of Chi Pet mix and Miracle Gro.

We’ll keep Briggs.

he was going to be traded to the Chargers at the deadline this year for like a 5th and a 6th (I don’t really know how that deal broke up). The Raiders were even talking about moving him to FB, shows how much they value him (cough sarcasm cough). I think he would be a great power type back to pair up with Forte, and maybe the short yardage back we need.

The Raiders drafted him with the first overall pick on day two of the 2007 draft (4th round), and red-shirted him last year. This year, he’s gotten some playing time and looked good, but the Raiders drafted McFadden and also re-signed Fargas. So, there’s a crowd in the backfield.

Forte isn’t exactly lightning. He is a complete 3 down back. He isn’t a speedster.

lets seperate Boldin, TJ and then Bryant. One is nowhere near like the others. Boldin, TJ or for some of you Burress are the guys to start. If we can’t nab one of them then maybe we look at Bryant.

but can we start on the left side and work our way over?

Buckhalter, but his injury concerns are not worth the risk.

Stovall and Jarrett, no thanks. Nothing against them, but I want an established guy or at least one who has been productive in the league. We have plenty of could be good some day receivers.

I would love for us to trade up and try and get Crabtree if he comes out. If we trade up and miss on Crabtree, then we can always take the best OT, or trade down again. Percy Harvin, while great, is too small for WR for us, only because we have a stable of sub 6’ WRs that can’t break press coverage. How Hester is still strictly playing as an outside WR is ridiculous…move him all over the place and make the defense account for him AND Olsen (who already moves all over the place). Imagine adding those two wrinkles to the offense, moving Olsen AND Hester all over the formation all the time.

offer Brown a coaching job.

Are coaches just don’t know it.

Did I say that enough? Give em a 2010 first round and whatever to get that guy in house. Does it all catch , run, block..awesome. The problem with some of those Olineman is that I am not sure they are any better than Garza or an up and coming Beekman. 2009 first round pick is a stud off guard to drop right in at either spot. We an get a back up rb anywhere late in draft or FA pickup. But someone with speed. Derrick Ward unrestricted FA??

rookie WRs make a big impact. I’m not interested in sitting through and another guy gets used to the position at this level. We are already waiting on Hester. I want a guy who we can plug in now, somewhere near his prime and lets move forward.

Boldin by default makes the rest of our receivers better. Not saying that is the only move we should make at receiver, but it does lessen the coverage and attention they get.

If we get Burress, we might as well pick up Antonio Bryant, Chris Henry, and trade for Pacman Jones and Tank Johnson from the Cowboys. We absolutely do not need to combine players with a history of problems with the law that also have problems listening to their coaches with a player’s coach such as Lovie Smith. Lovie would get walked all over by Plax, or anyone else who is crazy (such as the aforementioned players).

Also, we need another RB besides Micheal Bush. And if we were to get Bush, he would absolutely need to turned into an H-back to maximize his pass catching and speed in combination with his size, and then we would need another back too. Darren Sproles!!! Could you imagine being able to chose between Manning, Hester, and Sproles to return kicks?!! It would allow us to rotate them through and prevent teams from game planning for 1 returner, and instead plan for 3!!

Boldin will be 29 next October…

He has speed and size.

To follow your point, does his value or ability go down if he isn’t playing next to Fitz? Fair question. I think he can. If we get Boldin we either need Hester to develop into or get a guy like a Welker or Stokley. A fast guy who knows how to take advantage of the holes Boldin has created.

I think realistically we need to get the OL moving as #1 priority. WR and DE as #2 priority.

Sometimes you can’t do it all in one year. Last year we took a good step. OL, Safety, DT, & RB positions got at minimum good depth and likely starters. We still may have a shot at a WR & CB in Bennet and Bowman as well from that draft. That is not counting Hanie, depending on if you feel the guy has any potential to help the team win in the future.

This season hopefully we can do the same and add 3-4 good fixes and 2 more with some good potential.

I don’t mean to diss anyone trying.

- Ron Turner will stay and should stay. The worst thing we could do to Orton’s development is make him learn a new offense. Turner has had some bright moments this year and is much more creative than we have seen in past seasons. He is actually using the strength of most players on the team like moving Olsen around and giving him jump balls, using Forte out of the backfield as an extension of the running game, and mixing up the play calling on first down. Some games we actually pass more than run. Sometimes we should have ran, but at least he is a little less predictable. If he would can the full back dive, he is doing a solid job this year.

- Babich can go and that may happen. It is obvious to me though that the players aren’t getting the job done though, so it is hard to pin it all on him. With that said, the guy still doesn’t seem to be very good. I love the Marinelli idea and thought the same thing myself a few years ago. Love and Marinelli coached together in Tampa and have a relationship and Marinelli got to be a head coach because he was a good defensive coordinator. That sounds like a good marriage.

- Jon Kitna is a joke. You might as well keep Rex. That guy turns the ball over all the time. And you can point to Mike Martz, but the guy had Roy Williams, Calvin Johnson, and Looker at WR which is a good group and had Kevin Jones in the backfield last season. He is a turnover machine and that goes against our coaching philosophy. Also, Mike Martz made Kitna look better than he is. He does that with all his QB’s. Look at Bulger and Kitna’s drop off after he left. They plummeted into nothingness. Yeah he is cheaper than Cassell and he is also never going to be better. We have seen the best of Kitna and it isn’t that good. Cassell is still progressing.

- I agree that Stinchcomb is very good lineman and worth having, but isn’t Guard the position on the line we need the most help? We get no push up the middle on good defenses. That keeps us out of the endzone and makes third and short very tough. With that said it is still hard to pass up a good player on a line that needs to improve.

- I think for Boldin you are talking 3 draft picks, probably a 1, 3 & 4 or a 1 & 2 & 6. For Bush you are probably talking a 2 or 3. I would be fine with 3 picks for Boldin or one pick for Bush, but not both players and using 4. Now if you used 4 picks and got Boldin and a OL or DE, I would be fine with that. Backup running back is more of a luxury considering our other more pressing needs.

that he’s gonna get locked up on a long term deal w/ TB. If he does somehow manage to get to FA, I wouldn’t mind the Bears pursuing him. I’m not sure if this year was a fluke year. He has a lot of talent, but always seems to get in trouble.

But if he’s whining about being in Cleveland, wouldn’t he hate it here more?

And besides, all those drops scare me a little.