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[leonardfan40]

(02-05-2022, 04:24 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No way you can consider an O-line With Prince starting at RT to be "comparable" to Reiff.  Guess you have not noticed that without him we can't run very well, complete deep passes, or finish in the red zone.  Our offense only has 5 tds in 32 post season possessions.

And you only resigned one of Hill/Ogunjobi so we are also short a DT.

I also doubt we can bring back both Spain and Apple for $10 million

We beat the number 1,2 and 5 seeds in the playoffs without Reiff. We can bring back that same line next year. And yes one of the 1-2 big FA signings I was getting at would be RT which would be part of upgrading the line and team as a whole. That’s the spot I start with. Then I’d probably go to center if we can find a true stud there (not sure there will be one available). If so we could cut Hopkins to help pay for the upgrade there or move him to compete with Carman/etc at guard next year. I like Williams/Spain and I’m not going to throw in the towel on Carman after one year (we need a backup plan/competition for him tho). RT and then C are the potential upgrades in FA/draft I’d look at.

I like how Apple has improved this year but don’t see a huge bidding war for him. Teams are reluctant to sign guys to big deals after half a good season. Plus he talks a lot which I don’t see helping his FA appeal. Spain is and has always been a tough one to predict. For whatever reason the NFL does not seem to like him all that much. I don’t see him a year older suddenly proving a whole lot to other teams when he basically got a min deal last year. I think he’ll probably get $5-6 mil on medium length at best and who knows, maybe another shockingly low price.