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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
When one of those guys exists, I guess.
But I'd also argue that it's not THAT hard to find 'representative' players. Solid players who will give you league average performance.
I mean look at how many guys signed in the 2nd wave of FA who would've done that. There are a dozen or more of them, many of whom signed pretty cheap. Green and Hughes come immediately to mind - coulda had those 2 guys for a hell of a lot less than it costs for Allen and with zero real risk.
And again - there are guys who I'd make that move for - I've stated them elsewhere. I just don't see enough from Allen or even Burns to conclude that they qualify. Those guys aren't Chris Jones caliber players.
There just aren't that many of those guys out there. I mean there are maybe a dozen defensive players at that level. Maybe a dozen more non-QBs.
And the baseline keeps sliding as to who we consider a 'dude' as we're getting frustrated by the lack of pressure from our front 4. Suddenly a guy who's performing pretty well - slightly above average - is 'a dude' because of how bad Clark/Karlaftis have been this year.
If Clark/Karlaftis were playing well (or if Clark were playing at this 'peak' level more consistently), would anyone act like Allen/Burns were these slam-dunk force multipliers? I don't think so.
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Not wrong for some people.
For me, I've been a Brian Burns fan since that draft, I think he'd be in that class here. But I'm on this island alone, after being marooned via mutiny. But I also look at it from the standpoint that as a pair, I think Burns and Karlaftis would be pretty much the perfect match of styles.
Then you just keep throwing shit at the wall there and see what happens.