What to make of the AB situation?

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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby JoshGordonsDealer » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:25 am

I think he's going to be quite difficult to ship, quite honestly.

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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby Cameron Giles » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:31 am

JoshGordonsDealer wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:25 am I think he's going to be quite difficult to ship, quite honestly.
Shouldn't be, especially if the Steelers are publicly implying that the cap hit doesn't matter to them. I don't think the Steelers will get a 1st though.

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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby Patsfan86 » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:57 am

Am I crazy for thinking the Colts are gonna make a pretty hard push for him?

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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby Orenthal Shames » Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:27 pm

Cameron Giles wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:31 am
JoshGordonsDealer wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:25 am I think he's going to be quite difficult to ship, quite honestly.
Shouldn't be, especially if the Steelers are publicly implying that the cap hit doesn't matter to them. I don't think the Steelers will get a 1st though.
Yeah they recoup 14M from Bell not signing so that surely softens the 20M cap hit.
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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby Phaded » Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:12 pm

As long as the Steelers are not asking for anything crazy.

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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby Ice » Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:10 pm

Weknownothing86 wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:57 am Am I crazy for thinking the Colts are gonna make a pretty hard push for him?
Not crazy at all. Brown will fetch at least a 1st round pick so whoever comes up with the best pick/player package will win his services. He is so good at football it probably won't be what the Steelers have to ask for in return.
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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby ninotoreS » Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:31 pm

As a Pettis owner, I will be very annoyed if Brown signs with SF.

Kinda feel like it's unlikely, though; I get the impression from press interviews that Shanahan is happy with what he's got developing on the WR chart, enough so that it'll be hard to justify taking on Brown's heavy cap and dead-cap hits through 2020, nevermind the picks he'd have to trade away for a team that's still rebuilding.
Cameron Giles wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:31 am
JoshGordonsDealer wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:25 am I think he's going to be quite difficult to ship, quite honestly.
Shouldn't be, especially if the Steelers are publicly implying that the cap hit doesn't matter to them. I don't think the Steelers will get a 1st though.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't any team that trades for him be required to take on his contract, too? Brown will be 31 when the next season starts, and yet his contract demands that a team go all in on him until at least 2021, and even waiving him then would hurt (the dead-cap hit is still 7 million in that year).

Not that I'm dismissing Brown's ability to remain elite well into his 30s... it's certainly possible... but the cliff does tend to come suddenly for some elite WRs, going overnight from dominant to washed up (recent examples that come to my mind are Reggie Wayne, Andre Johnson). A prospective buyer of Brown will have to consider that, and I imagine it'll make taking on both those dead-cap hits AND giving up a premium draft pick or two pretty tough.
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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby Space Cowboy » Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:55 pm

SF went for Sherman, Talib and Mack. Clearly they're willing to make a big splash and aren't afraid of big deals or personalities.

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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby ninotoreS » Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:42 pm

They did all that before Jimmy's injury and the subsequent revelation of how undeserving the team was to be considered in a win-now context. There was buzz in the offseason that the Niners could be a playoff team, but those near-term expectations have surely been checked at this point.

I don't believe Kyle Shanahan is stupid. We're talking about a team that went 4-12. Let's be real, and I'll assume the Niners will be, too.

As for Brown, I'm guessing he wants to go to SF because he wants to live in that city, not because he thinks they're on the cusp of winning silverware.
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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby hockeyBjj » Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:16 pm

*A team that went 4-12 after losing their starting quarterback and starting runingback

It's very rare to have a MN Vikings 2017 success after losing those two offensive players. They get Jimmy G and McKinnon back as well as adding AB and its night and day difference for that offense
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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby jaykay22 » Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:27 pm

AB removed "Steelers WR" from his Twitter bio.

Also, on his Instagram story yesterday he had a screenshot of himself on FaceTime with Jerry Rice lol, followed by a picture of his lady/baby momma sitting in front of a giant wall portrait that was split down the middle with Jerry Rice being the left half in a red Niners uniform and the number 8, and the right half of the portrait was AB in black Steelers uniform with the 4 from his #84 :wink:

As a neutral and regular football fan, this is hilarious to continue following :thumbup:
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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby Bot101 » Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:51 pm

AB told Rice in that interview that he "badly" wants to play for the Niners.

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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby ninotoreS » Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:30 pm

hockeyBjj wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:16 pm *A team that went 4-12 after losing their starting quarterback and starting runingback
Truly good teams can lose their franchise QB to injury, plug in the clipboard holder, and still get a .500 record. We've seen that happen many times.

Teams with inexperienced or top-heavy rosters typically can't, though. They go something like... 4-12.

Btw,
and starting runingback
this did not matter at all.

And usually doesn't in today's league.
They get Jimmy G and McKinnon back as well as adding AB and its night and day difference for that offense
First: Jimmy G hasn't actually proven he's a difference-making QB yet (nor did he lend evidence to it in the three games he played), and McKinnon wouldn't have made much difference this year considering the running-game still did great (Shanahan's RBs are plug and play).

Second: the team had a lot more problems than the QB play. Actually, the QB wasn't even near the top of the list of problems, considering Beathard and Mullens had several quite decent games. Niners were 32nd in picks, 22nd in sacks, 28th in points allowed, 32nd in TO differential, 22nd in pass-protection, and 30th in total DVOA.
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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby Lotto4Life » Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:25 am

ninotoreS wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:30 pm Second: the team had a lot more problems than the QB play. Actually, the QB wasn't even near the top of the list of problems, considering Beathard and Mullens had several quite decent games. Niners were 32nd in picks, 22nd in sacks, 28th in points allowed, 32nd in TO differential, 22nd in pass-protection, and 30th in total DVOA.
Are you saying Shanahan is the Kingsbury of the NFL?

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Re: What to make of the AB situation?

Postby Jigga94 » Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:28 am

jaykay22 wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:27 pm AB removed "Steelers WR" from his Twitter bio.

Also, on his Instagram story yesterday he had a screenshot of himself on FaceTime with Jerry Rice lol, followed by a picture of his lady/baby momma sitting in front of a giant wall portrait that was split down the middle with Jerry Rice being the left half in a red Niners uniform and the number 8, and the right half of the portrait was AB in black Steelers uniform with the 4 from his #84 :wink:

As a neutral and regular football fan, this is hilarious to continue following :thumbup:
As a Ravens fan, this AB and Bell drama has been fun to watch this season


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