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I've been thinking this for a while. Pending this goes through (which should be a formality) it gives us 3 x 1st rounders from the Superdraft (fingers crossed Jones and McHenry come on in 2021).in a lot of ways picking up Hately now covers off the jones pick from 2018. Meaning that if Hately comes good with us and becomes a very good player then if jones is a bust (not saying he is) then we are still at least not down from that so called super draft year. We could have easily picked up Hately instead of Jones at the time so now it is like a 2 for 1 as we won't be paying anything like what it would have cost back then for both of them
And I certainly won't say its a lock that we get Luko or Rankine, but I would be flabbergasted if it wasn't our intention to make a serious play for at least one of them when they come out of contract in 2021 (especially with the money from Tex, Gibbs Payout and Lynch coming off the books)
If we somehow manage to run out week 1 of 2022 with 4 players from the 1st round of the Superdraft, as well as Hamill, and Rising Star Nominee Sholl, I would be a VERY happy camper!
Anyway, pipedream over. You can all go about your business again