Poll questions!!
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Washington Commanders fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
In one way or another, we’ve covered pretty much every position group on the Commanders roster in the Reacts surveys we’ve run this offseason.
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For this week’s survey, I thought about asking for thoughts on training camp or NFC East predictions, but then it occurred to me that there’s only one thing really on the minds of Washington fans right now — Terry McLaurin’s extension.
The problem is, all the information that’s gonna be made publicly available is probably out there already, and it’s not much — plus, it’s more rumor than sourced fact. Fan opinion on what should happen with the deal seems to fluctuate with each day’s reports about other contracts for other receivers or high profile opinions from well-known NFL commentators. Basically, I don’t think we’re going to be able to add much with a poll of opinions about the extension at this point. It even occurred to me that, given the 4-day time window between survey and publication of results, the negotiation between team and player could be over before I even finished the process of finalizing and publishing our survey findings.
So I decided, instead, to shift the focus of this week’s survey from the value of the contract or the actions of the player to the other side of the negotiating table.
Today, I’m lobbing up a pair of questions about Washington’s GM, Adam Peters.
The first question simply asks you to rate him, in general, as the Commanders’ GM on a scale of 1-4, with 4 being the best.
The second question is less straightforward; it asks whether your opinion of AP will be affected, positively or negatively, by the outcome of the current negotiation with McLaurin and his agent. I’ve offered 7 possible responses to that question and it still feels as if the selection of responses might be inadequate.
In any case, that’s what the comments section is for. I’m sure many or most of you will have more nuanced feelings about these questions than can be captured in the limited form of multiple-choice survey questions. Feel free to explain all of that nuance in the comments below; I rely on them heavily when publishing the results of the survey later this week.