Your Top 3 fixes (Players)

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(12-08-2020, 04:44 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: In FA: let Green ($18.2 mil) and Williams ($4.8 mil) walk. That is $23 million opening up. Dunlap's cap hit was $6.1 this year, but is only $2.25 million next. So nearly $27 million there.


Our big FA decisions are WJ3 ($10 mil now), Alexander ($4 mil cap), and Lawson ($2.3 cap). I like Alexander the best of the 3, but would be open to bringing back the other 2 for reasonable deals.


1. Fix #1. Draft Sewell. Move Jonah to RT. Hart benched/released/moved to OG. We can save $5.9 mil by letting Hart go. 2021 is his last year under contract.


2. Fix #2. Sign the best OG we can get in FA. I'd put Scherff above Thuney. But he'll also likely be more expensive and his team less willing to let him go. This will probably cost us $13 mil -$16 mil per.


I'd put DE, CB, and WR (speed) as my next biggest fixes. With Alexander & WJ3 FAs. Tough to judge the DBs. Is Lou the problem or not? 


Personally, I'd let WJ3 walk. Bring back Alexander. I figure that adds around $4 mil to the cap space. Around $37 mil to start. Minus $15 for our OG. $22 mil left. I'd go FA hunting and draft at rounds 2 & 3 for WR speed, pass rush, and CB. And plan on using my #1 pick next year in those areas.


I'dbe aggressive in FA with Joe on rookie deal, but only for primo guys. Doubt I'd pay huge for WR, as I think Burrow can maximize guys.

There is no way in hell we let WJIII walk.  He is either extended or he is franchised tagged.  He is one of the best cover corners in the league and a proven commodity.  His biggest weakness is consistency and I believe he rises in the biggest games.  It is hard for him to be on top of his game when the team is so pathetic.  What he has done with no semblance of a pass rush is amazing.  Waynes is only signed for two more years and he has taken, what, $14 million to do one half of a practice.  I have no faith in that guy until I see otherwise.  

FWIW, I also love Alexander.  I have him being retained as well.  You don't get better on defense by losing your best parts.  You cut the dead weight (Williams), get what you can for the malcontent (done), and evaluate if Geno's drop off was due to his injury.  I would like to think it was.  Lapham is usually a pretty good judge of guy's talent and ability from camp and he said from day 1 Geno was killing it.  But then, the shoulder injury came and for some reason they thought he could battle through it.  They were wrong to do that, but I guess after losing Tupou and Wren they couldn't afford to have him out.