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We had to give it up to get them their points. Three firsts coming back the other way and a bunch of salary cap saving. You can't have everything. Pick 37 which should come into about 31 feels like about the right mark for him.

May lost his versatility this year to negate the Gunston, Georgiades, Elliot tyoes but he will still be good locking down on taller forwards. You won't be able to play both May and TMac. How Lever fits in and whether that is at Casey or MFC will be an interesting watch.

A harder draw and first year of dealing with expectation. I suspect the death ride will be worth the price of admission.

I dont know it. Its just opinion based on what it would realistically from a points view. Our interest in Robey has been mentioned as has West Coast openness to trade for the right deal.

It would need to be 7/8/F1 for 2 and 13 to make them consider it.

Unless we find a way up the board to Robey, based on who might be available and my limited viewing give me a Lindsay/Grlj double.

This has James McDonald move written all over it.

1 I can't see anything changing but good that we will run it to the line just to make team Petracca sweat as many bullets as possible 2 Alir is off their books. He is out of contract. They don't need to recontract them.

GC can't have everything they want. I want us to hold 24 (first pick of round 2) and give 28. If we end with 7 & 8 I hope we are looking to work our way up higher to get Robey. It would be the MFC approach to back ourselves in and throw an F1 in the mix.

I know I called it CJ-Ball (like Frost-Ball) earlier but I still like this assuming it's a pick post 28 (which i suspect). Has good size and serious dash and adds to the age bracket we lack in. Hibbo was not a good kick bit attacked every contest like his life dependant on it, tucked the ball and drove it forward with distance not precision in mind. With Rivers likely spending more mid time and the guy that wore 4 departing there is a spot there for the taking.

What are the 4 of them saying?

Is this to pay us back for trading them Frost? A lot of similarities between CJ-Ball and Frost-Ball.

I don't mind the changes we have made but feel we definitely need one more with good experience in stoppage and ball movement strategy

I agree we don't need to and not saying I would but my point was you are not just trading for 7+8 its the $$$ that it frees and the future preparations that allows. I am unsure his value will be any higher than now if he stays with us. He would have just scraped into top 20 this year will he slide further with another year under his belt? My guess is that it will be a lot easier to galvanise the group and get on with things if the self serving prima donna distraction he appears painted to be is not there. Bring forward payments on others and know you have a war chest for 2026 trade period that you can plan for rather than another offseason of will he wont he want to leave. You don't have to do it but I wont begrudge us if this is the path we take. My only concern is it will go against all external messaging from Guerra, King and Lamb.

My preference is play to the death for BH unless he states he does not want to come. But if not you need to look at it as pick 7 and 8 and $1million+ of annual salary cap space for 4 years. Whilst not preferred, we would only do it if JT is confident of what he would get and/or Lamb was confident of what further he could spin it into as an on trade. It also might step us back 2026 but would better reset and galvanise the group and leave a war chest for 2026 trade period that we could plan for.