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2026 Offseason Thread

Decosta said they may look at trades for C. I mean, I'd doubt you'd say that if you're legitimately happy with the current options. Doesn't mean he will, but it's not confidence inspiring for Bullock
 
RaineV1 said:
I think Green will have a big season. Besides being thrown into the fire he was under Orr as DC, and I doubt he was out into a great position with that scheme. In Minter's defense he might get better matchups and assignments. Our pass rush in general will probably be a big step up.
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He didn't play with a 3-tech who could rush from the inside, either. KVN lost some umph and was injured, too. All the attention by blockers was on Green, all the time.
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
Green has very active and violent hands but a limited bag of tricks to use with them.

Tbh I’ve watched almost none of David Bailey lol
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I rarely watch edge rushers.. why? Cause they all look like theyre gonna be good in nfl to me lol. Zion young looks great to me lol. Imo, he looks like he will be a good run defender at worst. Didnt know he was 6”5 neither and strong af.
 
i think mike macdonald is the best ever and minter had chargers defense looking really good.. how similar are their schemes? cause at first glance shit looks the same..i know mikes preparation is off the charts so has anyone took a deep dive into minter yet to find out some of these things? I also feel like zion young gonna be one of those pieces that lets us blitz 4-5 and still maintain good run defense
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
He was not a better prospect than Reuben Bain lol
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I don’t know about that. Green was hyped up a lot last draft as a high draft pick. He fell due in part to the history, although that isn’t the only reason he dropped because the Marshall vs Miami thing is legit but we’ve seen that not matter to teams, too. I’m not sure I agree that Bain is a better prospect than Green was. I’m a fan of both, and I think they’re kind of different rushers because Bain is much more compact than Green.
 
Grim said:
I don’t know about that. Green was hyped up a lot last draft as a high draft pick. He fell due in part to the history, although that isn’t the only reason he dropped because the Marshall vs Miami thing is legit but we’ve seen that not matter to teams, too. I’m not sure I agree that Bain is a better prospect than Green was. I’m a fan of both, and I think they’re kind of different rushers because Bain is much more compact than Green.
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Bain was a vastly superior prospect imo. Just a more complete player who had elite performances vs much better opposition.
 
Grim said:
I don’t know about that. Green was hyped up a lot last draft as a high draft pick. He fell due in part to the history, although that isn’t the only reason he dropped because the Marshall vs Miami thing is legit but we’ve seen that not matter to teams, too. I’m not sure I agree that Bain is a better prospect than Green was. I’m a fan of both, and I think they’re kind of different rushers because Bain is much more compact than Green.
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Green was seen as a mid first up until the character concerns came out, Marshall plus lack of length were the reasons he wasn’t considered higher, he only shot up in popularity after his viral 1v1 rep at the senior bowl which is a public opinion rise, not an nfl inner circle rise, all the mock experts and internet people were talking top 10 or top 5 without the character concerns but we never got any confirmation that the nfl thought that highly of him.

He didn’t put tape out like Reuben Bain did and Bain did it against nfl caliber comp.

This is not to say at all that I didn’t like green as a prospect, I loved his tape, but I don’t think they were on the same tier as draft prospects.

That said IF the nfl saw green as a mid first minus the off field stuff(which again we don’t have confirmation of) then they would’ve been equal at best. But if they’re in the same draft class, and you remove all off field concerns, I still think Bain goes higher, he just had better film against better competition, and took over playoff games.
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
Green was seen as a mid first up until the character concerns came out, Marshall plus lack of length were the reasons he wasn’t considered higher, he only shot up in popularity after his viral 1v1 rep at the senior bowl which is a public opinion rise, not an nfl inner circle rise, all the mock experts and internet people were talking top 10 or top 5 without the character concerns but we never got any confirmation that the nfl thought that highly of him.

He didn’t put tape out like Reuben Bain did and Bain did it against nfl caliber comp.

This is not to say at all that I didn’t like green as a prospect, I loved his tape, but I don’t think they were on the same tier as draft prospects.

That said IF the nfl saw green as a mid first minus the off field stuff(which again we don’t have confirmation of) then they would’ve been equal at best. But if they’re in the same draft class, and you remove all off field concerns, I still think Bain goes higher, he just had better film against better competition, and took over playoff games.
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Maybe I’m just a big Mike Green fan, and I was last year, but I don’t think Bain was worlds better as a prospect. If both were in the same class, I think they’d be more like 1A/1B depending on what you value. Green’s arms were short, but not Bain-short, and both had some questions: Green with the sexual-assault allegations that affected his stock, and Bain with the reported fatal crash/careless-driving situation.

On the field, I think Green was the better athletic pass-rush prospect. Bain was the more complete player, had the better Power Four résumé, and did it against better competition. As someone who watched Bain a lot (I like The U), I still think he had some stretches where he wasn’t dominant, and his stock really took off late, especially with the playoff run.

My “Green could’ve been top five in 2026” comment is less about saying Green was some flawless top-five prospect and more about the 2026 class itself. I think Green could’ve gone higher in the 2026 class than he did in 2025 if the off-field concerns were viewed the same way or removed from the equation. No disrespect to Bain, though. He was my guy, and I’m sad to see him with Tampa, but at least he’s in the NFC so I can still cheer for him.
 
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