Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
You can sugar-coat it all you like..the facts are the facts. He got two sacks in KC..if you think he was prime Derrick Thomas here then go ahead buddy :-)
To be honest I liked the focus on the secondary in the draft and FA. Our DL was turd last year, Ingram absolutely elevated it. But we've chosen to focus on shoring up the secondary, that's fine by me. It's also possible he finally starts showing his age and falls off a cliff. But the idea that he was mediocre for us last year, especially compared to what else we had out there, is bizarre. Agree to disagree i guess. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThyKingdomCome15:
Veach has to have a back up plan. I understand Veach didn't want to pay close to Ogbah money for Ingram. That's a big loss though.
I don’t think there is a backup plan. We’re done with this for the year. The whole tender/tag thing was just for a free pick. My guess is any plan that exists is more focused on 2023 and beyond. Maybe work some extensions, etc. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThyKingdomCome15:
That's rough, MIA did this just to sock it to us.
Originally Posted by ThyKingdomCome15:
Veach has to have a back up plan. I understand Veach didn't want to pay close to Ogbah money for Ingram. That's a big loss though.
Originally Posted by JPH83:
Who? Sorry, I think this is just wrong. He was the best left. If we want to improve the pass rush from the DE we'll need a trade.
Dunlap? Clowney? JPP? Likely a few others via cuts throughout the offseason? And we have plenty of draft assets to trade if need be. Ingram doesn’t move the needle anymore than the aforementioned names, most of which will likely be the same cost.
Ingram isn’t that great. He just stood out last year because nobody on our defense played with any effort or intensity outside of him and Bolton.