Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
Originally posted by NotAFinga42:
Originally posted by mayo49:
Originally posted by okdkid:
My understanding is Baker Mayfield has told the #browns he'd like to be traded to the #colts. There is interest from the Colts per sources. We'll see where this goes, the two sides haven't even talked just yet.
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) March 18, 2022
Colts from one douche bag to another.
Shows you exactly how highly they think of Jimmy.
Or they're trying to drive down the 49ers' asking price.
I'll say this though: back when I was convinced there's no way Jimmy would be back to back up Trey (assuming he stayed and Trey beat him out in a fair competition), that was when I was very sure that some team in the NFL actually wanted Jimmy. All this news has made me question that. But, again, it could just be the Colts want Jimmy for cheap and the 49ers refuse to get less than a second+.
Man, this has me looking at every angle now.
1. ShanaLynch clear cap room and we're done with FA which is pretty standard for us around this time. No need to cut him. Use the 3rd round comp next year as the starting point for a trade. Jimmy vs. Trey and the group will be deep regardless. Jimmy sees there isn't much out there so he stays and competes.
2. Colts connecting to every QB to drive the cost down, buy time for the medicals and hope for a 49ers cut knowing Jimmy is interested there from the trade talks and the Colts can get him at their cost without giving up trade compensation.
3. Draft-day trade option. After the draft teams want their guy in house for OTA's in April learning the offense. A team that doesn't get their QB could come calling.
4. Injuries. Hold Jimmy until a playoff team loses their starter and is desperate.
Cutting him post free agency makes no sense now. The FA deals that are out there now should be modest at best. One simple restructure should be able to clear enough room for any FA and the draft class while keeping Jimmy on the roster. Jimmy won't make waves given he's been involved in every talk throughout and knows the market out there. Here, he gets to at least compete for a starting spot while still making $25M.
I have no idea which scenario plays out in the end. Let me know if I missed any others.
If I were them, the only reasonable solution is to keep him and try to trade him until he gets a clear bill of health, and then cut your loses and cut him or trade him for next to nothing to a team he definitely doesn't want to go to. We lose the 3rd, yes, but that's assuming we'd even get a third. No one seems to want him. Maybe next year when his market value is much lower than his current salary, maybe we'd get the comp pick.
But the reason I'd just cut him or trade him to a Lions, is because it's pretty clear Yee and him deliberately timed this surgery to f**k over the 49ers (well, rather, to get Jimmy his guaranteed 7.5 million, but that does f**k over the 49ers). IMHO, this organization cannot let players' agents get away with that crap. Make Yee look like a fool to Jimmy by cutting Jimmy when every team already has their QB depth chart set, saving the 7.5 million, and then use that money to immediately extend our two guys.
cut jimmy? That is completely off the table -- due to the last 5 days. Talk about throwing away $20m -- the extra 20m we would have to pay to to replace jimmy with another similar talent we would complain about endlessly. LOL.
