2023 off-season thread

hermes · Post #1 » by **hermes** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:03 pm

another season done, what changes do we need to make?

here are the team's free agents:
Dalvin Tomlinson- DL
Patrick Peterson- CB
Garrett Bradbury - C
Greg Joseph - K
Nick Mullens - QB
Chandon Sullivan - CB
Jonathon Bullard - DL
Olabisi Johnson - WR
Kris Boyd - CB
Oli Udoh - T
Kenny Willekes - DL
Blake Brandel - T
Ben Ellefson - TE
Khyiris Tonga- DL
Alexander Mattison - RB
Austin Scholttmann - C
Duke Shelley - CB
Andrew DePaola - LS
Greg Mancz - C
Irv Smith Jr. - TE

hermes · Post #2 » by **hermes** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:02 am

started off with a bang, donnatell is gone

Post #3 » by **Worm Guts** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:34 am

Probably have to make some decisions with players like Kendricks and Cook. It’s going to be tough to improve the defense.

hermes · Post #4 » by **hermes** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:09 am

cook will be a really tough call. we already went through paying a running back a lot of money with adrian. it seems like paying an rb a lot of money is a bit of a competitive disadvantage anymore

and we have to think about paying jj soon

Post #5 » by **Worm Guts** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 2:59 pm

Looks like Brian Flores is the new defensive coordinator. Seems like a pretty nice hire.

hermes · Post #6 » by **hermes** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 4:28 pm

i don't know much about him but it seems like a good thing

and we can (almost) only go up from here

Post #7 » by **Worm Guts** » Wed Feb 8, 2023 2:20 am

I just know he got fired after a relatively successful season as Miami’s head coach and it was a bit of a controversy. Sounds like he’s a big blitz guy though, pretty much the opposite as Donatell.

hermes · Post #8 » by **hermes** » Mon Mar 6, 2023 6:46 pm

hendricks has been cut

sounds like we're still a ways above the cap so the changes aren't done. hadn't really prepared myself for losing some long-time contributors but i guess its happening

Post #9 » by **Worm Guts** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:09 pm

And there goes Thielen.

hermes · Post #10 » by **hermes** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:29 pm

going to be weird seeing thielen on another team

our times at mankato overlapped. didn't care about the maverick football team though, but i did go to one game so i probably saw him play

hermes · Post #11 » by **hermes** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 5:41 pm

cam dantzler is gone as well

hermes · Post #12 » by **hermes** » Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:04 pm

i think i saw patrick peterson signed with someone, so he won't be back

restructured cousins for more relief (but didn't extend it i guess)
resigned bradbury (3 years) and mullens

hermes · Post #13 » by **hermes** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:53 pm

who are all these tight ends we're signing? we still have hockenson right?

Post #14 » by **Worm Guts** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:46 pm

hermes wrote:who are all these tight ends we're signing? we still have hockenson right?

Did we sign more than Oliver? Yes, Hockenson is back.

hermes · Post #15 » by **hermes** » Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:47 pm

i guess we resigned a ben ellefson, who i didn't even know was on the team

hermes · Post #16 » by **hermes** » Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:53 pm

resigned mattison, so cook may not be coming back

hermes · Post #17 » by **hermes** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:37 pm

draft is this week, what needs do we have? i've kind of unplugged this off-season

only 5 picks this year

Post #18 » by **Worm Guts** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:38 pm

I think we could use a lot of defense, and maybe a 2nd receiver. It doesn't seem like we have enough picks to fill all our needs.

Post #19 » by **Worm Guts** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:03 pm

Jordan Addison seems like a good pick and like him as a player, the big question is whether we could afford to go offense over defense.

hermes · Post #20 » by **hermes** » Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:17 am

addison is only 175 pounds, does that seem a little slight for the nfl?