WTF. So, there was never one single inclination that he was ready for WC weekend, BUT, he might play in the playoffs? Bullshit. This is the same guy that was over weight because of a hand injury. Please, for the love of all that is Holy, draft a back and let someone else pay this guy to be on the injury report all year!This actually strikes me as one of Seattle’s more interesting free agent decisions. Carroll said in his end-of-year news conference that Penny thought he might be healthy enough to play if Seattle had made a long playoff run following his ankle injury suffered Oct. 9 at New Orleans.
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I see that differently. If it is a "loaded year" there are going to be guys available that might actually play a full season. OR, do what I have been saying for years now, DRAFT a RB, stop fucking PAYING a RB. There is not one position in football more ready to play the game as a Rookie than a fucking RB. Yet we only draft them when we already have two. Sorry, that is not true, the Walker move was genius. So? Do it again. Why not? Most of the simulations I have done have big time college RBs available late. The kid from UCLA being one of them. Get someone to be Walker's backup, and you still have Dallas. That is a pretty damn good RB room. Penny is NOT going to be on the field, so just stop it. Why sign him on another one year deal to find out if you have to do it again next year, or have to let him walk and draft one again?It’s also a pretty loaded year for free agent running backs. A recent list of the top 10 available from NBCsports.com didn’t even include Penny, leading off with Saquon Barkley of the Giants, Josh Jacobs of the Raiders and Tony Pollard of the Cowboys.
In other words, Penny might be there to be had on another one-year deal, and maybe even less costly than in 2022.
Certainly, Walker showed he can be a No. 1 back and that position is hardly Seattle’s greatest need.
But this season also proved you can never have too running backs to navigate a 17-game regular season, and then what every team hopes is a few more postseason games. So a return of Penny might make sense.
Drafting another guy this year means we could very well be set for three or so years with two good young Backs that aren't making much money. Or? We could do what teams that don't make the playoff do, and over pay for the position because we fell in love with Todd Gurley. The Rams, IMO, are still paying for that move.
Of the five biggest cap hits at RB last year? Only Zeke and the Cowboys made the playoffs, and Zeke isn't even there starter. They are paying the second biggest cap hit to a fucking short yardage back, and when the other back got hurt everyone in Cowboy land used it as an excuse for why they lost. YOU STILL HAD A GUY WITH A $16.7 CAP HIT ON THE FIELD!
Stop fucking paying RBs. It does NOT work.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/running-back/
That list is eye opening.
Top Five biggest Cap Hit? One playoff team
Top Five total Cash? 3 playoff teams. So? Get creative I guess? But, besides the 49ers? Vikings and Cowboys. Not great.
Top Five Base Salary? 3 playoff teams. Same as above. Zeke, Cook and Run CMC.
I don't think the Vikings and the Cowboys are models to shoot for, though it is interesting how much talent the Cowboys have amassed despite over paying for a Full Back.
I guess it might get interesting down the road for the 49ers. But, everyone bitches about the Cap Hit number.
Top Five Cap Hit
Aaron Jones - no playoffs
Zeke - made the playoffs but isn't the teams #1 back
Derrick Henry - team completely collapsed and missed the playoffs because they can't throw the ball AT ALL.
Alvin Kamara - Absolute shit show that now has a TE, the Red Rifle or Shameis the Molester at QB.
Nick Chubb - Best back in football, but now surrounded by dogshit