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Lynch or Suh?
bananasnblondes
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Since this discussion was all over the place today, what would you rather have?
Drop Lynch and spend a bunch of money to bring Ndingadong Suh in for a 5 year contract
or
Pay Lynch whatever he wants to keep him for another year in hopes that you can ride him back to the super bowl?
Drop Lynch and spend a bunch of money to bring Ndingadong Suh in for a 5 year contract
or
Pay Lynch whatever he wants to keep him for another year in hopes that you can ride him back to the super bowl?
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Donkey Kong Sue isn't classy. Imagine what he was like before going to a classy as fuck school like Nebraska.
But as @sarktastic noted, that's not the equation. Suh is going to command Wilson money if not more. Suh means no Wagner extension, no receiving upgrade, no offensive line upgrade, nothing.
I just don't see how it's at all realistic.
I would take Lynch and Pierre-Paul over Suh too. If Lynch leaves they have to retool the offense and either sign/draft another big time RB or get some better WR/TE's. The OL isn't great either.
Lynch is vital to the team, but he probably only has a year or two left. Lynch is a freak of nature, but it's been proven many times that RB's die hard.
To me, the priorities are making sure that you get Wilson and Wagner on board for the long-term as they are the 2 QBs on the team.
Lynch is the heartbeat of the team ... so provided that he wants to play then you lock him in on a deal that makes sense for both sides. He's earned a raise and he's producing accordingly.
My guess is that they don't extend Okung so they need to be forward thinking on plugging that hole - I'm thinking you'll see a couple of OL in the draft to plug in as most likely they'll be losing Carpenter as well.
Obviously they need to find an upgrade at WR if possible, but I don't think that they view it as a priority. They have some internal options.
It wouldn't shock me if they traded Zach Miller in for Jordan Cameron - would give 2 strong receiving options at TE on the roster.
The other big hole is making sure that they adequately backfill Maxwell.
Other than that, most of what they are going to be looking at is finding ways to maximize and improve their depth.
If you can plug Suh in there without massively changing the ability to complete the other items on the to-do list, it's a no brainer.
This is a team that in all reality should be the 2-time defending Super Bowl Champions with the balance of the roster either in their prime or on the way into entering their prime. It's for the most part entirely locked up from a core perspective. This is definitely not a broken situation. The most glaring long-term issue for the roster is to be bled to death with their depth such that when injuries happen they have problems. You could argue that that's what cost them in the Super Bowl.
He isn't coming to Seattle unless Sark convinces him to forgo $35 Million in guaranteed money.
To sign Suh, you'd be cutting Mebane - which is $5M in cap space. I'd expect that they'd cut at least one other DL as well as I think both Williams and McDonald would free up $2M in cap space each.
I think the numbers I was thinking about would have put the Hawks at having $15-$20M of cap space after signing both Wilson and Wagner and before cutting anybody, restructuring deals, etc.
If you can sell Suh on winning Super Bowls plus the benefits of no state income tax (not an inconsequential amount when talking about that kind of money), you might be able to come up with a package that puts you in the ballpark.
The offense on the other hand needs a lot. The line is bad. If Lynch wasn't a beast, and if Russel wasn't an escape artist, they'd be exposed for the shit that they are. Upgrading WR sounds nice, but I'd much rather have an improved O-line so that they can still run the ball effectively if/when Lynch leaves/retires. Or protect the QB they are about to invest a lot of the cap into.
Suh is an extravagance we (I like to say "we" so it sounds like I am on the team) simply can't afford.
They do need help on the OL ... and I'd expect that they'll find 2 pieces in the offseason.
To say that Suh wouldn't be a massive upgrade is an understatement. He'd contribute to increasing the ability to put pressure up the middle on the QB, limiting their ability to step up in the pocket, and making the outside rushers more effective. Moreover, the one way right now to beat the Hawks is the short passing game which requires the DBs and LBs to not have 100% confidence in the DL's ability to get to the QB by a certain clock such that they have to give up some room on those underneath routes. If you limit the amount of time that the QB has to get rid of the ball, those underneath routes become far more difficult to complete and get YAC on.
Depending on what happens in FA, I'd like to see the Hawks select an OG, WR, LT (to groom behind Okung), NT, and CB (to help replace the pending departure of Maxwell).
BTW, Turbin/Michael haven't proven anything with their change of pace/garbage time carries.
And regarding Lynch, you put a deal together that is consistent with his projected performance or you go short-term deals. If you work together, a deal can be found that is fair for both parties.