Making "better" choices this offseason.

I stopped reading at +.

Just kidding. I agree with a little bit of the stuff you said but not most of it. First of all, our last 2 drafts have probably been the best drafts since 1999 and they could start looking even better in a couple of years if a couple of the good looking youngsters really take off.

RG3 will not get killed in the AFC North. He’s bigger than he looks and he’s fast enough to avoid the rush. He moves well in the pocket and has a quick release. He would be an ideal QB for this offense, a mixture of Brett Favre gunslinger, but with accuracy and Steve Young’s athleticism and intelligence.

Taking Kalil with the #4 pick, if he’s even there or Jonathon Martin is really not a good use of the pick since we already have Joe Thomas and a second/third round OT or FA RT will be fine to make our line very good. They were pretty good with rookie Guards and a one footed Pashos. If we took an awesome OT to play RT I wouldn’t cry and not that he needs it but would provide some depth behind the almighty. I don’t think he can be injured but anything is possible. I would almost rather take an OT more than Richardson, but I’m probably not too high on either of those ideas. If Richardson somehow falls all the way to our second #1 then hell yes I would take him there in a heart beat. I might even trade up a little to get him if it only cost like a 3rd or 4th rounder. We’ve traded more for less.

As for the second round receivers, if Kendall Wright falls to there that would be cool. Mohammad Sanu might be OK too, but we really need one who can stretch the field so he needs to be fast. Very fast.

If Flynn is what you say he is then I think he’s worth a look, but I’m pretty hesitant on believing all that. If he’s so awesome how did he slip to the 7th round (don’t say Tom Brady).

RDE is definitely a need and a WLB would be nice. We give up most of our rushing yards around the edges of the line, a lot of that is Sheard learning to defend the run and Jayme Mitchell not being able to do much of anything. Gocong got better with his angles and contain as the year went on and so did Miava. If there is a Zack Brown available I would be stoked to get someone like that.

As far as Shurmur showing emotion, I really don’t care about that. The character of this team seems to be pretty blue collar, intelligent, workmanlike. They don’t seem to want or need any T-sizzle or anyone who would call themselves T-sizzle.

1. Matt Flynn is going to command much more than what you propose, if he’s available at all. There is even talk of G.B. using their Franchise Tag to force a team to give up a first rounder for him. He was also a 7th round pick, so I’m not sold.

2. RGIII appears to be a taller, more accurate, maybe faster and and slightly stronger Seneca Wallace. I’ll throw in smarter as well, since listening to RGIII speak Vs. the crap that comes out of Wallace’s mouth is refreshing. Seneca didn’t get killed, I can’t see how RGIII does.

3. Any NFL GM that uses a #4 pick on a Right Tackle may get laughed out of Radio City. RT is not a position that commands that kind of draft value.

I don’t have time to comment on the rest.

1. Our right side isn’t that bad (when Pashos is healthy, Cousins and Hicks are absolutely that bad), pass rushers are just that good. Keeping them off balance and getting rid of the ball quickly will be the keys to slowing down the pass rush in our system. If whatever QB we have has 3 seconds to get rid of the ball, that’s a LOT of time in the NFL.

2. Many of the issues we had in protection were due to poor execution of the OL’s assignments. Part of this is on the QB: a good QB will use the cadence, a hard count, and other verbal cues to set the line up correctly and slow the rush. Another part of that is on our Guards, who were playing like rookies for much of the season. The light started to go on for them at the end of the year and it showed.

3. RT is not worth it with the 4th overall pick. RTs protect the side of the QB that isn’t the blindside, can get help from the TE, and typically face rushers that aren’t as athletic (though this is changing a little). Because of this, there are simply more men alive who can do the job of a RT than can do that of the LT. Because of a higher supply—and arguably a lower demand—RTs are less valuable. We don’t need to invest a first rounder to get a great young RT, let alone the #4 overall pick.

4. Buying Matt Flynn right now is buying while his stock is high, and it will cost us much more than some money and below-average picks.

Anyone who joins, and then immediately posts a long missive, should be summarily ignored.

I disagree with almost every word in this article.

tl;dr

I believe he is a free agent after this season and deserves to start

I’m not sure he deserves anything after one good game. I also think he is a product of a really good team and great coaching.

Kevin Kolb/Matt Cassel come to mind. No way would this FO waste the picks or money some other team would throw at this dude.

I tend to disagree with most of this article.