2022 NFL Offseason Thread

Super Bowl has been over for over four hours now. Time to move on!

Lots of movement expected this offseason.

Looks like Aaron Rodgers and the Packers have made up, but Russell Wilson, Kirk Cousins and Jimmy Garoppolo could all be on the move.

The combine is in three weeks and Free Agency is 30 days away (March 16).

August is closer than you think.

 

We shall start this off with Kyler Murray and the Cardinals quarrelling. They want him to grow up. He probably wants a head coach that can crack .500 in pro or college.

https://www.nfl.com/news/cardinals-want-kyler-murray-to-take-step-forward-in-leadership-maturity

 

And a max extenstion - don't forget that.

(See also, McVay, Sean - floating the idea of stepping away and maybe doing TV for a few years).

 

when you’ve won and start acting entitled you’re a diva. When you haven’t won and start acting entitled you’re a bitch.

 

The Bengals should be interesting to watch. Very few teams have more cap space for 2022 than Cincinnati, but will an owner notorious for penny-pinching allow them to take advantage to try to get them over the top? Or will they insist that the team was good enough to come close this season, so why spend more? History suggests it will be the latter, but maybe they will surprise us.

 

They have to do whatever it takes to improve their offensive line or Burrow's gonna be in a Wile E. Coyote full body cast by Halloween.

 

He'll never be more than 5-foot-8.

 

I have heard some criticism of him today, which drives me nuts. He took a beating in that second half. At one point, it looked like he might have suffered another serious knee injury. He is a tough kid. He's going to try to hang in there. That's going to get him hurt unless they put some serious resources into that offensive line.

 

If the Bengals are smart, they take note of what the Chiefs did to their OL in one year. If they’re stupid they add more WRs (like Lions).

 

To be fair, the decision to add one more wide receiver worked out quite well for them this season. You could have argued against it given that they already had Boyd and Higgins, but Chase is special.

Now, however, they really have to fix that line. They have the money to do it.

 

Also, pending free agents, what spot on Cincy's roster are you like -- man, they really need an upgrade. They are set at all the skill positions on offense and they just added to that defense in the off-season and they have a reliable kicker. There is only one glaring weakness to focus on in the draft / free agency.