Roster Evaluation from a cap perspective

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(11-18-2019, 11:29 AM)fredtoast Wrote: What about '11 when we rebuilt our defense by signing three new starters in free agency?  Or when they signed Preston Brown the same year they traded for Glenn just 2 seasons ago



This is why we need to trade down from the #1 pick to get multiple selections.  When you trade one player for one pick all you do is create a new hole that has to be filled with that pick.



There is no such thing as a 3 to 4 year rebuild in the NFL.  You get just a couple of years to turn it aroiund.  After 4 years you are already losing the first guys you drafted to start the re-build.  And you won't be signing any free agents this year to 5-6 year deals.  We have to rebuild faster than that.

So we keep guys that will still be soloid players in 2 more years.  We just won't have enough picks to turnover the entire roster, and free agents cost ten times as much as rookies.



I said a "decent coach".

You really want to be like the Cardinals?

I feel like trading down to say 5 and taking Herbert and getting a bunch more picks could be a decent route...assuming they like Herbert more than Burrow. Herbert definitely has a strong arm. Burrow doesn't. Burrow might be more a product of a great staff/supporting cast/offensive system.