Parkinson to Rams (3 years, 22.5M)

That's alot!!! Wow

Dam !

Ouch. A lot of money but that sucks a little extra because it's the Rams. Parkinson can be dangerous if used right.

Good for him.

Good for him, but I'm ok not giving him that kind of Coin.

HawkFreak said:

Ouch. A lot of money but that sucks a little extra because it's the Rams. Parkinson can be dangerous if used right.

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Yes, why the Rams..damn..why not the Patriots or something like that ugh!

This one hurts, I was hoping to re-sign him.

$15.5 million in guarantees over three years isn't THAT much for a good receiving TE. We'll probably spend more replacing him.

This team needs trenches first. I'm still glad we didn't pay that much for him.

Side note, Josh Jacobs to the Packers. Not Hawks related, but that's a hell of a pick-up for them.

Rat said:

$15.5 million in guarantees over three years isn't THAT much for a good receiving TE. We'll probably spend more replacing him.

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It's basically 7.5 aav. 2 years/15.5m

That's a lot for him. Maybe he blows up with them. But that's on the high side.

SoulfishHawk said:

This team needs trenches first. I'm still glad we didn't pay that much for him.

Side note, Josh Jacobs to the Packers. Not Hawks related, but that's a hell of a pick-up for them.

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A TE is part of the trenches. We need both anyway.

Feels like a lot. I'm still hoping Dissly is back on a team friendly deal

I have my opinion, you have yours, and that's cool. I think it's too much for him. And you know damn well what I'm talking about. O Line and D Line first.

CactusJack said:

It's basically 7.5 aav. 2 years/15.5m

That's a lot for him. Maybe he blows up with them. But that's on the high side.

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Wasn't that in the ballpark of what we gave Dissly?

CactusJack said:

It's basically 7.5 aav. 2 years/15.5m

That's a lot for him. Maybe he blows up with them. But that's on the high side.

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That contract would only net us a 6th round comp pick. A lot of these deals look like big money early in free agency, but it's a product of an increasing market with increasing money.

Maybe Mac wants a more utility TE like Dissly who can run block well and catch, we were heavy in pass catchers light in Blockers, why Dissly was important. Running the ball and the trenches are the foundation of Grubbs experience.

Hawknight said:

Wasn't that in the ballpark of what we gave Dissly?

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Yes, but it was an overpay.

I thought he might get $4-5M aav.

For sure. And it really doesn't matter what we think. Macdonald wants what he wants.

Parkinson is worth that IF he can stay healthy. Clearly the Rams saw something they liked and they definitely had a close-up view of him twice a year. I think he was the most versatile of our 3 TEs in 2023. I recall him being injured a lot the first two years.

This... does not make me happy.