative thing because it shields them from criticism. Caldwell never really made those type of decisions and they slowly lost a lot of games that they had the lead. In this forum it was a big to-do after another loss where the defense couldn't stop the opponents comeback

It wasn't a 4th down decision, but in the Rams game, that pass to St. Brown was not something a lot of people would call. If it falls incomplete it is a disaster and you possibly give Stafford back the ball with a minute left down one. A ballsy call that those same folks would have skewered if it failed.

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If you could find a really good corner or edge guy in free agency, it maybe opens up a spot for a day 2 guard.