i dont want them to waste our only premium pick on another defensive end. they need to be thinking wideout either in that round or moving up again into the first. i would not mind them signing holt or TO just for 1 year. he was not too bad in buffalo ego wise, and we are so close to the SB im willing to watch them try anything after watching them play jake over and over. we really need 2 new and young speedy wideouts to learn from smith while he can still teach before he retires.

Agreed. I think that the front office should've done a better job with keeping Peppers happy. I think they would've been a much better defense last year had they played the 3-4 like Peppers wanted. If Pep was put at OLB like he asked, the D could've possibly been outstanding.

Next year, without Peppers the line will be useless (so teams are going to get 100+ rushing yards), Beason won't be free to roam the field anymore, and the guys in the secondary like Marshall and Godfrey/Martin will get burnt from WRs. It's funny how one man makes a huge difference. Even in games where he's lazy and does nothing, he attracts a double team and frees up some of the other guys on the D. Other teams game plan around him, and whoever picks him up next year will be very happy.

The hope out here in the good life state is that a long term offer will ne extended and than accepted by 90 (sure doesn't seem very probable or likely)
Without a doubt lossing a all-decade de will have an adverse impact on the clubs d...90 does require alot of attention from oppossing o's and I agree with the notion that his presence does help to make the other d-line guys jobs a bit easier and/or helps make them a bit more effective...I really cannot say what effect lossing 90 would have in the lockerroom...some feel he is an negative influence as a guy who would preffer to play elsewhere....but IMO the other players seem to enjoy playing with the guy..

I too disagree wholeheartedly about doing a 3-4 just because 90 may like it...there needs to be one chief and a bunch of indians doing their jobs in support of the chiefs philosophies and directives...allowing a player to have a say as a chief over the long haul is in noway ever good for the greater good of the goals of a football team...IMO!