Tom Sykes
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ORIGINAL: David F. As much as I'd love to see Harris extended I don't think it will happen. I think the talk of extending him is to flush out any team that's sitting back and waiting to see what happens. I imagine we'll end up taking a 4th or 5th rounder for him which is still better than nothing. Zimmer sabotaged the trade effort before the whole thing even began by saying safety wasn't a priority or 'important' or whatever his comment was. If Harris goes I like the amount of cap space it opens up but that's it. The four best players on our team were Hunter, Kendricks, Diggs, and Harris. It seems like poor management to lose two of your best players. I understand Diggs might not have been salvageable but really we'll never know. Its as clear cut as can be, he had to go ... unless you think we should have altered the team to appease a diva-ish WR. No, Zimmer didnt sabotage the Harris trade prospects ... safeties, guards and fullbacks simply are valued under CBs, OTs and RBs for obvious reasons. That and the fact we already have a top caliber, highly paid safety on the roster has more to do with our lack of trade leverage than Zimmer opening his mouth. Diggs had to go given the current environment that's for sure. Is the environment of 'run and stop the run' a great idea for today's game? I know, I know it is what it is. It just seems to me that a team should look to keep it's best players and build around that rather than establish an identity and then try to fit the pieces that way. We fell back-asswards into two elite talents in Diggs and Harris and we barely got to use them. Why can't there be two elite safeties? Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor want to know. Can you imagine if Seattle had let half the legion of boom move on because they didn't want too much invested in one area? 'Run and stop the run' is over-blown in here as a criticism. All NFL coaches not named Andy Reid would prefer to be able to 'run and stop the run', its a tremendous advantage. My apologies to Diggs if he wanted a return to the 2018 DeFilippo one dimensional passing attack – its fun for WRs but not for fans that have to watch their team get abused by more balanced, better coached teams. Every team is trying to keep its best players and trying to adapt what they do to those player's strengths. Every team. Including the 1-15 and 14-2 teams. I never said there can't be 2 elite safeties – since we had that last year (and still might in 2020), the point is moot. But the variables are different from year to year, and paying a Harris premier money (even for the safety position) will make it difficult to address other needs and work ourselves out of cap hell. Our situation, roster, cap structure, etc. has nothing to do with that Seattle team from several years ago. That's neither here nor there.
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