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I think the plan was but we got spooked with FA guard market and so we resigned James. Might be Parham does better at Guard in Getsy’s wide zone scheme. Peat & JPJ will give some real competition at G.

Mack and Bosa are both on the downward slope of their careers albeit with still something to offer. Not really impressed with Dupree so I’m not particularly worried about their edge rotation. I do feel like we could do with another guy unless Wilson takes a big step, but even then, he’s not really a bendy edge guy, we have a couple UDFA players who may flash a bit as edge guys in pre season, who knows what they can bring.

Very good chance Pat Mahomes doesn't have 3 SB rings already.

17.5 in 2023, 8 in 2022, 14 in 2021, 13.5 in 2020. 17 in 2023, 8 in 2022, 6 in 2021, 9 in 2020. 17.5 in 2023, 7 in 2022, 7.5 in 2021, 2.5 in 2020. 8 in 2023, 12.5 in 2022, 9 in 2021, 9 in 2020. Sweat is egregious, Reddick is comparable, the rest are pure projection as none of them have been nearly productive as young players. If you’re saying you think Hendrickson will be average going forward and would take the likes of Thibodeux, Anderson, etc. above him, then that’s one thing. But if you’re trying to compare what they’ve already shown on the field, no. The logic in your post “17.5 this year, but only 8 last year” apparently applies to Hendrickson alone, as half the players you mentioned had lower totals in 2022 (and most of them had lower 2021s and 2020s) or are projecting going forward. Your argument’s all over the place, first it was low sack total in 2022 (which is confirmed cherry-picking, given his production in 3/4 other years and most of those other players with low 2022s), then it’s career year on a bad defense (which, again, cherry picks 2023), game planning (anecdotal), and now tackles. Hendrickson isn’t an average player. If he’s an average player, then one has to wonder why an average player is one of the most consistent and productive players in the NFL as his position. If you wanna say he’s not a game breaker or elite DE, I think most would agree. Saying he’s average is hilarious.

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He just seems really guarded in interviews with the media thus far. People are making a big deal out of nothing. Same with Wilkes, and being in the press box instead of being on the field.

Chet ain’t no baller man. Wasted size on that guy… Crszy I thought he was younger too.

These guys take drugs man. He’s fine. They’re all jacked up at this point. Toradol has them feeling gewd.

saw that one a while ago. i remember it feeling kinda tight. didn't breathe like D&C, so was kinda disappointed.

Apparently be major issue with 343 has been two things: 1. To cheapen costs, they hire a ton of short-term contractors. People that work work for 4-9 months and then get released. This allows them to be flexible with their spending and keep tighter annual budgets. The downside is that, out of those 4-9 months, the onboarding process likely makes it so only the last 2-3 months actually sees the contractor working efficiently, and still not 100% at that. Doesn't help either that 343 uses an in-house engine, which probably takes new hires some time to learn. Which leads me to 2. Apparently a huge woe throughout the development of Infinite has been them updating/modernizing the Infinite engine, Slipspace. I read that they had a lot of coding "debt" from early on that had to deal with when trying to update it. This made updates incredibly time consuming and difficult, much more so than if the debt didn't exist. If you don't know coding, imagine having a massive bundle of wires that are all tangled together and nothing is labeled or colored properly. Working with that birds nest will be so much more difficult/annoying than if everything was neat and orderly. That's essentially how their engine was at it's core. Once they worked through that is when Infinite started to become the Halo that most people were hoping for. Lots of rumors seem to point to them using Unreal Engine 5 for future Halos. Unfortunate if they fixed the Slipspace issue, but would likely make their contractor issue much less pronounced as people would be able to really hit the ground running with a ubiquitous engine such as UE5.